Turnquist Family

I love when photography brings friends & families back in touch from high school and college. I look forward to taking their photos, catching up, meeting their kids, and this session was a great end to my Mother’s Day.  A family that I am proud to say are big Bobcat Fans; Scott was on the MSU football team and Lacy was on the MSU track team with me.  Both parents are wonderful athletes and I think their oldest daughter is going to follow suit.  She was fun, outgoing, and fast!!  This little girl is going to be a sprinter and right now would run circles around my kids.  Plus already at the age of 3 (in my mind) has amazing form.  She made the hour fly by and I was drawn to her energy – made me wish I was 3 again.

I think it is fun to watch kids and see what they are good at.  My daughter throws everything and at the age 2 has pretty good aim – maybe someday she will be a thrower while your little girl runs and jumps for the Bobcats:)

This little peanut has amazing eyes and for teething and being tired did a really good job. We got tons of smiles in moms arms.

The goal from the initial email: get a couple photos of the girls together. Lacy wrote that this has always been hard. She was right it was hard, but we did get a few.

The girls – Happy Mother’s Day to everyone!

Such a wonderful family. Lacy, thanks for contacting me – you have an amazing family and I had a great evening.

Hansen Family

What a wonderful weekend – Happy Late Mother’s Day to all the mom’s.  I had a perfect weekend with my kids, family, out of town friends, and photography.  Scheduling a photo session in Montana is hard – the easy part is finding a day that works for everyone, which sometime that is even hard.  The part that stresses me out is the weather; thunderstorms, rain, snow, cloudy, etc.  This past weekend was gorgeous and we were so lucky with green grass, the sun shining, and no wind.  AND I was lucky to get caught up with my friend since junior high and her wonderful family.  Thanks for such a wonderful Saturday evening – enjoy my favorites.

You will be seeing a lot of these kids within the post, they are so cute together. I was told before the session that her kids were really shy and we were both hoping that it wouldn’t take too long to warm up. Her daughter did awesome from the start giving me high-fives and running to me with big smiles. The little guy took a little longer, but still had a great time and we finally got some wonderful smiles.

This was the last photo I took from the hour session and probably one of my favorites.

These are in honor of Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day!! Thanks for the call, I enjoy catching up with your family.

May 17, 2012 - 7:48 am

Heidi Grevious - Oh goodness they turned out wonderful!! They are sure getting big :) Love the 2nd one down with the 2 kiddos their eyes are so beautiful!!

Gold Family

I have enjoyed getting to know this family through work, daycare, friends, and photos. Isaac talks about how much he enjoys the girls and loves his teacher Steph in school. I know how hard it can be working with all those kids, but my son has loved every minute with you and I have loved getting to know your whole family. I am very glad that this worked out, thanks for asking me to capture these for you – enjoy this sneak peak.

We were going to get together for this amazing little girls 6 month photos. She is a wonderful girl who one minute can be crying and not having fun – the next minute laughing for a complete stranger. I LOVE her smile and laugh – hands down my favorite age.

Thank you so much for the wonderful evening of smiles and laughter.

Suns Warmth

I just had to post these photos tonight. I am so happy that the sun decided to peek out of the sky right toward the end of our session – I love the “mommy – daughter” pictures. I promise I will post more and write more. . .

All I can say is that I love capturing moments like these below AND I love meeting all these wonderful families and becoming friends!

May 1, 2012 - 9:10 am

Kris - Heather – you are an angle in disguise. These pictures are sooo special!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

May 2, 2012 - 1:33 pm

Heidi Grevious - Absolutely beautiful!!

Jeff & Brandie

Finally I have energy to come down to my office and edit photos.  I was so excited to edit this engagement session, but came down with a flu bug on Sunday that drained me.  I am glad that it was quick and I finally have energy to stay up past 8pm.:)

The one thing I have to say about this engagement session is laughter – Brandie is full of smiles and giggles and knows how to have a good time.  AND we got some great smiles out of Jeff who started the session asking if I was a good joke teller – which is one thing I’m horrible at.  I ended up laughing along with them and could not be more excited for their wedding this summer. If their wedding party and family is as much fun, I am going to have a GREAT day. Congratulations on your soon to be wedding and enjoy your sneak peak. . .

My favorite rock. . . it took a little hike to get there, but with the wind above it was a perfect location. I love this picture!

Their other love.

Thanks for a great end to my week. See you on Friday to design your wedding album. . . almost there. . .

Davis & Alex

Congratulations to a wonderful couple and great friends on your engagement! Once again this was a perfect day for photographs – we are getting lucky this year with this gorgeous weather.  There are too many photos I really liked – so there are more than a few – enjoy!!

I really like the photo below; so glad that we found some great sun light on a Montana “beach” :)

Davis, your smile makes me smile – I love it!!

Thanks for asking me to spend the evening with you. I had a great walk with you both listening to your first date. Donovan and I are so happy for you both – Congratulations!!

Brotherly Love

I am blessed. . . I have an amazing family that supports me, wonderful friends that support me, and I get to capture candid/loving/raw memories in a photograph. My favorite photos from this session were brothers loving each other and having fun – a perfect Saturday morning in my book! This was a new spot for me to photograph at and I love all the photos from here and these clothes. I love blue though so I just couldn’t change any of the pictures to black and white – ENJOY these few, more coming soon!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love seeing the boys and visiting with everyone.

April 4, 2012 - 8:24 am

Kelley - Great Pictures! I cannot wait to see the rest. Thank you so much Heather for working with my crazy crew it was fun!

April 6, 2012 - 9:46 pm

Judy - You did such an amazing job at getting all of the boys personalities and “looks”. These pictures are great. Beautiful family and an talented photographer.