Front Yard Project

What do you get when you combine adults in Togas, sad hockey fans with haircut mishaps, Disney pirates, ballroom dancers, kids flying through the air, family handstands, dogs reading magazines, kids posing in trees, superheroes in disguise and a whole lotta smiles? One hilariously awesome weekend!!

After an amazing visit to London and Scotland, a 14 self quarantine as a result and a “safer at home” order that closed my office the day I came back, I was about 5 weeks into working from home when I decided that I not only needed to work my trigger finger again, I also desperately needed to interact with humans without using an app. So, I posted a little something on Facebook on a Friday afternoon asking if anyone might be interested in joining me for a socially distant Front Yard Project that same weekend. I threw it out there that I would text upon arrival, wear a mask if requested and bring my long lens so that we could chat from a social distance while snapping away. The response was overwhelmingly amazing! Within hours I had 9 shoots scheduled over the course of those two weekend days and I honestly couldn’t have has a better time! As it turns out, I wasn’t the only one needing to break up the monotony of what had become our new normal. Here are just a few of my faves!

The Hatmaker Family

Cooler temps, matching colors, smiles from start to finish and a 6 year old sporting a bow tie - what more could I ask for when planning the perfect fall photo shoot? This was second time I’ve had the pleasure of capturing the cuteness of this family and although I took these photos while protesting how grown up the kids have gotten (protesting because it obviously means I’m getting older too), I had such a fun time! What a great afternoon at the park with Peyton the gymnast, Trenton the future GQ model and their amazing mom & dad!