well worth the work

11.01.11

I just adore the Bard family. Due to some crazy circumstances we had to sessions. And by crazy I mean hay trucks on fire, illness and random cold weather in August. So after re-grouping we tried our session again catching one of the last warm days of the fall. And man I so happy we did! Smiling kids and the last of truck fires made it all worth the wait. 🙂 It was my pleasure to meet the whole family grandparents included, but really the most fun was rolling around with Lucy in the fresh cut grass of Sellwood park. 🙂

Here are a few more of my favorites:

Karen and family thanks so much for all your patience and laughter during our sessions together. Your kiddos are truly adorable, I hope you like your extended sneak peek. I am working up on uploading the whole gallery right now! As a new client I would of course love to offer you a blog challenge. If you can get 30 people to comment on this post I will trow in a cute little set of mini brag books on the house. 🙂

xo em

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Mary RaeNovember 1, 2011 - 1:36 pm
Love, Love, Love these!
KatharineNovember 1, 2011 - 1:42 pm
So beautiful! Amazing Photos and beautiful family. ……. Flaming haytrucks? Wow.
SylviaNovember 1, 2011 - 1:47 pm
Lovely family and beautiful setting!
RaenaNovember 1, 2011 - 1:50 pm
These photos are so cute! Truman has grown up so much!
Rod JohnsonNovember 1, 2011 - 2:03 pm
Gotta love the Bard clan! Those kids are tooooo cute!
KariNovember 1, 2011 - 2:10 pm
My favorite is the last one, by the river! So darling.
Lindsay ChristensenNovember 1, 2011 - 2:13 pm
How sweet are these photos- oh my!
TabathaNovember 1, 2011 - 2:33 pm
Y’all adorbs.
Crystal MisnerNovember 1, 2011 - 2:41 pm
Love the last one as well. Swing!
sara reedNovember 1, 2011 - 2:51 pm
Great pictures. And I like the settings too. I especially the groups by gender with all the girls and then all the boys. so nice to have a balance…
AlysiaNovember 1, 2011 - 3:36 pm
What a great job of capturing the smiles! You look fantastic Karen!
RachelNovember 1, 2011 - 3:52 pm
I second Sara. I love the 3 generation women and gender pics. What an awesome setting.
Karen HNovember 1, 2011 - 4:20 pm
These are the super sweet and rad! A bunch of lookers!
BillNovember 1, 2011 - 4:31 pm
WOW. Great shots. Favorite is the black and white of Alex and Lucy. Wait, where am I?
Kevin CNovember 1, 2011 - 4:34 pm
Nice family pictures! Luckily, it didn’t rain!
caryn uNovember 1, 2011 - 5:31 pm
i love the settings and the play of the depth of field. lucy is so photogenic amd tru is not bad either. the last shot is also my fav. we’ll have to keep you in mind for future photo sessions!
johnNovember 1, 2011 - 5:35 pm
Wow! These are amazing. I love the b/w ones of the daddy and the little ones (but maybe it’s because I am also a daddy). And, you’ve inspired us. We’ll need to take family photos in the future and will contact you.
Daniel MisnerNovember 1, 2011 - 10:10 pm
These are great. I like how you caught the kids smiles, that can sometimes be a challenge with little one.
Parker MisnerNovember 1, 2011 - 10:12 pm
So cute!
SaraNovember 1, 2011 - 10:44 pm
Gorgeous! T and L are just precious, joyful children!
TraskNovember 2, 2011 - 9:50 am
Wow, these are great you guys. Love the Vespa on Tru’s outfit.
Cate DrinanNovember 2, 2011 - 10:51 am
How cute are these kids!!?? Look like their mom and dad!!
Cate DrinanNovember 2, 2011 - 10:52 am
How cute are these kids?? Look like their mom and dad!
Archie R.November 2, 2011 - 1:19 pm
I am in love with Lucy! No cuter little one around.
Prost to the HostNovember 2, 2011 - 8:09 pm
Squeee! What a fun photoshoot. How lucky to have no rain on this picture perfect parade!
HannahNovember 2, 2011 - 8:18 pm
I adore the Bard family too. Look @ those sweetheart babies! Hugs! Hannah
AlexisNovember 2, 2011 - 9:46 pm
These are amazing! Truman is getting so big!
Emily, you took photos of our friends Alan and Amanda, and their daughter, Eva. Those were stunning too! Great work.
ChristyNovember 2, 2011 - 11:36 pm
Love these! So beautiful! Love the one of Lucy and Alex as well…these will be a treasure for your family for years to come. Love the 3 generation pics as well. Heartwarming!
ShaneNovember 2, 2011 - 11:38 pm
Our family loves Sellwood Park…my wife and I got married at the little church near there and had our wedding reception in that park..so many good memories. Love the shots…makes me want to go back with our family and take some family pics with all the kids. Will definitely save Emily Photography info.
judianne klimchakNovember 3, 2011 - 6:29 am
Just Love all of the pics as we were there when some of them were taken and she truly got really great shots of your beautiful family!
Mom Klimchak
StacyNovember 3, 2011 - 8:02 am
These are great! Loved the colors that you chose and so fun to see the other half of Lucy and Truman!
Nancy J KlimchakNovember 3, 2011 - 11:54 am
Beautiful pictures, settings, smiles and facial expressions. The children are getting so big and Karen and Alex look great too. Good to see Judie and Ed included.
Memories for a lifetime.
Thank you for sharing this with our family,
Love, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Joe
AnnNovember 3, 2011 - 3:13 pm
I love these. What a beautiful family!
Ms. MarionNovember 4, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Karen & Alex – What a beautiful family! I’m glad you had some photos taken with the proud grandparents. Everyone looks great. Keep the photos coming – I love to see them.
Love,
Ms.Marion