I [heart] faces: Celebrating Teens

This is an entry I can really sink my teeth into. Love shooting teens, having two (almost 3!) of my own. The mecurial moods and going-100-directions-at-once can make it a challenge, but when you get that one image that shows a fleeting moment of what it feels like to be a teenager, it seems to stop time. Shows you a glimpse into that world while simultaneously transporting you back to your own time spent in those short, magical years. I know many parents complain that their teens never want to be in photos (mine included) and it can be frustrating, but keep mentioning it every once in awhile. I recently was thrilled when my oldest asked if I would take a few shots.

Below is my entry for I [heart] faces: Celebrating Teen. Just a capture of that interaction that I really loved.

Oh baby! [Wenatchee children's photography]

I probably could have titled this "World's most beautiful baby" but you might think me a little biased. Yael, 7 mos., is my husband's cousin's baby girl and, truly, SO beautiful. That hair, those eyes, those cheeks! We had a little family BBQ action this weekend and I got to snap a few candids of this gorgeous girl. Lucky me!

 

I heart faces: PLAY

Who doesn't love a good play photo? For I heart photos: Play entry this week, I had lots to choose from, an enviable position, I know, but ultimately went with this one. A favorite, it's of my two oldest daughters playing around, sitting practically on top of each other in one chair. Doing what sisters do best: being silly.

Where, oh where, have I been? [Wenatchee photography + design]

I'd like to say I was on vacation in the south of France, watching the sun set over golden hills. I'd LIKE to say I was in Santorini, Greece seeing water so blue it made me weep. Sadly, noeither of those are true and instead we've had a nearly three week bout of on-again, off-again flu go through every member of our family at different times and intensities. It's been rainy and we've felt yucky and not much has happened in the household worth mentioning. Other than surviving, of course, which is really what's important.

We've had a few things going on, which is par for the course with the approaching summer. Finally, FINALLY, getting a little sun. High school prom, school functions and field trips and the start of an itchy green thumb. I have tomatoes to plant, Indy and I made 4 terrariums full of cacti and succulents and bought (and fed!) a Venus Fly Trap. A few pics below because the light was good and my teens were agreaable to being photographed (if you knew how rare that was...), one right before prom dinner and a cell-pic at Lowe's because the flowers were gorgeous in the light. You know, LIFE, or business as usual.

I [heart] faces: Yellow

For "yellow", below, is one of my favorite photos of Carsey. We were at grandma's house, where there is NO CELL RECEPTION, and lo, what a travesty that was for a 15-year-old. She "allowed" me to take a few photos since she "had nothing else to do." LOL, when she's my age, she'll crave being somewhere with no cell service.