Patricia Doles Photography

On a beautiful night, this family showed off their adorable children and undeniable love for each other. With their picture-perfect attire, they were great subjects and a lot of fun to work with. Special thanks to the parents for keeping the children smiling by swinging them around, throwing them up in the air, and overall just loving them. Your efforts paid off.

With family traveling from South Carolina, this reunion brought together loved ones from up and down the east coast. Right before the rain came, little Max almost face-planted into the ground–luckily enough this became one of the favorite shots of the night (last image shown below). Although Mother Nature cut our session short, I was able to squeeze in a quick session a few days later to make the family reunion album complete.

Who says a family portrait has to be stiff and boring? With some fake mustaches and quirky personalities, this family transformed the standard family portrait into a fun and far-from-boring session. The men had a variety of facial expressions to give me (although they failed to inform Kerry on the silliness of the picture sometimes!). Whether on the beach or on the boardwalk, it was a non-stop laugh fest, and we worked with a variety of formations and poses. The family even did a few walking pictures and joined in on an original Riccio song: “We’re walking, we’re talking.” Special thanks to Carl’s aid for helping me out with lighting when my assistant couldn’t make it!