Collins Family

Centennial Park – Coronado, CA

The Collins family has been a blessing to me… They allowed me to work with them as my very first ever family portrait session a little over a year ago – effectively giving me the experience I needed to get where I am today… They’ve given me the chance, even when I didn’t have any work to back it up… I can’t thank them enough… And the blessings don’t stop with photography… There is so much more…

Well I get the chance to work with them again – a year gone by, and the family has a new addition! Caitlin joins her sibs, little Hamilton and Ayla, along with mom and dad – Shannon and Hamilton. I hope you guys love the post! Enjoy!

We definitely had our work cut out for us, rounding up the little ones for the first few pics… But, once we did get everything started – well you just had to be there, it was a “say cheeeeeeese” symphony…

This next one is my fave of the family shots…

Isn’t Ayla a cutie!!!

Alright, we’re done with all the family pictures – so, we decided to just have a bit of fun… Starting with Caitlin taking Ayla’s place as this year’s flying act…

And here’s mommy with Caitlin… oh yah… these next three images – the only word I can think of is – precious…

So we tried to replicate lil Hamilton’s “Matrix” shot from ’08 but had a few challenges… so maybe this shot is the ’09 version – new and improved… it almost looks like there should be a skateboard on his feet or somethin’ doesn’t it??

More action from Hamilton – this time – he won’t be denied the goalline!

This next one is one of my favorites from the session…

So this pic – Ayla was enthralled with somethin’ all the way through the tail-end of our session…

And it led to one of my favorite images of the whole day! There were a bunch more like this – but I’ll pic just one – The one I’ll leave you with last…

Thank you so much Collins family… Shooting with you again was a whole lot of fun:) And I’m glad to work with you more than once – it’s like seeing old friends again… and thank you to my wife Vaness – not only for her continued support – but for producing some of the stellar imagery you see in the post! Isn’t she a rockstar?!