Oh yeah, and their fantabulous parents too! I get to photograph this family every year and it's always such a crazy, fun filled, LOUD experience. These girls have energy to spare and are as spunky and strong willed as my Ellie (so obviously I am totally at home with them). Someone walking by even commented that we sounded like a group of 20 people from far away.... Um, yeah, that would be us 6 people.... he he.... What can I say, I am loud and energetic too!! :)
Birds of a feather.... Any-whoooo, Peter and Jolene are some of my favoritest people on the planet. I just really click with them and am totally at ease chatting with them. They are straight forward, no nonsense kinda folks and that's my comfort zone for sure. So, basically, we hang out, we engage, we deliberate, we negotiate, we trick, we cajole, we laugh, we act goofy, we act ridiculous, we laugh some more and we squeal...alot. And it's a happy kind of exhausted when it's all said and done. I'd say this was, so far, our BEST shoot yet. The girls are such characters and I really feel like I got a chance to capture their very distinct and individual personalities. Even though Sabine and Zoe are (almost 3 yr old) twins, they are VERY different. And the dynamic between the three girls is constantly shifting.
I would also be remiss in mentioning that Peter is quite possibly the BEST reflector holder I've EVER had and if he ever wants a side job working as my assistant, he's hired. :)
I really love this family. And not just because they gave me wine at the end of the shoot. Really, I swear. And the wine? Oh, did I fail to mention that Peter and Jolene are half of Demuth-Kemos Wines? Their wine is THE.BEST.EVAH. Hands down, some of the best wine I have EVER tasted, and I'll admit to being a total wine snob wannabe. When it comes to wine and dark chocolate, I don't mess around.
So, yeah, if you ever see the Demuth-Kemos label on the wine list at a nice restaurant, I can assure you that it's a sure thing for being *all kinds of awesome*.
Ok, enough jibber jabber, Jolene & Peter, THANK YOU for being such great friends, clients, partners in crime. Enjoy your images :)
* one little side note as you start watching the show, Zoe was determined NOT to smile and doing EVERYTHING in her power to hold back her smile no matter what we said/did, and as a result the funny faces coming from her really WANTING to smile but REFUSING to acquiesce are soooo funny to me. Having said that, we did eventually break her down. Ha! *
