The A Family | Spokane Family Portraits

Spokane is my hometown and I love to take my kids there to visit with my family.  My sister lives there with her family (you may remember them from this post).  Usually I take pictures of just the girls or just her, but this time we got the whole family involved!  Mrs. A wanted lots of green and something on the north side of town.  We kicked around a few location ideas and settled on Whitworth University.  They were married at the church near campus and we have family ties to the school and church. 
It was a really hot evening!  I was baking as I drove around campus looking for the best shade, the most green and some brick.  Ha ha, Whitworth is full of brick buildings!  We decided on this lawn in front of Weyerhauser Hall. 

Meet my oldest neice, Ms. H!  She's a spunky girl with lots of imagination and amazing blue eyes.
Next is the darling Ms. T.  She holds has a taste for fashion, flare and enjoys finally begin a big sister.  And to add to the fun there is a new addition - Ms. C.  The youngest little lady likes to walk, talk on the phone and give "big smiles."

 To see any of the photos larger simply click on a group and you can scroll through them all.

We got so many adorable photos it was hard to narrow it down for this blog post.  Please leave them a little love in the comments!

For more information about family session in Spokane or in the greater Puyallup area, please email me here or send me a message on Facebook. 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Family Time | Spokane Mother Daughter portraits

Over spring break I went to Spokane with my kids.  They had a blast visiting the grandparents and a ton of cousins.  We are lucky to have two boy cousins and two girl cousins AND there's another little girl on the way!  I didn't have to twist my sister's arm to let me photograph her beautiful belly and the two girls together.  We had a great time doing what I call natural photography - letting the kids do what they do, and having them in front of the camera when they were ready and interested.  I did only a little bit of bribing - having Auntie pretend to cry is pretty funny - and was quite happy with these results.
Here are a few of my favorites...

Huge thanks to the recent posing class through Creative Live - a few hours with Sue Bryce and I am re-inspired to work with women again.
If you would like more information on this form of family portraits - please email me at nickie@ndrobbs.com or contact me through Facebook.  And if you REALLY like this pictures - go ahead & PIN! :)

Getting to know you | Graham Family Portraits

< Thanks to some friendly fan feedback this post is going to be more about who I am and how I approach you, my friends and clients. >

How do you pick a photographer?  How do you pick someone who is going to have the responsibility of capturing a milestone in your life or your family?  It's not complicated and it's not as heavy as that may sound.  Most people don't even truly do much research or any "picking" of the person behind the camera.  Most of people just choose a certain look and then choose which local studio delivers that or fits their budget. 

I love kids and families but I adore weddings.  My photography is true and honest.  I prefer to capture kids doing what they do best.  I love to find those moments in the wedding where the best man is crying, the bride is laughing and emotion is raw and rampant.  Sure, the kids often need a little bribery now & then.  The bride might need to borrow some of my enthusiasm when her feet hurt in her shoes.  But overall I strive for each session to be as unique as the people that came to me.  They took the time to find me, call me, fit their sechedule to allow me to do their pictures.

  Making people feel good is a big part of this job.  The bride should walk away from her wedding content & elated.  I plan for her to feel the same way when we go over the proofs from that day.  A mother sees a certain side of her child and I plan and hope to capture that in a photo forever. 

I love this photo because of what the client said afterwards, "this proves I love her more than she loves me - look I'm leaning in way more!" :)  And now I laugh every time I see it.

I haven't set up a studio yet, but perhaps that's in my future.  Right now I continue to work with natural light and a little off camera light, mostly outdoors but frequently in clients' homes.  I enjoy this flexibility right now. 

My style continues to grow and mature, but I think these things will stay true to what you see and who I am.

Great colors
Emotions
Quality time
A touch of drama, a touch of fun

I'll be back in a few weeks to break down how I approach the different types of sessions.  Thanks for reading!

Growing Up| The U Family| Spokane Family Portraits

I'll admit that I'm biased...  This is my favorite family to take pictures of!!

But when they're this cute, can you blame me???  They are not only a great family with looks that are easy on the eyes and camera, they are fantastic location scouts.

They found all the locations used this sunny Sunday afternoon.  We started at Maryhill Center in Spokane, WA.  It is frequently used for senior portraits and I couldn't resist the chance to do one with my nephews....

  From there they took me to a great loading dock in downtown Spokane.  This family loves to skateboard, specifically longboard, together.  Naturally they already had several boards in the van and we pulled a few out to play on...

Doesn't it look like fun???

If they look a little familiar, they should.


D & R are the couple featured in my blog header up there from last year's Trash the Dress session.  Really, they're such a cute couple I can't stand it and wish I could work with them all the time.  Too bad we live 300 miles apart! 

My nephews were a little smiled-out at this point.   Luckily I keep some secrets up my sleeve....

Have a great summer guys!  I'm so glad we got a chance to do this!

See the rest of the sneak peek images here. 

For more information on the difference between a full session (this afternoon took 3 hours including lunch) and a mini session (only 1 hour) please leave a comment or email me at design.nikspiks@gmail.com

Thank you!

Trashing a wedding dress

A few years ago I began to see other photographers doing a cutting edge new session trashing a wedding dress.  It was so artsy, so romantic, so hah hah hot!  I booked one wedding last year in my first year persuing weddings, but I knew lots of people who were already married.  My two brothers and sisters-in-law were on board and a friend heard about it and wanted in.

Last June one evening in Seattle we got together and shot these...

  

And a few weeks later we shot these in Spokane....

This was a fun Trash the Dress session using a dress found at a thrift store!

View Flickr Page  So that's what last year's experiences looked like but I am so excited about this next year!

2010 Trash the Dress sessions are filling up!  So far we are including alleyways, playing baseball, paintball, a pig farm, some wrecking yards and any rivers we are brave enough to test out! 

Book Release!

David and Rachael

Trash The Dress

By N. D. Robbs

Book Preview

Wow, what a cool badge!
That is what you were thinking, right?
Well this book and a few others like it are all ready to purchase through Blurb!  I've been using this book printing company for a few years and have always enjoyed the products.
I'll have a few other Trash The Dress books coming out this winter.  If you'd like to be notified of future books, leave a comment and I'll add you to the list!