This summer {is it okay that I’m still referring to summer…even though we are past Labor Day?} has brought me the pleasure of photographing three extended family sessions. Remember? The Rodins and the Rodgers? Getting an extended family photo poses it’s challenges: there are many eyes to capture between blinks, there are lots of smiles that need to happen simultaneously, and there are lots of bodies to pose. Challenges aside, these big groups are always a hoot. Because even though there are lots of little limbs to keep in place, there are also lots of silly moments and genuine laughs.
My time on the Ankenbauer Ranch was an afternoon I wouldn’t trade in for anything. From the moment I knocked on the door and the littlest one informed me that if I was good during picture day we all got ice cream–to the last shot which released the young kiddos running for the house in relief–and Midnight the cat who tried to continuously photobomb the family–it was farm fun from start to finish. I hope this family enjoys the images we captured as much as I enjoyed getting to know this swell gang.
