The McCormick Family - Colleyville, TX

Thanksgiving is a time typically spent in family gatherings, so when Jeannie shot me an e-mail about photographing her extended family - 22 people (15 adults, 7 kids), I was all for it. The last time they were all together was 11 years ago! 

I chose the Colleyville Nature Center since it was in their area, and we had plenty of space to work. The session itself was very streamlined and easygoing, I couldn't ask for a better experience.

I started with all the kids in the family:

Then moved onto families:

Quite a large family:

And a not so serious one:

Then they segmented into smaller groups as we went down the shot list:

McCormick, Bezdek & Co., thank you all for your hard work, I'm glad you all were able to get together once again.

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Don and Trang's Engagements

Don and Trang found me through WeddingWire, and met with me a couple of times before bringing me on board. They knew what they wanted in terms of photography, and also provided some room for direction from me as well -- my kind of clientele.

We started at the Dallas Arboretum, then moved to White Rock Lake, Deep Ellum, and finally finished in Downtown Dallas. Here are some that I want to show from their session:

I wanted to make use of Dale Chihuly's glasswork, but also didn't want to over power the couple:

A simple arch makes for a clean image:

The pumpkin patch features houses and a carriage that guests can visit as well:

We made our way to White Rock Lake, and stopped at a small area near Lawther and Poppy. They brought along some balloons, too:

At the end of a pier:

A ring detail amidst some balloons:

When we arrived to Deep Ellum, it had started to rain, they were good-spirited about it, and rescheduled with me to continue the session. We resumed at Daniel Munoz's "Tonatiuh" mural, which means "sun god."

Then moved to The Traveling Man, as per their suggestion. Here, I lit them with a tripod-mounted flash for some fill lighting:

We headed in the direction of the Latino Cultural Center off Live Oak, and stopped along the way:

With the sun going down, I wanted to get a few more flash-filled photos:

The architectural installations allowed for some framing:

Gangnam style!:

Some shadow work:

A pose they wanted to try:

On our way back, I had them do some dipping:

We last stopped at the JFK Memorial Plaza to round off this session:

Don, Trang, thanks so much for working with me, I look forward to April!

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The Wright Family - 2012

A new year, another annual session of the Wright family. I've photographed their son, Emory, when he was one, and then two, and now at three. When you photograph adults, you don't see the drastic change compared to kids, which is very noticeable.

The family moved to Colorado, but are currently in town for two weddings (one being mine, post about that coming in the future!). We started at the Frisco Heritage Center, which I last photographed at for David and Shannon's wedding, and then moved to the front of the Frisco Public Library.

I started the three of them against a wooden wall:

Then moved in closer for a few of Emory looking like a farmer here:

Next, I sat them in front of a small fence:

We moved over to the church and continued there. Here's one of Emory and Blake:

A big part of the Heritage Center are the trains, and the depot, so that's what we used that for most of the second half.

In front of the depot:

Just Emory on a cart:

We walked over to one of the train cars, and had Emory lifted to see if there was anything inside:

The last bit was moving to the Frisco Public Library, which is about a minute away. We used the fountains and the sculpture installations as our backdrop:

A candid of Emory being silly during a small break:

And I'll end it with his tree-climbing skills, while giving a GQ-inspired pose nonetheless:

Thank you guys so much, it's always a pleasure to see y'all!

Rasy Ran Photography