An Orchard Inspired Portrait Session

I know, I know, I've probably said it a million times, I don't do family portraits. And yet the last few recent posts have been, what else, family portraits!! But how I can I resist such amazing families like my dear friends the Coles? And when Aubrey asked me to photograph a 1st Birthday session for her adorable little Max, could I really say no to someone so cute??!

You may remember Aubrey from her own portrait session earlier this summer. Aubrey is a good friend and fellow wedding photographer and I was honored to be asked to take her family's portrait! As photographers we get very few opportunities to be in front of the camera! How many of us have family albums filled with images of our families and yet hardly any images with us in them?! I understand just how important these images are to Aubrey. Not only are they of her adorable son and husband, but they include her. It's documentation of their life together at this stage. Something they can look back on when Max is all grown up and marvel at just how far he's come!