Elle Effect » Family

Kids I Love: Summer 2010

laurensusanna — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:00:40 +0000

Caitlin: Dance Portraits

laurensusanna — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:15:07 +0000

My sister, Caitlin, and I ventured into the deep woods behind our house while I was home in West Virginia this past weekend for work/meetings/shoots/etc. (Excited to share with you soon the projects going on that will be unveiled in the next few weeks!) We didn’t plan on these photographs being taken… and they are some of my favorites as of late. She is so beautiful. A rock to me.

Portland: Spring 2010

laurensusanna — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:24:08 +0000

Bailey

laurensusanna — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:17:22 +0000

This little girl I shot back in October. She found some hats in my office and we played.

Stonestreet Family

laurensusanna — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:01:24 +0000

Yes, indeed, this is my beloved family. Late in the evening we had our first family photo shoot since 2001. Thanks to my self-timer, darling Grandma and friend Brittany, we got photos in before it was too dark : ) Christmas family cards, here we come!

Also note that most of these are outtakes… because we simply can’t take a serious photo together. And that’s okay by me.

(click for larger view below)

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It is also my parents 30th wedding anniversary this month. So, as my gift, they received photos from me. By taking their portraits, I learned more about myself and about who they were, how they mesh perfectly… how seasoned they are. What a gift. I’ve taken so many portraits of new couples — and that fresh, beautiful romance is captured on film. This, this was different. Seasoned, selfless, beautiful… love.