Jensen Family Portraits

You know that older sibling or neighbor who you really look up to when you're a kid? The one that in total admiration you said "So-and-so is so cool!" Well, that is my older cousin Curtis. He's maybe 6 or 7 years older than me and I just thought he was the greatest. He would swing from the door frames, and knew all the best games. He even made a potato gun one Christmas vacation. Now that he's in his 30's and has 2 kids, I still think he's the coolest. I'm glad that Curt and Alaina asked me to photograph their family portraits this year.

He's such handsome cousin! Look and that classic Jensen face! (Jensen is my maiden name, by the way.)

And, Wow, did he get himself a gorgeous wife! So naturally they make beautiful children.

Georgia and Levi are twins and just a few months older than my 4 year son.

"That family is so cool!"

Sorensen Family Portraits

Almost everyone wants to get their family portraits taken during this season so that they can get that picture for their Christmas card. The Sorensens are a family of 10! Count them - 1, 2, 3, 4,...10.

The Sorensen girls, aren't they cute!

I did not think of doing the pyramid, they just started putting it together. They are the best- so much fun!

Three of the Sorensen progeny are in the military. So we did a few in their  Class A Uniforms.

Baby Girl Leigha!

Kami and Shawn are a sand dune desert romping kind of couple. And when Kami said she wanted some pregnancy pictures with her ATV I knew we needed do a desert shoot with this sweet baby. She's only a few weeks old. But Leigha did not like me taking her pictures though. She was a bit mad for most of the shoot. Then she fell asleep in her dad's arms and then she was a much happier subject.

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Apples & A Belly

When Kami asked me to do her pregnancy session I knew she'd let me do whatever crazy thing I came up with, being that I've known her for such a long time. And I think we scared her husband a bit when he come home to find a studio light set up in his dining room. But his part was pretty painless, so he got off easy. Poor Kami had to hold those baskets of apples forever. She was good to me by being so trusting. Hope she lets me do a newborn session!

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I love that their hair matches!

Only one week until the Free Wedding Contest ends!

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Baby Caden

So finally Monica's baby Caden is here!  He's one month old now. And so sweet and aware.

Here he is posing in the same hat we used in all his mom's previous pregnancy sessions. Too cute!

Desert Pregnancy Session

On Saturday I took Monica out to the dry lake bed just south of Las Vegas to photograph her pregnancy session. We get there only to find out that there is dirt racing going on all weekend there so we can't shoot there. But just on the other side of the road is some large red rocks out in the desert so we set up there. I was really bummed at first that we couldn't shoot where I had planned, but the session really turned out great. I love happy accidents.

Belly Updates

This past weekend I photographed the second belly update for Monica's pregancy. The first image below is at 25 weeks and the second is at 32 weeks. We'll have photography from the live birth, so check back to see some of those images in October.