The first image is for a Family with Teens, the next fall family!

I have heard from a few of you, you were having difficulty finding the clothes, we are including the links. Thanks to Wardrobe Wednesday.

Thanks to Minor Impressions for this weeks what to wear!

SHOPPING LIST

Mom

Dress – Old Navy, Boots – Piperline, Necklace – Banana Republic

Girl #1

Dress –  Delias , Denim Jacket – Delias , Boots – Delias

Girl #2

Shirt Kohls , Jeans Kohls, Boots Kohls

Dad

Shirt Kohls, Jeans Kohls

Boy # 1

Red Shirt Kohls , Jeans Kohls

Boy # 2

Shirt Kohls, Jeans Kohls

Thanks to Kelly V. Photography for these beautiful outifits!

WHERE TO SHOP (click the link to take you there)

Dad

Blazer: Old Navy, Jeans: Old Navy, Shoes: Old Navy

Mom

Shirt: Old Navy, Jeggings: Old Navy, Boots: Old Navy, Bracelet: Old Navy, Earrings: Old Navy,

Daughter

Hat: Old Navy,Shirt: Old Navy, Skirt: Zulili,(must be a member to shop), Shoes: Target

Son

Shirt: Zulili,(must be a member to shop), Pants: Old Navy, Shoes: Old Navy,

Spanki Mills is a professional photographer from Texas. She has 4 beautiful children, including a set of twin boys! Check out her website Spanki Mills Photography and her blog Spanki Mills Blog

“The other day my husband and I started talking and the conversation lead to what I call my “picture wall”  and the one image of all 4 of our children on walking and holding hands. He said to me, and remember this is coming form the mouth a one VERY CHEAP man who was not raised where pictures were important, “that picture is priceless to me, had you come home the day it was taken and told me you wanted to spend $500 on that print I would have had a hard time, but now, it is one of my most treasured images of my children. It is a time of their lives that as parents we were so busy parenting to to really grasp that age. It is a time we will never get back, I can stare at this picture for hours and take in the details of how Paysli’s shoes are on the wrong feet, how the boys hands were still “baby hands” how they had missing teeth, everything about it I love”… So that one conversation got me thinking.

The  phone rang at 1am. I knew what the call was about, I already knew what I was about to be told, but it hearing it made it real. It was the phone call from a sibling, telling me my cancer stricken father had taken his last breath. I gently got out of bed, not to wake anyone, went to my office and dug out of the drawer the last picture we had taken together and just held it and sobbed. That was all I had left, the pictures we had taken. Still to this day, five years later, when we tell stories of my father to my children, we get out the pictures and re-live that moment in our lives that was taken away all to soon.

I was once (a looong time ago) 100lbs and got pregnant with TWINS! I have only one snapshot that I set my camera on the timer and took of myself. At the time I felt fat, and ugly. We look back and I am so disappointed with myself for not making it a priority to have maternity pictures taken, when would my body EVER look like that again. At the time I was more shamed but now, older, I am proud to show off what my tiny little frame  held. I grew two VERY healthy  full weight (5.1lb and 5.12lb) babies in my stomach! ROCK STAR! And still to this day think I should tattoo their names on each of the stretch marks I have on my stomach!

Years later I was in a doctors office being told one of my boys had a bone disease, and the only way to “cure” it was to amputate his leg. The first thing I did when we got home, set an appt. for a second opinion, and the second call was to a photographer so we could have family pictures of all of us with shorts on and barefoot so one day we could show our son what his real leg looked like. He is in medical history books for being the ONLY recordable child to NOT lose his leg with this disease, which I 100% credit GOD our father for… but, pictures were important!

