The Wood Family - full post

Meet the Wood Family. I have been shooting Aidan for a couple years now and was finally able to shoot the whole family.

Aidan and his legos.

I love this one. He is such a face maker. I think that we had taken the legos away and he was protesting.

Big Brother and Little Sister.

Three generations of the girls.

Sweet baby Madeline. She is six months old now.

A little butterfly. She is reaching for the pearls, she did not want them taken away.

I love this one of her holding her foot.

Aidan in Nana's wagon.

This was such a great spot in their backyard.

Mother and son.

Finally, he was done. taking the wagon back to the house.

and we were able to finish with one of mom, Emily, and dad, Matt.

I am so glad that I finally got to shoot the whole family. Thank you for allowing me into your home to be able to do that. It was fun and I am looking forward to another shoot in the near future!

The Going Ons of Summer

The school year is almost done and summer is almost here. June is becoming a very busy month for my family and I. I had two shoots at the beginning of June and two more this coming weekend, June 12/13. and another one the week after. Thess shoots are for father's day gifts so they will be posted after June 20Th.

We have lots of birthday parties and graduation parties coming up as well. It just seems that are weekends are full. My daughter's graduation from Pre-K is coming and I am hoping to post a few photos from that as well. Dance class has ended for her as well and I am hoping to get a few photos posted of her and some friends in their costumes.

My family and I will be heading to Hilton Head Island, SC at the end of this month. Looking forward to getting lots of beach photos to post! A day in Savannah, GA is also planned while away. Can not wait until I will be able to post them all and share them with everyone. In July a trip to the falls at Watkins Glenn is planned and hoping to get out to several of the falls parks in the area for some photos this summer to share with everyone. Scenery is a big passion of mine and I love to share it.

Last week I posted a sneak peak of the Wood children and will be getting the full posting up this week. I am also hoping to get a few posted of "Through the eyes of a child" We took a trip and she took some photos of all of us. She has also been setting up her own "shoots" with her toys that are just so cute.

My son is finished with school already and looking forward to his summer. Two weeks after we return from vacation he will be off to camp for a week. Then it will be time for soccer to start back up again. I want to get him out this summer and take a few photos of him in his indoor soccer uniform.

So with these great summer plans there is a lot to be looking forward to.

I also wanted to let everyone know that there are still plenty of weekends free to get your family shoots in. Send me an email and let me know what is good for you and we will get it scheduled.
In July, Saturday the 10th and then the weekend of the 17th and 18th, I will not be available for shoots. With the sun staying out longer now, we can even set up a shoot for an evening during the week after 5pm.

Bichon Boys- full post

I posted a sneak peek of these guys last week. Hope you enjoy the full post.

Here they are in my Coca-cola wagon. I was hoping we would be able to get them all in there but it was just too small.

The boys all together.

Here are some of them hanging out in the picnic basket.

Trying to get them all to lay in the chair was not easy. Buster, the baby, just did not want to lay down.

Thanks to Leah for inviting me into your home to shoot these cute guys. I have already been told that there may be another shoot of them.

For Your Eyes Only shoot- Bride

I had a bride ask me to shoot these for her so that she could give the groom a photo book of her. Today was there wedding and given permission I wanted to share them with everyone. I did these sometime in May and agreed to wait until the wedding to post them.

In one of his shirts.

The bride let me know that these in the leopard print were some of her favorites.

These were some more favorites.

We ended with some of her in her Vail.

Thanks to the bride for letting help make a gift that I am sure the groom will enjoy!

If you are interested in a shoot of your own send me an email and we can make arrangements. Posting of these shoots are with permission only.

SNEAK PEAK- family of 4

Lat weekend I shot the Wood Family. Here is a sneak peak of the kids in the family.


This wagon was his grandmothers, how great to still have it. He is showing me that he is 4!

This little sweetie is almost 6 months!

Photos of the Endicott War Memorial

I had been out in Endicott shooting some of things that represent the town. I shot a few that I really liked of the War Memorial. I thought that today, Memorial Day, would be a great day to post them and share them with everyone. ENJOY!

Great images of these three wars.

I love this one! The flags all in a row.

Thank you to all the men and women who have served in past wars for our freedom. A special thank you to all who lost their lives serving to protect us! Today is a day for those who have fought for us! To all of those who are currently serving and signing up to serve our country, Thanks to you as well!

Bichon Sneak Peak

Here is a sneak peak of the photo shoot of some really cute four legged guys! Check back soon to see the whole shoot!

Open Dates for shoots

With the spring weather in full swing, it is a great time to start thinking of some nice family photos. Weather it is the whole family or just the kids, what a great time to do them. It is not too hot out there yet and not too cold either. I am looking forward to shooting all who have asked about shoots through the winter. Mom's what a great gift to hint to the husbands for mother's day. It is even a great gift to give to your Mom's.
Here are some of the upcoming weekends that are free.
May:
Saturday the 1st
Sunday the 2nd
Saturday the 8th
Saturday the 15th
Sunday the 16th
Saturday the 29th
June:
Sunday the 6th
Sunday the 13th

There are a lot of great parks in the area to shoot at. Want something a little different we can head out to any of the local parks with lakes and beach. What a fun alternative to a traditional studio family shoot.
When you book ask how you can get some free prints!
I look forward to hearing back from you all about booking your shoot. please send me out an email to:kgrussellphoto@yahoo.com

Grace- Easter

These are the photos taken of my little girl for her Easter shoot. We had a Sunday afternoon when just the two of us were home and I asked her what she wanted to do. Her reply was, "Take Easter photos of me and Ms. Bunny." We have a bunny so naturally Grace wanted her in the photos too. I love to find an Easter dress that comes with a matching doll dress and fell in love with this one. There are a few here with her favorite doll, Sally, in their matching dresses. Our dog must have been feeling a little left out because she sat herself down in my way. What was I supposed to do but give in and shoot a few with her too.

We were having some difficulty getting some without her blinking. She knew that she was blinking too. So we tried a few "tricks" and I got a few smiles with her eyes showing. I could tell that she was just about done so I convinced her to let me do some where she is looking off to the side. Love those ones.
All things considered I am very happy with the photos that we got.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed shooting them. I am not saying that just cause she is mine. I say it for all my shoots. I have to admit that sometimes shooting my own family is more difficult than shooting others.

The Goings On in the Life of Me!

In January I posted that every few months I was going to do two things. Those two things are to post the Goings On in my life. The other was Through the Eyes of a Child. While I do not have photos just yet of Through the Eyes of a Child they are on their way. I do have new updates on the Goings On.

Starting next week my hours at my day job will be set and I will be off on the weekends. Very excited about that. Looking forward to having the weekends free for photo shoots and spending time with my family. We have booked a beach vacation this summer to Hilton Head, SC. I am counting down the weeks and days until we go. I still have to wait until the end of June. I can not wait to get there and get great beach photos.

Kris is playing indoor soccer now. I have to say that I really never cared too much for soccer. That is changing now however. We make it to every game and I try to get some great shots at each one. I have posted a few of them here.

Grace is dancing and looking forward to her recitile in June. I can not wait to get her costume and get some cute photos of her in it. She keeps us busy at the socccer games and last week she got to play around and make some goals of her own. Check her out. Is she gonna be a soccer player too?

Keep watching for more Goings On. I will get a post of Through the Eyes of a Child up soon.