the slater family

bright, cheery, colorful. that’s what i see of the slater family and one of the reasons they are up for the planets coolest families award. not to mention you get some killer fun when you blend a photographer (christina) with a wake/snow/skateboard entrepreneur (b. j.) at liberation.

christina asked me to shoot her family portraits. you bet, i told her, but under one condition: but you can’t get your images until your blog is done. and it doesn’t have to be perfect, just done. i’ve been telling her all about the benefits of blogging to the photography industry for many moons now. all she needed was a kick in the pants and some time sans kiddos to get the job done. her husband, b. j., loved the idea and set up his own blog.

armed with a camera, tripod, lighting set-up, christina has tried many times to take her family portrait using a camera timer to trigger the shot. her goal: to get at least one shot of everyone looking at the camera. wowza. not an easy feat. just as doctors need their own physician, photographers need their own photographer. and i appreciate being chosen :)

we got warmed up with some fresh. modern. fun. individual portraits starting with the dynamic duo, 4 y.o. abigail and 1.5 y.o owen.
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own checks out the christmas balls while i check out his reflection.
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boys are so curious.
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girls can’t have enough red. i let abigail pick her background and she liked this one the best:
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i can only imagine owen’s thoughts of his older sister (“she’s always on my back!”).
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watching sunset.
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owen liked the rock balancing on my head.
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and here’s christina’s “money shot.”
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