the session: the byerly family portrait + Claire’s first birthday portrait!

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the session: the byerly family portrait + Claire’s first birthday portrait!

Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Astrid

Next to weddings, portraiture is one of my very favorite types of photography. It’s kind of funny though because I’m pretty shy with people, so you would think that this kind of work would send me running. But I embrace and love every minute of it.

For us, capturing families together is really more about being a historian for our clients. We are freezing time and let’s face it, time goes by fast and we all change dramatically. It’s wonderful to go back and see what your children looked like and what your family looked like in the past and feel that tug in your heart. So for us, it’s about capturing that history and bringing it to future generations.

The Byerly’s are a fantastic Naples family that we met at a birthday party. Both Lynn and I take our girls to the same preschool so it was great to get to see a bit of this family in their natural element. Lynn wanted to capture some family memories as well as create a beautiful portrait and triptych of Claire, who turned 1. Both of Lynn’s little girls are absolutely beautiful. Having two little girls of the same age really helped because we knew what to do to keep them entertained and we knew when enough was enough. Take a look and enjoy! And don’t forget to look us up for fantastic family portraits in sunny Naples, Florida!

Beautiful Claire!

My favorite from the session. I just love how intense her little face is here!

Here’s the triptych that we created for Lynn’s wall art. These were done as modular canvasses and look absolutely incredible on her wall. I have a similar triptych of my girls and it’s really beautiful to look at every day!