Mothers love photographs, it is that simple.
You give a mother a beautiful photo of her child and she will keep it forever.
There is something so tangible about a photo of your child, weather all grown up or still in pigtails we love them. How many of us grow up, leave home, and have mothers back at home still asking for photos? I know my mother still bugs me for photos and I have the most photographed families I know! But then again as a mother, I can understand the feeling. I cherish each and every one of the images of my little girl. Poor baby boy has no idea what he is getting into.
So, I think it is absolutely lovely when those grown up kids hire me to take photos for their mothers. Erin contacted me a few months back about putting a photo session together for herself, brother & mom. She and I know each other from Portland State University years back. She wanted to create some photos for her mother of the whole family. Seems mom had been asking for a few years and now was the time to make it happen. Erin lives on the east coast and is only in town to visit a few times a year.
We headed out to the Hawthorne district of Portland shortly before Christmas and had a great time running around & taking photos.
Here are a few of my favorites so far:
Check out our stylish family.
baby brother looking all handsome
big sister looking all beautiful and east coast stylish.
and mom with her beautiful smile.
our super stylish family looking all lovely. It was nice of them to coordinate with the cool mural we found right!
this might be my favorite of Erin & Spencer. I loved catching their reflection in the glass & the city scene.
we also had some silliness while we shot.
and my favorite of the whole family from our afternoon. They really are so lovely together. 🙂
Erin thanks for contacting me to set up the session. It was great to see you again and meet your family. I am so glad the timing & weather worked our in our favor! I hope you like the peek. I will have the whole gallery up for you very soon. 🙂
xo em
very sweet!
Yay!!!! Erin – you all look awesome and Emily, you did a great job 🙂