The Duggan Family

I had the pleasure of photographing The Duggan Family who were AMAZING! SOO much positive energy and love to capture. Gracie was just a natural in front of the camera. Mom & Dad were just super in their positive encouragements and playful interaction. And they had some really awesome ideas too.

Good luck in "K" Gracie!

~ Grace

Portrait Tip - The Duggan's did fabulous in their session, from choosing clothing to bringing ideas and items that made their portraits that much more personal and special. For Family Portraits with Children it is a great idea to think of the cute interactions that you do as a family that make you smile & laugh that can be replayed in front of the camera. It is fun, relaxing and turns things into a game. From wrestling, funny faces, dancing, pillow fights, a special handshake, to a family cheer. You can't go wrong when you incorporate those personal touches to your personalized session and capture those special moments for years to come. And make sure you mention those items to us so they are incorporated into your Personalized Session Plan.

Sisters Dana & Devon

These were taken early spring and in the late afternoon at the Lower Allen Community Park which is a very large and just gorgeous park for photos, a leisurely stroll, quality time with the family or to get the dog out for excercise.


There were several dogs leaping into the stream that day including one, by claim of the owner, was the national champion for long distance leaps into a body of water. How fortunate were we to be around such national celebrities! =)


But the celebrities I was focused on were the beautiful sisters Dana & Devon. Not only model-like gorgeous on the outside but truly beautiful on the inside too. They were just so sweet to be around and talk to. They have a very close relationship which shined through their photos.

Random Portrait Tip:

When scheduling an outdoor photo session it is best to schedule them to start around sunrise or shortly after and also about 1-2 hours prior to sunset. As long as it is sunny or partly cloudly, the quality of available light during this time will produce a gorgeous golden glow and will be less harsh producing some very beautiful outdoor portraits.

-Grace

Trout Children's Photo Shoot

Mom really wanted to get some shots of all the kids together for the family as well as several headshots and candid shots that caugh the kids natural personalities. Some would be sent into modeling and talent agencies and the rest would be cherished by the family.

Mom brought Cassett in the end of last year to get some shots to include in her modeling portfolio and for sending out to agencies and competitions. I am happy to say that Cassett has been doing quite well. She just turned 3 and landed a job modeling for Boscov's, and won a local pageant competition and will be heading to compete in a State pageant this coming summer. She is really a huge personality in a cute little package and I am glad to be one of her sponsors.

I met the 2 adorable brothers for the first time and they all did extremely well. I was able to get several different great shots with all the kids together which can be quite challenging when you have several 3 or younger. But I love the challenge of working with little kids and with the help of big brother, Mom and bubbles it turned out just great.

Here are the 3 individual shots that have been submitted into the Child & Baby Portrait Contest that is running through June 1.

Grace

Lauren, Sage & Meredith

I could not be happier with the results of this photo shoot. Meredith who get's her children's portraits done every year around their birthdays had come to me last year for the first time for some family pictures and came back this year to have me do her children's portraits.

She came with some fabulous ideas which resulted in some amazing action shots including one of my favorites below. I love photographing people in costume, or in this case uniform. Those types of images just tend to captivate you and your brain starts asking questions and growing in curiosity.

Our football player Sage LOVES wearing his football uniforms and would gladly wear them every minute of everyday if he could. Mom was able to get this entire uniform for him and once he was in it he was instantly in the game.

This is also one of the images from this shoot that I entered into the Baby & Child contest.



Lauren pictured below is just a natural at posing. A demure and beautiful young lady she did incredible in her interaction with her brother and family and towards the end started throwing out some very creative shots.

The image below was submitted into the B&C contest so good luck to their families in winning, I think the potential is great.


There are many many more great images from the shoot including some great interaction shots with mom & a pillow fight (another one of Mom's excellent ideas). For more wonderful images from the shoot, be sure to check out the slideshow from the session at http://www.gracelightnerphotography.com/galleries/meredith/meredith/meredith.html .
Sincerely,
Grace

Rothrock Family Portraits

The Rothrocks and I had a super easy and quick portrait session that produced some great portraits full of life and personality. They wanted some clean and classic family portraits made with some black and white images.

I used high key lighting to create a bright white background which pops the Rothrocks right out of the image.

I love Angie's hair, it looks so awesome in the black & white and sepia color conversions.

Silly interaction between son and parents were encouraged and the results were just magnificent. Beautiful portraits for a beautiful and wonderful family. And little James did incredibly awesome as well as big James!

To see more photos from the Rothrock's Family Portrait session you can view them here http://www.gracelightnerphotography.com/galleries/rothrock/rothrock.html

Cantando Family Outdoor Shoot

Okay things have been busy for a while but it is finally starting to slow down just enough for me to finally get some blogging done.

One of the shoots from November turned out some incredible outdoor pictures. The Cantando Family, which was a gorgeous family that consisted of a beautiful couple with their handsome young sons, wanted to get their yearly family portraits done. They requested a lot of candid shot as well as some posed shots in an outdoor setting. They also wanted several in black and white to mix it up.

So I took them to a gorgeous field across the street (owned by Mr & Mrs Norbeck) that boasted an incredible view and a lot of open space for the family to stroll and the children to play. And as a huge bonus, there was old and rustic farm equipment parked around the field that just BEGGED to be photographed. So of course I obliged.

Here are just a few of my favorite shots of the lovely family.

Since it was close to Christmas I added a few poinsettias on the side as a subtle holiday touch.

The kids were adorable and they did so well.

To see more pictures from this shoot you can check out their gallery located at http://www.gracelightnerphotography.com/galleries/cantando/cantando.html