anyway .. and this is the very cool part .. he could do that thing with the basketball where it spins on his finger .. i was amazed at how long it kept going!

after shooting a few at his house (oh .. the basketball court was at his house .. another cool thing) we headed over to Dundee Nursery to finish up his session. i have always thought it would be a cool place to shoot a senior session and finally called to see if it was possible. they were so nice and allowed us to do so! when i told my husband that i was doing the shoot there he was a bit skeptical .. but i knew it would be cool and have great little spots .. and i wasn’t disappointed.

loved this cool little building .. do you see what i mean about him being tall!

and this spot too ..

and since i’ve title this entry ‘very cool’ i have to show this shot .. isn’t this the essence of cool here .. i love the stare and the tiny bit of a smirk!

thanks again mom & dad & “M” for having me out to capture this milestone in your life! and a special thanks to Dundee Nursery for the use of their property!
and thanks for putting up with all my cool comments .. i’m totally dating myself here aren’t i

but no matter how different they are they seemed to be best buds …

or partners in crime

mom & dad (and “A” and “G”) .. it was a pleasure to meet you all .. you have a great family! i hope you enjoyed yourselves at the session .. and didn’t go away with too many bug bites!

and then after a bit of persuasion from his mom & me we ended up at the golf course location .. and captured this image .. again those eyes are killer!

and so you know that mr. “A” has a killer smile to go with those eyes .. here’s another we captured at yet another location i talked him into .. thanks for being a great sport “A”!

thanks again mom & dad for choosing me to capture this time in your son’s life .. i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready! and “A” .. enjoy the last few weeks of summer!

i love these shots .. appropriate as she is a lifeguard. and we got lucky .. the beach was closed so we had it pretty much to ourselves!

and this shot .. loved the color and her eyes in this one ..

and again .. this shot at my favorite location .. she’s just a natural beauty!

i could keep posting but i really need to get dinner started!! mom & “A” i had a fun time .. thanks for driving and for choosing me to capture this fun time in your life ..i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready!

but let me tell you he did not want to stay in one place like he did at that session .. he was all over the place!

thank goodness i had packed up this little ball .. it was about the only thing that kept his attention .. not that he stopped when he had it though!

thanks again mom & dad for allowing me to capture this time in little H’s life .. i’ll be in touch when the rest of the gallery is ready!

she (or he?) looks like an ordinary yellow finch .. right? well i’m telling you right now goofball is definitely not ordinary!

each day, several times a day, for the past few weeks this little one has been trying to fly into our house!! i have never seen anything like it at all!

she lands on the deck rail right outside our kitchen window and proceeds to fly into the window. again and again and again. in fact, she is out there right now tapping on the window at this very moment!! i just had to try and capture this so i got out my camera and had some fun .. i ended up using manual focus as she was just way too fast for autofocus.

you almost feel sorry for her in that last picture don’t you!

well .. i was so glad when mom & dad called to schedule another session for little L .. and i could see that nothing had changed in terms of the love ..

but miss L sure had grown and her hair had lightened up .. but was just as pretty as ever!

i love this shot .. her little toes peeking out of her dress and her look of concentration .. so curious!

mom & dad .. thanks again for having me out to capture this time in your life .. it was a pleasure and i enjoyed seeing how miss L has grown into her own little person! i’ll be in touch when your full gallery is ready .. enjoy the week!

do you see what i mean? miss M reminds me of that classic beauty of the past .. she was all spiffed up in this gorgeous dress when we met at her house. and i thought to myself .. well this will be an easy session for sure! and it was .. well except for the traffic we encountered when we reached our destination .. como zoo. but after cruising around a bit we finally grabbed a parking spot and got started. and the above image was from one of our first stops .. easy peasy!

it was a hot afternoon but we managed to stick to the shade and cooled off with a ride on the Cafesjian’s Carousel .. which was one of the reasons we came to the zoo for miss M’s senior session .. she had fond memories of it and chose it for her location .. i loved it! i have to say it was my first time riding the carousel and taking pictures .. and i’m sure i looked quite lovely up there trying to hang on to both my horse and my camera!! but i think it was worth it ..

i was glad that miss M brought a change of clothes (thanks to her sis for letting her borrow the top!) as i think it brought out another side of her .. i just loved the way she was working the camera!

thanks M (and Mom) for choosing me to capture your senior session .. it was a true pleasure meeting you and spending the time with you! and thanks for putting up with all my stops towards the end of the session .. i think you’ll be quite pleased

i’ll be in touch when your full gallery is ready .. enjoy the weekend!

He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland

oh .. and here are a few more images that i loved from this session .. hopefully mom & dad will too!

this one just makes me LOL .. gotta love a silly boy who puts on his sisters hat

big sister was so good with her brother & little sister .. and such a beauty too!

if you notice the toes up in the air .. mom says that little R doesn’t quite like the feeling of grass and will put her legs up like this. sometimes even with both legs up! we didn’t catch any like that .. but i’m glad i was able to catch this one!

A & B .. thanks for giving this another go .. i hope you enjoy the peek and i’ll be in touch when the full gallery is ready .. and B I hope you have a great father’s day!

towards the end she started to get a bit sleepy and we managed to get a few sleepy shots .. i just love this one and how she posed herself!

mom .. it was a pleasure to meet you and little miss “E” .. she really is just the cutest little thing! hope you & dad enjoy the sneak peek and i’ll be in touch when the gallery is ready.