Parks Family

In the words of the lovable, honey-guzzling, stuffed-with-fluff bear, Winnie the Pooh… it was a blustery day when we met up with the Parks family at Safa Park for their portrait session. We decided to try for the photos anyways and I’m so glad we did!
The wind came in gusts, playfully tossing (and at times, wildly thrashing) the girls’ shiny locks. These super-sweet sisters just laughed, tossing their heads back and helping one another to straighten their tresses. As the afternoon progressed, the sun hesitantly peered out from a nest of hazy gray clouds, and the aggressive bursts of wind settled into a pleasant breeze (and Isaac and I heaved big sighs of relief). We thoroughly enjoyed our time with this fabulous family! The Parks sisters are four of the loveliest ladies we have ever met- all warm, friendly, and solid individuals who adore one another and their amazing parents! Just a few minutes with Mom and Dad, and you will know exactly where the girls get their awesomeness! Thanks, Parks family, for spending such a wonderful, blustery afternoon with us!!!
















Many people never realized the Parks are such incredibly talented jumpers!











We were so happy to find this fantastic orange wall!

Mekailian Family

We just wrapped up an adventurous spring break week in Nepal, and we're feeling (sort of) refreshed (those of you who have been to Nepal know it's amazing, but not exactly relaxing!) and we're finally finishing the editing of 5 photo sessions we had before break. Thank you clients/friends for your patience! This is the first of a wave of posts...

We had such a great time with our friends, the Mekailians, while taking their family portraits one lazy afternoon. Even their beloved pup, Tigger, got in on the photo action! Carol worked with Isaac last year and we both absolutely adore this cheerful and super-creative chica! She and her husband have two fantastic sons- both musicians who were willing to drag their instruments out into a dusty field of scrub brush for our photo shoot. It was such a fun and relaxed afternoon. We even learned about a great new beach- thanks for the insider tip, guys! We hope you enjoy your photos!!!






These guys are lucky enough to live in a fabulous villa near the Burj al Arab, so we decided to use this incredible Dubai icon as a backdrop for their portraits


Carol is such an artsy gal, I decided to experiment a bit with a few of the images...

My Dubai Niece

I get to be an honorary "auntie" to this precious little one...



I love her to pieces already!

Al Iesa Family

We had such a fun time running around the Al Iesa's yard for pictures! Capturing a "traditional" family portrait in which everyone was looking at the camera AND smiling turned out to be quite a task, but we sure had a great time trying!
Tarique and Cortney were some of the first people we met in Dubai, and we are eternally grateful to them for introducing us to Al Reef's heavenly cheesy bread! Mmmmmm... =) Cort and Tarique have two of the cutest kiddos we have ever met- just one look at these pictures and you'll quickly agree! Omar is such a happy little guy, and I am convinced he is the snuggliest baby in the world. The highlight of my day was when he cuddled up and fell asleep on my chest at the end of the session... he just melts my heart every time I see him! Little Jada is so full of spunk and personality. Watch out world- not even 3, and this little girl has her own mind and agenda! We had to use some clever strategies (finding pretty flowers, and playing in the fuzzy bushes) to convince Jada that our cameras weren't all that bad. We spent a lot of time with our cameras in her face, and as her patience waned, bribery became the name of the game... "Jada, just a few more pictures and we can get some green ice cream." That brought out the smiles, BIG time! It was so fun to follow Jada around and hear her sweet little voice. So what if her favorite word right now is "NO!" She is so darn cute when says it, especially when she gets that coy little smirk on her face. Girl's got her own little sense of humor too!
After the photo session we all walked down to a yummy pizza place for dinner, and then had green ice cream (oh yes, B&R mint chocolate chip) for dessert! What a fun way to spend an afternoon! Thanks so much, guys! Hope you enjoy the photos of your beautiful family!!!
























See that cute little smirk? I'm pretty sure she had just told us "No!" =)

I couldn't resist...

We spent a fun windy afternoon with these 4 beautiful girls and their fantastic parents... more to come soon!

More to come soon...

...from these fun sessions!

Henderson Brothers

Ladies, ages 12-18 will want to pay particularly close attention to this blog post, as it involves three young stud-muffins! I must preface that this is Jenni writing this post. Isaac would NEVER EVER even think to call someone a stud-muffin, let alone in label them as such in writing! Ha! As I was saying, we spent a few hours with the Henderson brothers one afternoon last week. These stellar young men came together to have some pictures taken for their lovely mother. See ladies, can't you tell they are catches already?!
We began the session with a stop at one of THE GREATEST places in the world- Al Reef Lebanese Bakery. Oh my goodness, just typing the name of that incredible place makes my mouth start watering! It is here that you can feast on perhaps the world's greatest culinary masterpiece- cheesebread. I know what you're thinking. This girl's nuts! Cheesebread? Masterpiece? But let me tell you. There are simply not powerful enough words in the English language to describe this ooey, gooey, salty, doughy, melt-in-your-mouth goodness! Mmmmmmm might be the best descriptor. It's a celebration for your taste buds (what it does to your waistline, however, is a completely different story!) Cheesebread (or Cheesy Labanesy, as we affectionately refer to it) will be, without a doubt, the thing I miss most about Dubai when we move on. So, as I was saying before I began professing my love for the awesome cheesebread... we started our photo session at Al Reef (drool!) to get some fun informal shots. All of the bakery employees were very curious about what we were doing and kept peeking out the window at us. They even had me come inside to take a picture of a guitar cake they had made.
After Al Reef, we headed to the beach to climb around on some rocks and take advantage of the sherbety sunset. They guys were such great sports for the whole event, as I'm sure having us follow them with our cameras was not high on their lists of how to spend an evening! It was so fun to watch them interact with each other and their mom. All sorts of funny family stories came out... and truly, this family is SO wonderful! These well-spoken brothers are talented scholars, driven athletes, and have such great hearts. One is even growing out his killer red hair to donate to Locks for Love! I am BEYOND impressed!!! Come to think of it though, spend just five minutes with their incredibly kind and thoughtful parents and you'll know exactly how these boys came to be who they are. We are completely and totally inspired by the Henderson's love and camaraderie. My fingers are crossed that we will raise such a close and fun family someday... Denise and Jerry, we'll be coming to you for tips!














































p.s. We finally got around to creating a little logo stamp. I'm so excited about it! Don't you think it makes everything look more professional? It's all about the little things, people... =)