Before the session, I drove around the surrounding area of their home (wayyyyy up high on the hill) and found a few spots I wanted to use. Well, by the time I got done shooting inside a little bit, the sun had moved and a couple spots weren't in optimal light anymore. So we walked around a bit and were admiring this FANTASTICAL tree house of their neighbors. They made it custom around the branches of the trees which were built into the walls, to go through holes they made.
So we hear a voice call out "would you like to see it?" -- and it's the neighbor and owner of this crazy cool tree house (which has its own address, btw). So we got to go in it! Wood stairs up, trap door, hammock inside, little porch. SOOO cool! And, voila!, a superb location was found. Thank you serendipitous and fabulous Universe.
The treehouse has its own little yard area, pictured below, and behind that bamboo fence is the edge of the hill that looks over LA and the houses in the canyon below. Breathtaking. 
I found this groovy house with the beautiful clean blue glass for its garage and entryway and wanted to shoot it, with the canyon foliage across the street reflected in the windows.
Big brother Alex was my lighting subject as I was metering -- this could totally be his Hollywood kid star head shot. What a handsome guy!
There are so many more from the session, it was hard to choose. We were having such a good time, I took so many and I'm having a hard time narrowing down. Oy. I'll leave this off with a few I took of Elliot when we were hanging out in his bedroom and he was showing me all his favorite stuff...
If you are in LA, be sure to check them out online at www.laparent.com or on Facebook, for regular updates of groovy things to do and see around town!
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But serendipity intervened with timing this year and I was able to get back to Chicago for both their 6 month and their one year session.
It was a hell of a lot harder doing the follow-up stripes shot. This is a window bench in a small bathroom. This is the only shot I got of them in that spot and I didn't even have time to put up my bounce -- I snapped it to see where the light was at (dark morning that day) and keeping them from launching off it was not really working so well. But it works and it's so them -- Sarah standing, she's always on the go. Norah is just checking it all out, amused by the circus in the bathroom.
Big sis Sophie slept in a little later and we got to have some separate play time outside after these crazy girls went for a nap (see below).
Here's a little medley of some of my faves of the two, as we played around in the early morning:
And one I just love, a candid I caught as Dad turned around with them -- Mom loves it, she says, because Sarah is "almost never vertical." These are the shots that I treasure so much of my own kids. The stuff that is just so uniquely THEM, freezing a little piece of that time for me.
And here's miss Sophie Sunshine, now 3. Talk about FAST! Seems more like a year since I got to do HER newborn session! This family is all over my main web site. I remember she had been up all night (as had her parents) and it was the first I met any of them. They were so easy going, we just made the best of it and took our time, feeding and rocking and trying to assure her that life on the outside wasn't so bad. I'm so lucky and grateful to have them all. When I'm doing your senior HS pix, Sophie, that's when I'm really going to freak out...
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I have been working with this family for 3 years, beginning with a maternity shoot when mom was pregnant with the first and on bed rest for nearly the entire pregnancy. She had a very difficult go of it and they weren't certain they would be blessed with any children at all, much less this second addition named Thomas -- just two years after the first! Again she was on bed rest the entire time. What a trooper! I'm so happy I've gotten to know them and to share a little bit of the journey.
We keep in touch via email and I demand update pix, especially since I missed Thomas' arrival. But this time I got to meet him live and in the chubby squishy flesh. He's only 7 months old here but, HOLY COW, so big and strong. And fast! And busy! More like a one-year session, I was breaking a sweat trying to keep up with him. Thanks for the workout, buddy, and it was awesome to meet you.
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