My fun family! | Puyallup Family Portraits

Courtesy of the wonderful Lourdes Ann Photography, I finally have family portraits of my own!   For several years our family portraits have been done by me, with me setting a timer on my camera or with a friend or family member behind the camera clicking the shutter after I choose all the settings.  And with three very active kids, these are what I was resigned to getting.  That also meant that most of my professional headshots were done without me looking through the lens, since I was in front of it.  It was adequate and it worked at the time.  But now was time for something more....

Thanks to Pinterest (and you can follow me here)  I was seeing a lot of other family photographer's work and getting really inspired.  One of my favorites involves paint. For the original link I found -  click here to see Erik Clausen's family.  This would be perfect for my busy kids and fun for our creative sides to let loose.   Lourdes Ann agreed to shoot the session!  We used bold colors (tempura paint found at Joann's), a kid size easel (Will, so sorry we got paint all over it!) and a big posterboard.  I rounded up every paintbrush in the house (no rollers!) and started talking this up with everyone in the family.

The white shirts and jeans is very classic and sort of "old school" as some people have said, but for the end result I didn't want to start with clothing any more colorful than the paint.

We were due for an all around update so everyone got a chance to make faces with Ann...

 And WE were due for a portrait, it's our 10th anniversary!

I needed some new headshots that weren't self-portraits...

Now for the fun part...

Laid out some tempura paint from the craft store, my oldest son's easel and some posterboard.

My youngest wasn't sure he was really supposed to do this...

And somehow it turned into this....

Yes, a shirt was sacrificed for this photo opportunity!

And it was worth it!

I hope you enjoyed a little visit with MY crazy family. :)  We had a great time doing it.

 

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