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Aly & Cael are back on the blog again!  Their mom just reminded me that I began working with their family four years ago when Ashlyn was just an itty-bitty newborn! And now she is a young lady and the little music man Caelan is a whole year old – and he is speedy!!!  Time sure does fly when you’re having fun!  Aly was such a rock-star, she even let me do all her outfit changes and whipped out her own camera for a few pics at the end.  I think I have a new little help to begin grooming!

Marc and Cynthia are some of Metimages original wedding clients from 2001, back when I was operating as Rachael Silvers Photography.  They were married in June and while I had photographed a handful of weddings and special events in the years prior, their wedding was particularly special since they had been good friends of ours for a few years and I knew a lot of the cast of characters through other photographic projects.  Fast forward a year and a half later and Marc and Cynthia were two parts of the brass quintet that played during my own outdoor wedding ceremony.  Funny how life happens, jobs change, people move, families grow and it’s often a full circle.  Marc and Cynthia moved from Illinois to Southern California in 2004, and my husband helped them drive a huge moving truck across the country.  Now since our migration to Orange County, California earlier this year, we are only about an hour and a half apart from Marc and Cynthia rather than half a continent!  I met up with them at La Jolla Cove last weekend for some fun family portraits and of course loads of goofing off and fun portraits of their darling daughters.  Some say there is no place like home.  I say there is no place like being near friends.

Love these little guys. Arvin especially melted my heart by addressing me as Rachael Auntie!  I went to high school with their mom and it was so fun to be asked to photograph her family portraits.  Her parents have since moved farther from Skokie, but it was well worth the jaunt to spend a fun morning with Nisha, Arvin and Nithin, her parents and her brother. Arvin did so well as my little assistant and helped me with test shots and breaking down and packing up the portable studio. Nithin pulled out some moves and actually came up with his own poses just for me. I can’t wait until we schedule a summer session and take advantage of some outdoor portraits.

Arvin

Nithin

Mom and her boys.

Proud Apu and Amma!

The whole family.

Apu and his boys.

Isabell is yet another returning professional subject for me. I have been photographing her since her birth three years ago and prior to that I photographed her parent’s wedding.  Connor is Isabell’s cousin and together they had a blast jumping and spinning and tossing me a few smiles in the studio last week.