Like my husband said, the cost would have been hard to swallow for the prints, but  years later, the images are priceless! We as Americans have gotten so used to spending money on ridiculous things! I know someone who spent $1,500.00 on a purse, but thinks money on pictures is silly. That is their own opinion, but I highly doubt that the purse will give her the same feeling an image of her precious children will years from now. Are your grand-babies going to gather in a room and ooh and ahh over a purse, or clothing, or red soled shoes, or are they going to laugh and reminisce over the images you had hanging on the wall of their mother in braces. Or the prom she went to with their father for the first time….

I am not saying this to get anyone to hire me. I just want to make you aware of how important images are and how one day they all become a treasure! So make sure when you hire a professional, they can give you what you want, something to cherish for years to come. If you do hire a professional, make sure to save up it is an investment, get the images you want and hang them proudly on your walls. If you chose to take the images yourself, take the time to learn your camera, and make sure to get it out and USE it!  We all too often are filled with regret. Take it from me, we will never get these moments in time back.”

Thanks so much Spanki for sharing your story!

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]]> http://julierhodesphotography.com/2011/09/what-to-wear-fall-family-edition-julie-rhodes-photography/feed/ 0 http://julierhodesphotography.com/2011/07/chatham-beach-engagement-session/ http://julierhodesphotography.com/2011/07/chatham-beach-engagement-session/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:51:17 +0000 admin http://julierhodesphotography.com/?p=1423 These 2 first met in grade 4….. their lives took different paths…. but finally their lives crossed again……..

Sarah & James…

century old house… has been in James family for years….. I had to keep lifting my chin off the ground. seriously I was in vintage heaven!!

their was magic and love in the air….

making memories for years to come….

So very excited for their wedding this fall!

I was so excited to meet this family…..

When they scheduled their session they had mentioned they had never had family portraits before, as they found out why almost a year ago with a new addition to their family.

They said their family wasn’t complete and now was…. so without delay ~ THE family portraits!

It was my first time meeting Dylan at the engagement session and I knew right away how lucky I was to get to work with such an awesome couple!

We were debating whether to delay the session as they were calling for severe storms and tornadoes but with a watchful eye on the sky, I told them we needed to give it a go. From the connection I was feeling between Caitlin and Dylan, the excitement in the sky, and the view around Caitlin’s family farm, it was perfect, and I was excited!

We ended the session when the rain started and the wind whipped up, with plans to meet again and finish the session a few days later. I drove home with a huge grin on my face. The kind of grin that makes your cheeks hurt. I knew there was magic on my camera, I knew I had captured Caitlin + Dylan, I knew we didn’t really need another session.

When I called to let them know that their images were ready I received the best compliment EVER!  Caitlin said, they both had a great time at the engagement session. Once home Dylan commented “Julie should be a couple’s counsellor”. These two had not had problems that night, there was no arguing or anything. They just totally enjoyed the adventure of our engagement session, they enjoyed the time together, they enjoyed each other as a couple, …..without all the craziness everyday life brings.

This brought me goosebumps and totally warmed my heart. That is what I strive for Julie Rhodes Photography to be. We want to capture the REAL you. All the little bits and pieces that make you, you. The two of you as a couple and then as you grow into a  family. We want to help you preserve your memories, and leave your mark. Let everyone in the years to come pick up an image of you and feel the love you share, feel like they’ve met you.

Congratulations Caitlin and Dylan! I am so very excited to capture even more magic on your wedding day!

It is time to book your Family portraits!

Wondering what to wear?? Let us help you!

She is thirteen…..a teenager!

Av is the helper in the family, anyone needs help she is usually right there!

She loves to bake!

I thought she would grow up and be a chef, she wants to be a doctor……….

She wants to work with Doctors without borders.

She is a giver, not one to complain much.

She has the best giggle ever!

That’s actually what we did this morning. I woke her up and we laid in her bed giggling, probably too long, should of been up doing this and that. but didn’t. my girl turned 13 today, time is flying, I am going to enjoy every giggle and snuggle.

Happy Birthday Avery!  Keep dreaming big, you can accomplish anything if you throw your heart into it!

You can change the world, you go babe!  xoxoxoxo