When happens when you get two good friends who are also photographers together, and you only do it once a year? Well, a lot of pictures happen. You might remember the Holi Powder session I posted a while back, a colorful, fun and MESSY activity I photographed for this same family. But one session wasn’t enough, so we also took all of these. And on another day, Mandy (of Amanda Kay Photography) photographed me and my family (check out her blog post of our family session here.) Photo-palooza. Happy to say that many of the pictures she took are already printed and displayed on my walls, and last I heard she had a couple photo walls in the works too. Yay! Love it.
The location Mandy picked was perfect. So beautiful. I am so envious off all the beautiful spots available in the Northwest. It’s where I grew up and it will always be home. I’ve been all over the country (44 states of it), and it’s still the prettiest place I’ve ever been. But every time I start complaining about our lack of trees and greenery here in the desert, all I need to do is have a quick chat with Mandy and be reminded that days like this one are few and far between. It may not actually *rain* as much in Seattle as Hollywood makes out, but it is gray almost all the time, and it does drizzle/rain A LOT. I remember recently reading on the Amanda Kay Photography facebook page that they finally managed to complete a session for one family that had been rescheduled FIVE TIMES due to weather. Yikes! I’m not going to play chicken over who has the more difficult situation. We may not have lots of shade and trees around here, but I think I’ve only rescheduled due to weather ONCE in over 3 years! So I won’t complain.
Lucky for us, both of our sessions in Washington happened to take place on gorgeous, sunny, July days and we were able to make the most of it with cameras out. Couldn’t have asked for better subjects, a prettier location, better weather, or more cooperative kids. Meet Mandy and her beautiful family.
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