LE Portraits ~ the blog: Owasso Oklahoma photography

I was excited to get to have a session with my aunt, uncle, and cousins this weekend. The whole family was back in town so we took advantage and had a fun time exploring downtown Broken Arrow. I hadn’t been back to BA for quite a while and it has changed so much! We saw my cousins’ old school, so took a picture there, and then visited a couple of parks on Main Street too. Keep in mind that we ARE in Oklahoma, where they wind comes sweepin’ down the plains ;o) I am purposely not showing the best group picture since they will be for Christmas cards and I don’t want to give any surprises away, but wanted to post one of the group ones so you can see the whole fam Love you guys! Enjoy your time together this weekend!

Baby D is already 8 months old and such a happy baby. He was so sweet and tolerated FOUR outfit changes in about 40 minutes with a smile on his face. Amazing! I love getting to see how much he has grown and changed at each of our sessions. He is a little doll. Thanks, guys! Talk to you soon

It was a nice, hot evening for our portrait party on Saturday, but I am so glad that so many toughed it out and showed up for the party! We had a great time and got some beautiful pictures. Here are a few from our evening….

Well, really, that isn’t totally true My sister and her family were here in Owasso visiting and we finally made time to do a family shoot for them. It seems that our visits are always so rushed (or the weather is bad) so we never get to do pictures. This time, we made time to go up to Oologah to Will Rogers Birthplace and had a great time making some memories. They left Oklahoma this morning and we are missing them already!

And one more of her kids and mine (who weren’t dressed for pictures so don’t match…but I still like it!).

It is so beautiful up at Will Rogers Birthplace and quite a bit cooler than it is here because of the lake, shade, and breeze. Let me know if you would like to meet there for a session

This family was so sweet to meet me last night when it was crazy hot out. We were very thankful for some shade at Gilcrease and enjoyed having the entire place to ourselves (I guess the temp scared everyone else away!). We got some beautiful pictures that I hope they will treasure forever! Here are a few sneak peeks

You can tell how much these two loved each other. I asked little sister to give big brother a kiss and this is what I snapped. Love it!!

I love when several generations of family get together and invite me to come take pictures.  There are 4 generations in this picture – wow. What a great memory for these young girls to have their parents, grandparents, and great-grandmother all together in a portrait. We met for about 45 minutes, just before sunset, and got such beautiful warm lighting.  Thanks guys for letting me be a part of your weekend.

This party on Saturday was so much fun. The people were all so friendly and beautiful. The location…well…I seriously considered staking my tent and never leaving…loved it! And the weather cooperated perfectly for us (always a risk when doing anything outdoors in Oklahoma!). We had lots of families and a few animals show up for our party and I can’t wait to get through all these gorgeous pictures. Here is a sneak peek of the fun….

I had such a busy, but good, weekend and am just now making time to sit down and post blog posts from Friday and Saturday.  I had a great time Friday evening at Gilcrease with this fun family. They are friends from church and are so sweet. I loved their purples and blues they chose for their outfits – they looked great! Thanks for letting me photograph you guys. Your gallery is almost ready but here is your sneak peek

We had a beautiful night (could have done without all the wind but it IS Oklahoma, after all, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains!) with this beautiful family. They happen to be my cousin and her family! Her boys are adorable and so smart…I loved listening to their commentary on everything we passed Here is a quick sneak peek for you guys – thanks for letting me photograph you all. I’ll talk to you soon!

And I forgot to bring paper for their family note – ugh. So we improvised and “M” helped us out

I met this little cutie last summer when I shot her big sister’s wedding and loved photographing her. I was so excited to hear they would be back in town this weekend and wanted some more photos. We took some of “A” alone, some with mom and dad, and some with her cute little nephew (how adorable is that!?!). Here is a quick sneak peek and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend in Oklahoma.