The Zivoder Family

The Zivoder family was here on vacation from Ohio when we met to take some family portraits at Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach. These kids are so adorable it is crazy. They have the sweetest little features and are obviously very happy children. It can be easy to stress your kids out before a photo shoot... and then get less than desirable behavior out of them during the shoot. I am guilty of this myself! But I could tell that even though Gina was very excited to have their portraits taken, she did not put any pressure on her family and thanks to that, they responded quite well! It's funny that I had just been up in Ohio/Michigan when we met. Gina's accent was the strongest I have ever heard though! It seemed like they were having a great vacation here and hopefully easy travel home!

see what I mean?

This is so hilarious to me... they went back for more treats and just stood there salivating. Treats can sometimes be key to your children's photography session. I prefer fruit snacks because I am not technically offering your kids candy and because they disappear quickly from their mouths. Of course I always ask first and would never give fruit snacks to babes!

We stopped at the beach for a few more...

The Miksis Children

I met the Miksis family in Vero Beach a couple weeks ago. It reminded me of when I had two babies 18months apart! Life is a little crazy... But we had a great time and I was really happy with the outcome. I apologize for being so behind on the blog, I'm actually behind on everything right now due to a summer of moving, looking for houses, trying to get settled... working too. We weren't sure when the house would sell and then it did and we had one month to move. After we got moved I had a trip to Ohio planned previously to visit my brother and sister in law who are expecting a baby. We had an awesome maternity shoot I can't wait to post here but I've got a couple weddings ahead of that, then from this week I shot a great event at the UCF college of medicine and a high school senior from Colorado! I have decided to stop new bookings until after labor day in order to get back on track, kids back to school, etc. Please bear with me! There are so many new and exciting things just around the corner too with the opening of the studio!

I love baby yawns.

This was the general theme of the shoot, really funny.

The Wood-Purdie Family

I photographed the Wood-Purdie family earlier in July -- my great Aunt and Uncle and their daughter's family (my cousins.) They were all in town for some vacation time and we hung out for the 4th as well. My kids love it when they get to play with their cousins (2nd or 3rd cousins? I can never remember how that goes!) I'm blessed to have such a big family and really thankful for the gift that has been in my life!

Since I have been meaning to get some updated pics here of my kids since Davis had his second birthday in March, I figured I would include a few from the barbque below!

Just an idea... in wrapped canvas...

There's Mary on the right, she's 5 1/2 now!

My babe and his big belly... love it.

There's Logan on the right, he's just turned 7 and he absolutely adores having his picture made, can you tell?

I photographed newborn Ivory last week at her home in Rockledge. I am so in love with her name but have to admit I did call her Pearl a few times for no apparent reason. I photographed her family before when her mom was just a few months along and you couldn't tell yet. You can see that here so you'll know how much her big brother has grown already!

Part 2- The First Studio Mini Sessions!

Oh I am so super excited to share these. I am so excited for my studio space in downtown Eau Gallie's art district (Melbourne, FL) and even though indoor sessions have never been my favorite, these mini sessions with the beautiful filtered light in my studio are going to be such a fun addition to my on location shoots! I couldn't have asked for better test subjects. As I mentioned in the sneak peak (if you haven't seen that one go back!) the mini session is for one subject but the brave Ryals family attempted three in a row (one for each girl) so I snapped a few group shots as well and seriously how cute are these girls??

Lots of changes coming for Angel Gray Photography. We are offering more services than ever, super sized customer service and brand new collections. AGP is teaming up with an awesome designer in town for all our custom holiday cards, baby announcements, save the dates and wedding invites,,, etc! Such a great opportunity for AGP clients to be able to use the image files free of charge with a partner design team! I'll keep mentioning new things here as we approach the grand opening of the studio. Some of the changes will take effect gradually. Everything (including blogging and order fulfillment is taking a pause next week while my family moves to a new home in town) but hopefully I'll get enough done before I'm out of commission and buried under boxes of stuff I think I'd rather just give away at this point!
Next up on the blog: Letlow maternity, Baby Ivory, Gruber family and Aimee's 18th!