The Weaver Family

Our good friends, Ryan and Denise, were in town a few weeks ago with their adorable little guy, Mr. Oliver. This was the first time we had a chance to meet Oliver in person, even though we have watched him grow-up via Facebook.

Ryan has been a friend of ours for years. The first time I met Ryan, he was singing in my garage with my older brother's band. I was in the 8th grade I think? I remember I made him mint tea because his throat hurt from the 5 hundred times they made him sing the song Glycerine, by Bush. ;)

A few years after that, he became Rob's roommate. They lived together and I was always at their house hanging out. LOTS of funny memories came from that time in our life. Then, Ryan and Rob were in a band together - this time, no Glycerine.

And finally, Ryan married us on our wedding day. We couldn't think of anyone better - and we were so thankful he said yes. I don't know how many times during the ceremony, I would look up to see a huge Ryan grin on his face - and it calmed my nerves and made me smile.

Then there is Denise - who I have become friends with basically via the Internet due to the distance between us. We realized we had quite a bit in common - a love for graphic design, reading lots of blogs, and photographing our families way too much. ;) Oh, she is also a sweetheart...

Denise is also a photographer (a very talented one at that) and we decided to swap photo sessions when they were in town visiting. I am so glad we did. Denise captured images of my family that I will truly treasure. Little snippets of our life at this time, which has been pretty darn hectic - but also, pretty darn amazing.

I hope Denise, Ryan, and little Olvier feel the same way about the images we took of them. Oliver is at such a fun stage - the never wants to sit still not even for a second - stage. ;) I really do love this age. Totally spontaneous and full of energy. I know Ryan and Denise were chasing him around the entire time they were home - and loving every minute of it. It made me smile.

We love you guys and can't wait to see you again.
XOXO
Amber and Rob

This last set of images - they literally made me laugh out loud. They were all captured in about 20 seconds and they had to be viewed as a sequence. Oliver kept pulling Ryan's hair and as you can see, it hurt. Obviously, Ryan and Denise are our friends - and we know they won't hate us forever for posting these images. If it were a regular client, I wouldn't put them through this embarrassment, but Ryan - you can take it. This CRACKS me up. You can tell by Oliver's face in the last shot - he TOTALLY knew what he was doing....LOL - love ya! ;)

The Raterman Family

awesome family. how cute is that photo we snuck of them making funny faces @ their son Reed? he was a ham-ball. love this age. learning so many new things. hope to work with this family in 2010!!
Thank you for spending a few hours with us Andrea, Joe, and Reed!
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The Fell Family - Myrtle Beach, SC

We had the pleasure of working with The Fell Family when we took our Spring Break trip to SC this year. Carla and I have been trying to meet up for a session for a few years and finally, everything fell into place for it to happen.
I will thrilled to meet her and her adorable family. We had a blast cruising around Myrtle Beach looking for locations and chatting about photography. Carla is also a photographer in SC.
We hope to see them again in the near future...
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P.S. I am trying to catch up and share some of the things we have been working on this year. Such a busy time for us, but I will try to share more soon. Thanks for stopping by!

meet the gerdemann kids.

Meet the adorable Gerdemann Kids.

These cute kids are our neighbor's grandkids and they are the sweetest things.

The oldest, Steven, is the best big brother ever. Our son, Phoenix, always hangs out with Steven whenever he comes to visit and they have the best time.

Then there is Mya, she pretends to be shy, but I can see right through her act. :o) I loved how she bites her nails. And how cute are those lips?!

Then of course you can't forget Brady. Brady wanted NOTHING to do with us. :o) He was too busy running around and checking things out. I love the photo of him trying to get away from his brother and sister. He was running around the whole time. Such a fun age.

We loved working with them and hope to have many sessions in the future.

Again, this session was from this fall and just now sharing with blog-land.

Hope everyone is staying WARM. It is soooooo cold out!!!

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