Danielle Bates Photography

One of my favorite parts of taking pictures have been all the fun new people I have been able to meet.  The Gardner family is no exception.  I am so glad they brought their family dog.  I had never photographed a family with their pet before.  How about getting a one year old and a dog to look at the camera.  We had such a great time and even got all our shots in before their little tyke froze.  

Heidi will forever be my favorite Heber friend.  She's got a house full of boys and I loved seeing them again. Heidi has an awesome backyard. We just walk outside her door and start snapping some pictures.  What perfect fall scenery, it was a bit cold for her little boys but they handled it so well.  Can't wait to see them again soon!

I was so excited to take the Kirk's photo's.  Niki and I lived together in a hotel in New York for a semester, and I had yet to meet her little one's.  It was so fun to see her with her cute family.  Chris was able to come along too and meet a New York friend.  I've also never met better kids to take pictures of, full of smiles and fun.  They had so many good pictures I had a hard time narrowing down just a few. 

Family Reunions can be a bit stressful to photograph.  Especially when I don't know anyone's names.  I find myself yelling, "Hey you with the blue shirt."  Turns out half the people are in a blue shirt.  Such is life.  However, this might be the easiest family reunion photo session ever.  My type of family.  We took a bunch of shots of the big family and then did a few individual families. I also loved that we had enough time to get individual shots of the kids.  Such a great way to freeze this stage in their life. I have a few more individual families to finish up, but I'll be sharing them here soon!

 A family that laughs together, stays together, and these guys sure do laugh.  I've never met such fun kids who were up for family pictures.  They did exactly what was asked in such a fun way.  I'm so glad I had the opportunity to meet these guys.  By the way, they were extremely nice when my clumsy self fell over and scrapped my elbow up.