Harford County Family Photographer | fields of laughter, fields of love

This amazing Bel Air, MD family was one of my New Year contest winners, and they joined me at my Mother’s Day event in Harford County recently! (the rain date, as the original mother’s day event was experiencing those fun monsoon-type rainstorms) They were real pros, laughing and playing as if I wasn’t there during their portrait session..

The elder daughter is so perfectly photogenic that I wanted to photograph her all day. Not only was she perfect at taking direction, but she had the most beautiful eyes. The younger daughter was the perfect toddler. All over the place and full of fun. When she laughed, she laughed with her whole body. (that is my favorite kind of laughter!). And the boy? He was a RIOT. He kept making the silliest of faces to see if I would catch him, and was an amazing help at getting his little sister to giggle.

I hope that when my children grow to be a bit older, that they act anything like these kids. Sweet, great manners, and really good to each other.

Check out those happy faces! The bottom image is my 2nd favorite from the session. My favorite is still to come, posted a bit further down…

More family lovins, and taking a stroll. Well. Jog. But hey– parents got a great workout and the kids laughed hysterically the whole time.

As they were joining the Mother’s Day event, I thought it important to include a shot of mom with her babies. Most moms do whatever they can to shy away from the camera. It’s natural, I know you can’t help it. I do the SAME thing. There’s always some excuse. My makeup isn’t done. My hair is a mess. I hate this outfit. Well…. I’ve got to tell you, you have to get OVER it! When your child looks back on the photos, they aren’t going to be sitting there picking your appearance apart the way you do. They will look at the photo and see how much they were/are loved. I know this, because that’s how I feel about my own mother’s photos. I’ve always loved looking through her old photos, and the ones that are most important to me are like that. The two of us hugging, playing, running, laughing. Loving. I may not have any memories of the particular day the photo was taken, but seeing us together makes me remember the LOVE we had back then, the special bond between a mother and her child.

And Dads, you aren’t exempt. Dads have a different, but just as special, bond with their kids. In fact, that inspires me– I think we need to have a Daddy portrait event. Why should Moms get all the fun? (I promise you, Dads out there: it will be FUN. I won’t make you sit uncomfortably, faking a smile. Just you playing with your kids. Roughhousing. Tickling. Laughing. Loving.

My favorite image of their session. I made this into a 20×30 sample canvas and can I say that it looks AMAZING? If you came to see me at the Toddler Fair saturday, then you saw it at the front of my booth. AMAZING!

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