Family Portraits on the fly

This weekend was my nephew's highschool graduation. Such a proud moment for us. Of course I had my camera and was planning to take pictures but the gym was pretty crowded and we all just wanted to get out of there. So these photos were taken without much planning or posing. We also did some short and fun sessions at Stacy's house on Sunday ... 

     

This was the nice one for Mom -- love that smile :D 

with the proud parents 

with his girlfriend Jasmine 

with G-ma

with Aunt Stacy 

with Uncle Robert

You'll notice that a lot of the poses/ composition is the same, but as I said it was a crowded place and we had to do them quickly-- and with him being so much taller that everyone it was challenging but I'm pretty pleased with how they came out. 

I always love to play and practice with my camera. My sister got a new kitten and he's cute as a button. His name is Pretzel. I also used him as a practice subject and the twins wanted pictures so..

sitting in the window -- so cute and you can see how tiny he is -- 8 weeks old 

Pretzel loves sitting in this chair - it has Dora printed on it -- you can't really tell that -- I loved how well he stands out against the bright green and pinks

and this one is the most cute -- he was curled up sleeping on one of the kitche chairs and I could not resist taking the picture -- just makes you want to say AWWW 

And since I had the camera of course the kids wanted some pictures -- but they are at such a fun age how could I resist ...

The three amigos -- Alyssa, Alexandria and Curtis :D

Curtis looks so relaxed in the sun 

I loved how Curtis was just watching the girls be them silly selves 

and of course I had to get the girls alone :D I really love all the greens behind the swing set 

And Alyssa showing what a beautiful girl she is

We had to get some silly poses of course -- love that Lexi 

Alyssa wanted to be up on the side looking down -- "it will be funny and creepy Aunt Aim " 

And Lexi had had to show off her acrobatic skills .. 

And last but not least some more formal portraits -- taken in the evening as the light was fading and definitely on the fly -- saw the bench on Stacy's back deck and just used it.. 

Jasmine and the twins 

Jasmine and Lexi 

Jasmine and Alyssa 

Jasmine all by herself 

Jasmine and Ryan 

Jasmine and Ryan 

and Ryan all by himself. 

It was such a fun weekend and I love practicing with my camera. the quick sessions can be so much fun and just reaffirms for me how much I have learned over the past few years. 

Thanks as always for sharing my photos.