Mothers love photographs, it is that simple.

You give a mother a beautiful photo of her child and she will keep it forever.

There is something so tangible about a photo of your child, weather all grown up or still in pigtails we love them. How many of us grow up, leave home, and have mothers back at home still asking for photos? I know my mother still bugs me for photos and I have the most photographed families I know! But then again as a mother, I can understand the feeling. I cherish each and every one of the images of my little girl. Poor baby boy has no idea what he is getting into.

So, I think it is absolutely lovely when those grown up kids hire me to take photos for their mothers. Erin contacted me a few months back about putting a photo session together for herself, brother & mom.  She and I know each other from Portland State University years back. She wanted to create some photos for her mother of the whole family. Seems mom had been asking for a few years and now was the time to make it happen. Erin lives on the east coast and is only in town to visit a few times a year.

We headed out to the Hawthorne district of Portland shortly before Christmas and had a great time running around & taking photos.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Check out our stylish family.

baby brother looking all handsome

big sister looking all beautiful and east coast stylish.

and mom with her beautiful smile.

our super stylish family looking all lovely. It was nice of them to coordinate with the cool mural we found right!

this might be my favorite of Erin & Spencer. I loved catching their reflection in the glass & the city scene.

we also had some silliness while we shot.

and my favorite of the whole family from our afternoon. They really are so lovely together. 🙂

Erin thanks for contacting me to set up the session. It was great to see you again and meet your family. I am so glad the timing & weather worked our in our favor! I hope you like the peek. I will have the whole gallery up for you very soon. 🙂

xo em

You might remember Jamie’s adorable family from this past summer. You know summer, when the sun came out? Ahh good times. Well Jamie & family had me back out, and this time was a bit different. Not just the weather, but the whole session. This time around we set up a more laid back lifestyle session while Jamie’s brothers & father were in town. I came by to capture not just a few posted photos, but just them hanging out. Cooking, playing pool,

I had a great time getting to know the whole family for sure! These people are not only hilarious, but completely welcoming.We had a great time munching on food, playing games, and taking a few photos. Here are a few of my favorites so far.

You might notice little Mr. B is the real star of the show. He had all the ladies doing puzzles on the floor and making towers out of canned goods. He is quite the charmer I admit.

He also has some uncles wrapped around his little finger. But how could you not with a face like that right. 🙂

Mr. B might get some of his charm from this man. Grandpa is charming and sweet, and a total pool shark I learned!

when I first arrived it was super dark & rainy, but through the time I was there it did lighten up a bit. We ventured out for a bit with umbrella of course. These two lovebirds are from sunny Reno, NV so yeah we rocked the umbrella.

We also did quite a bit of cooking. Jamie was doing a little pre-thanksgiving set up for the family. At some point the topic of Desperate House Wives came up and we had to re-do the famous apple holding pose with the potatoes we had handy. 🙂 These ladies are adorable.

we also talked a bit about phone addictions. Bryce’s uncle and I both love our crackberries, but he takes it to a whole new level. 😉

and of course I had to get one of the whole family together. Seriously wonderful people here. 🙂

more uncle nephew love, yes indeed proof he did set down the blackberry!

and one last image of the little guy & star of the show. I just loved his reflection on the glass here. 🙂

Jamie thanks for having me out again to meet the whole family. You all were over the top wonderful to spend time with! I hope the rest of your visits were great and you all had safe travels back to Nevada. I hope you enjoyed the peek, I will have much more for you soon!

xo em