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Thanks to an El Nino winter, we are having an early spring in the desert - the flowers are amazing and the weather has been just beautiful! My friend Suzy and I took a few of our little kids out to one such flower patch we found and did a few Easter/spring inspired shots. I think they came out awfully cute and wanted to share.
We've been photographing Elliott & Mia (both age 4) together for 2 years now. They swear they are going to get married someday. And hey, if they do, they'll have on epic wedding album complete with photos of them together as toddlers!
These next 2 images are of my youngest, Gabriel. He'll be 3 in June. He was being a 2 year old little pill until we let him hold one of the chicks, his entire demeanor changed like a switch had been flipped. I'm in love with these!
Adding a few of my little girls! We ran out of time our first trip to this location (very short shooting window) so we took them back the other night and caught the tail end of these flowers. I got a few cute ones that are worth adding I think.
I'm not a portrait photographer, so I don't normally post in this forum (although I do view images here). However, I feel compelled to say that the second image is truly outstanding! Everything about it is wonderful, but the expression of the girl puts this image over the top. Wonderful work from Lisa, as always.
Keith W.
Thanks so much Karl, I really appreciate that. I'm planning on taking my 2 little girls back with me this weekend before the flowers are gone. They were actually on this outing with us, but we had a tiny shooting window, 4 little kids, 1 grumpy toddler, 2 baby chicks, 1 bunny that wanted to run away, and 1 semi-grumpy husband (mine lol) and just didn't have enough time to do it all on this trip.
Beautiful photos, as always. I love your story about how the little bird helped calm your son. It is a timeless truth that, when properly trained, chicks can be a civilizing influence on wild men.
