Wow! Where has the month gone?? Things have suddenly become blindingly busy and I am struggling to keep up! It is a great problem to have! In the next couple of weeks I will have lots to share, so keep checking back.
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing the family of a fellow 08/04 mom that I met on an online baby forum. We have children the same age, and about a year and a half ago she asked me to do some family portraits for her. At the time, I was about 7 months pregnant with my second. I still remember the look on her face when I laid down on my big belly on the ground to capture some family shots!
Fast forward to the present, and she and I have both had new babies so it was definitely time to get together again. We decided to meet at a wonderful park near downtown Austin, Mayfield Park and Preserve. This park is amazing! It is by far one of the most beautiful I’ve seen, and with all of the amazing features it was a perfect location for a family photo shoot.
One of the very cool things about the park is that it is inhabited by many free roaming peacocks.
One of the not so cool things – the many LOUD free roaming peacocks! 😉
They are truly beautiful (and so BIG!) when they spread their feathers.
So mom and dad brought the kids out, and while things were quite pleasant for the first 10 minutes or so, it suddenly became unbearably hot! The humidity was so high that the air had a thickness to it. We were all instantly drenched in sweat. Amazingly though, mom and dad stayed gorgeous looking! I know I’ve said it before, but I truly believe I have the most beautiful clients.
The middle child, Mr. C, is so adorable. He didn’t like to look right at me much, but it afforded me the opportunity to capture some amazing eyelash shots. You know how I adore eyelashes – especially on little boys!
He also has the cutest thumb sucking habit. Oh how I love it!
Miss K is growing up to be quite the little beauty herself, and the obliged me with a couple of incredibly model like poses on this old porch.
The newest member of the M family is Baby C. Oh how adorable is he?!? His gorgeous eyes stole my heart!
He could be pretty funny too!
Baby C appears to have a bit of a jealous streak in him already, at only a few months old he showed me his dark side. 😉 Big brother got a sucker and look at the expression on Baby C’s face!
{I can almost reach it! Gimme that!}
{DOH! How could you??!?}
Hee hee! Love it!
Throughout our time at the park we encountered the peacocks from afar (for the most part). They hung out high up in the trees, and occasionally one would saunter by at a safe distance. We were constantly reminded of their presence by their loud cries to each other, but we hardly came across them in our trek from one area to another. However, at one point I rather loudly announced to the family that we should move over to a nearby bench for some group shots and out of nowhere a peacock ran right next to us and did this.
{MY bench!}
We approached the bench slowly and the peacock held his ground. It wasn’t until after a couple of gentle tail strokes that he released the bench from his possession, but not without leaving us a…uh, little gift for his trouble. *ahem*. Good thing I has some tissue in my bag!
When it was over we were all soaked in sweat and covered in mud and various other wildlife matter (eww) but it was so worth it! I had a wonderful time and I think I captured some amazing images. Below is one of my favorites (though it is so hard to choose just one). I just love the baby smile and the cute way Miss K is holding his little toes. Adorable!
Thank you once again M family for letting me spend a beautiful (though hot) Friday morning with you. I enjoyed your company and hanging out with your wonderful family.
Thanks for looking!
D 🙂
Dawn Fry is a natural light, on location photographer specializing in child, family and senior portraiture in Austin, Houston, Dallas and the surrounding areas. If you would like more information on how to book a session with DLM Photography, please visit my website linked at the top of the page. Thank you!