If you know me, you know extended family sessions aren’t really my thing. I’m easily overwhelmed by so many faces and so many expectations. I really love working with 2 generations at a time and just one nuclear family at a time – it’s just my personality. And even though that’s true, I value these big group images so much. It’s so important for families to get images like this and I see so many special moments photographed in the midst of the chaos. 

This family is special to me for so many reasons so I was happy to make the exception for them. I went to high school and worked with a few of them in college. Denise was a guest at my wedding. I’ve photographed all of their kids for years – a couple since birth! I’ve been lucky to photograph anniversaries, birthdays, pregnancies and the many milestones in between. It’s no surprise, I’ve got a big love for them!

Photographing this session was as easy as it gets because they are so much fun to be around. No exaggeration, I laughed until my face hurt. I might have cried a little at the tender moments I saw while I was editing. It was such a pleasure to get to see these 3 generations, 3 brothers, 3 granddaughters all together. To listen to the story of their parent’s getting engaged and laugh at the trouble the boys put their mama through. 

I loved every minute of this, Jones Fam, and I hope we get to do it again next year.