Metropolitan Imageworks

My little cousin, Elan, is three and he is full of life.  Even as I edited the photos, I was chuckling to myself remembering his antics.  I stayed with family in Philly while I was out there last week for portrait sessions. It was very intimate – staying with family – and being let into their daily routines and having Elan be so incredibly comfortable around my camera. True lifestyle portraiture here.

For my next visit I would love to go to school with Elan. One of the days I was in Philly was his day for Show and Tell and it was briefly discussed having Elan bring me, but the classroom rules are it has to fit in a backpack and well, I don’t.

Elizabeth spent some time with little Miss Luca Jane a couple weeks ago. Here’s Elizabeth’s take on the session.

Luca was born December 29, so she’s 19 months. She says quite a lot of words; I think she said the word ‘fly’ for the first time during the photo shoot. She calls all kids Avery, after a friend of hers. She laughs when others laugh. She has an array of faces including duck face, “geek face,” mad face, and ‘o’ face. It’s hilarious and I captured it all. She’s getting her canines, so she was teething quite a bit and putting her fingers in her mouth, but Mom administered Ibuprofen an hour before the shoot and it kicked in after a little while. Luca wore a barrette for the first time today and she even left it in for a few pictures!

I’ve been photographing Alex since he was a little peanut and now he is over three years old and such a chatty and friendly and inquisitive little boy. This time he brought along his new cousin Jack and demonstrated how to be a gentleman in front of my camera.

Tori joined us again during the Metimages Studio Anniversary week!  I’m positive she remembered me from last year’s portrait session but she still teased me with her seriousness for a long time. I was able to squeak a few smiles out of her though, I am proud because it was no easy feat!

Last Sunday kicked off the Metropolitan Imageworks Studio One-Year Anniversary!  I had clients in and out all week and will be posting some of the teasers over the next week too!

Noah brought his little brother, Daniel out for a go and showed him the ropes of how to pose for me. Mom and dad joined in for a few pictures as well.

Be warned this post includes a lot of teasers!  I have been waiting to photograph Abby and Zach since last fall and we were finally able to get all of our schedules matched up while I was in town last weekend.  Abby and Zach are the dear children of a friend that I have known for 20+ years.  I met their mom one summer at overnight camp and we became fast friends – growing up in the suburbs close to Chicago, on a swim team together and of course life-guarding at the community pools together for a few years as well.  I was excited to learn they lived near Phoenix and even more excited to be asked to take their family portraits!

Abby is an adorable four-year old with a typical four-year old vocabulary, although she is fluent in American Sign Language, she is a bundle of energy, fast to make friends and steal your heart. As soon as Abby saw my camera she was quick to primp and pose and even try to take a few pictures on her own.  Zach is her giggly two-year-old brother who greeted me with a huge smile, brotherly antics and his awesome head full of curls!

We had a blast playing near the desert flowers in bloom and along the path that leads to Poopa’s house!

Thank you for having me out. I think we should make this an annual event!

Logan and his mom met up with me at Cantigny early one morning last week.  We had some sun and cool fall temps, but it was still a great day to be outside running around.  The purpose of this shoot is a surprise for dad at Christmastime.  Let’s just hope mom can keep a secret for one more month!

Brennan and Annalyn were exceptional during their Metimages portrait session last week!  I’m almost postivive Brennan practiced his smiling and posing in front of the mirror. And Annalyn, she’s just plain adorable so no practice necessary.