Over the years, I have been so blessed by the presence of family in my life.  You see, members of my family were the first to believe in me, the first to give me a chance with this camera, and the first to purchase me a great camera.  They were the folks that kept posing for me when they were ready for me to be done like an hour and a half ago.  My family has supported my business and ALL of my pursuits through the years, so I cherish and value family.

I recently had a family portrait session with a wonderful family, and I was so blessed by this opportunity to capture their moments because you could not help but to see their genuine love for one another!  In a time when the media feeds us so many broken and unloving families – especially families of color – it is good to see images of those solid families that are there for each other, and ready to smile and encourage each other!  From the brothers to the sisters to the husbands and wives, this family was not shy with their love and affection for one another.  All that I could say was the phrase I remember my granddad using all the time in his latter years, “Beautiful!”

See images from this recent family portrait session below.

When it comes to photography, I think my first love was the portrait.  Whether I was capturing an individual or a family or friends, it was all just as thrilling.  Sometimes I would pose people, and then other times, I’d just let the natural moments flow and captured them.  It was in the free-flowing moments that the true personalities of my subjects were captured.  Well, I recently had the opportunity to photograph a mother and her son in Delaware – what a joy!  As the son was still under a year old, I really was able to just capture the moments that happened, especially since he couldn’t really understand my direction 😉  Needless to say, the session went well, and I believe that I captured the essence of Mommy and Baby, but don’t take my word for it!  Check out select pictures from this session below!