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My Blog » Extended Family http://www.christinapphotography.com Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:22:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Alisa Family | St. George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2011/01/04/the-alisa-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2011/01/04/the-alisa-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:13:29 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=2426 This was absolutely positively the coldest session I have EVER had! It looked like a beautiful day, bright and sunny. It was very deceiving. We showed up and the cold wind was blowing! About 30 minutes into the session, I literally could not feel my fingers. Try changing the settings on a camera when you can’t even feel the buttons. It was difficult! They did a great job looking like they are not shivering from head to toe! I took these Alisa family pictures a year ago! Now they have a cute little addition. Congrats, and thanks again!

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2011/01/04/the-alisa-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 1 Christy and West and all the rest! | St. George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2011/01/03/christy-and-west-and-all-the-rest-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2011/01/03/christy-and-west-and-all-the-rest-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:38:42 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=2411 Ha Ha! So I was trying to figure out how to title this blog post. Christy and West are somewhat newly married {a couple years, I think}. They each brought lots of grown kids into the mix. So I didn’t know if putting The Martin/Sadlier family was appropriate or not. I think I way over think stuff sometimes. Anyways, I decided I would title it Christy and West. But then suddenly my inner poet came out. It turned into Christy and West and all the rest as the title. Is it complete poetic geniousness? Heck ya! Am I rambling? Yes.

Chrisy and West are my neighbors. I have known Christy for a little over 9 years, and I love her! She is the sweetest, kindest most genuine person. After I had my first kid, she would drag me to water aerobics with her. Ha ha! Good times!

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2011/01/03/christy-and-west-and-all-the-rest-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 1 The Heath Family | St. George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/12/29/the-heath-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/12/29/the-heath-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:13:51 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=2413 Tis the season for Extended Family pictures! I am pretty sure that my next four sessions that will be blogged are all extended families! I have to say, I love doing extended family sessions. I know a lot of photogs won’t do them. I am not sure why, but I can tell you why I love them. They are a lot less stressful than single family sessions. When I say stressful, I am talking clients stressing, not me:) I only stress when its my own family. Then I am the psycho mom screaming at her kids! Anyways, I think the extended family photo sessions are less stressful because everyone is just happy to have all of the big family together to even get a picture, that they don’t sweat the small stuff. They are just thrilled that they will finally have a large family picture with all of the children, the spouses and the grandchildren together. Another reason I love doing the extended families is because I think it is really neat to be able to look through my lens and see how this family started with two people, and grew into many more. I don’t know why, but I think its really cool, so I can only imagine how the “grandmas and/or grandpas” feel. Ok, enough of this sappy crap!! lol!

This is the Heath family! So at the last minute, one of the sons couldn’t get out of work! We were already there and decided to go ahead with the shoot. I felt so bad for Karen! She had this shoot planned months in advance. But what can ya do. I then got this great idea to photoshop him in. I told his mom that it would not be perfect. I would need a picture of him emailed to me so that I could MAYBE take his head and add it to the family picture. So we did a couple pictures knowing that we would swap him in. The big family picture below is with the swapped in son. Can you tell? Maybe you can tell if you know the guy personally. I have never met him, so he may be taller, shorter, a bigger head, a smaller head, I don’t know. But for everyone else, can you tell? Don’t stare at it too hard, cuz then you will be able to tell! lol! I was surprised that I was able to get the coloring and lighting on his face to look as good as it did.

Its already 1 am. I really wanted to show the steps I took in setting this shot up at the photoshoot so that I could easily add the missing son afterwards in photoshop, but I am a sleepy girl. I will at least throw on the picture they emailed me to use for his head.

I also had a chance to take Dave and Melanie’s family pictures right before the rest of the family got there. I love their little kiddos. I can’t believe it has been almost a year since I took little Blakes newborn pics.

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Half way through, it started storming like crazy. We waited out the storm for a bit and made it work. Thanks guys!

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/10/11/anderson-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 1 One BIG happy family | St. George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/09/12/one-big-happy-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/09/12/one-big-happy-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:10:14 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=2024 Remember this cute girly who was getting baptized and her cute sisters? Well, even though they live clear in Ohio, they were able to do the baptism here in St. George!! So Grandma {K} wanted to get the whole fam together for some pictures after the baptism:) I admit it. I was a bit nervous. A family shoot with 34 people not to mention that it was mostly young kids. I decided to bring a back up helper! {thanks Andi} Boy, were we pleasantly surprised!! Piece of cake. Really! The kids were so good! I went to school with Ash {prego in long black dress}. It is crazy how large a family can grow in such a short time! Can you believe all of the girls?? Out of 20 grandkids, only two boys. 4 of these mammas are prego, and I know Ash is having a boy, but they will still be majorly outnumbered!! You might recognize this family too! Two photo sessions within two weeks. How lucky are they?? Stay tuned for Ashley’s family/maternity sneak peak up next……

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Cynthia, its been great working with ya!

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/06/03/sneak-peak-for-the-m-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 0 The {B} Family | St. George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/28/the-b-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/28/the-b-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:19:27 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=1234 I love meeting new people!! Especially when they get me. At least I think the {B} family got me. After a couple days in Vegas attending {& being a bridesmaid (pictures to come)}, I got back to St. George right in the nick of time ! OK. So I was a few min late, don’t tell.

Thanks for being so great {B} fam!

This is Twitch. Isn’t he cute??

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/28/the-b-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 11 Gorgeous Family! | Saint George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/08/gorgeous-family-saint-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/08/gorgeous-family-saint-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:59:41 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=1159 What a cute fam! We had lots of fun despite having to switch locations last second {due to sprinklers, lame!}! Thanks for understanding guys. I think it turned out even better than the other spot anyways! Do you recognize the one and only dark haired girly? That’s Serenity! I had done her family pictures last October! This family needs no direction from me on how to strike a pose! Its just natural for them I guess…..

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/08/gorgeous-family-saint-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 5 The Whole Fam!! | St. George Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/05/the-whole-fam-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/05/the-whole-fam-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:51:42 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=1132 This is Mamma Mags and her cute family!!

FACT: It only took me 5 headswaps to make this photo perfect.

If you didn’t notice, the last two families I posted belong to her too!

Cousins and best friends.

Whatever you do boys, DON’T LOOK AT THE CAMERA!! Good job!

]]> http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/04/05/the-whole-fam-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/feed/ 4 SP for the {M} Family | St. George, Utah Extended Family Photographer http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/03/01/sp-for-the-m-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/ http://www.christinapphotography.com/2010/03/01/sp-for-the-m-family-st-george-utah-extended-family-photographer/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:59:22 +0000 Christina http://christinapphotography.com/?p=1005 Mamma {M} only wanted one thing for her birthday this year. She wanted a picture with the most important people in her life. So she planned a trip down to Sunny St. George, scheduled Christina P., and made it happen! Happy Birthday! Your family is beautiful! Thank you so much for letting me take your pictures!

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