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July 24, 2012

Nail That Family Shot

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My time as a high school teacher taught me how to instantly connect with teens and make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. I love photographing high school seniors all over the Greater Des Moines Metro and Midwest (yes, I’m willing to travel). 

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Ok, yes, that is totally an easy pun with this family’s last name, but I couldn’t resist! I graduated from Drake with Heather and she contacted me about a month ago to schedule gifts for her dad and her father-in-law for Father’s Day. What better thing to gift the Man-Who-Has-Everything than a photo session of his family with the grandkids he already loves spending time with? Perfect excuse to hang around these cute munchkins!!

We started with Heather’s in-laws, Judy and Greg but pretty quickly had to add in the adorable arm candy, Hailey.

We then moved onto Heather’s immediate family of three: hubby Ryan and again, the Arm Candy. 🙂

Little Miss just turned the big O-N-E and wanted to tell the whole world about it-gibber-gabbering all the time!

With the arrival of the other half of the family, we moved into the “full family” photo and worked oodles to get smiles out of both girls at the same time. What a victory!

After Ava was feeling more smile-y, we moved on to some photos with her parents, Chad & Joy, who are expecting Little One #2 in about 8 weeks.

It was such a pleasure getting to know you better Nail Family! I hope this isn’t the last we see of each other. 🙂 Judy & Greg-you have a lovely family and two absolutely adorable granddaughters, not that you needed me to tell you that…

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My time as a high school teacher taught me how to instantly connect with teens and make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. I love photographing high school seniors all over the Greater Des Moines Metro and Midwest (yes, I’m willing to travel). 

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