Xavier

Baltimore

Susan Beth

                                                   

Lana Kathleen

Marta Elaine

Every year, I try to take portraits of my siblings for my mother.  Today I hung out with my youngest sister, Marta. She is always the greatest challenge in my family, either she looks at the camera with an entirely fake smile or she wanders away.  To keep her engaged and from acting too fake, I had her talk about her favorite things. When that didn't work, I asked her what made her smile, and she answered that cameras make her smile. I asked her why and she said because it's polite to smile when someone is taking a picture. I had to explain to her that you don't always have to smile and you should never force one.  Of course she didn't completely understand, so I just continued to talk to her and tried to make her laugh.  I think I eventually got a few good photos.
   

Soccer

One of my favorite things to photograph are events, such as sport events.  I took these on Thursday at my younger siblings' soccer games.    

                                   

     

This is my Family

I took these last Saturday. We were already dressed up for an event so it was a good excuse to take a family photo.  We did it really quickly and it was a relatively painless experience for everyone. :)