family of 4

family of 4 | 1-hour photography session at sawgrass trailhead everglades

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Can I just love on this family for a second? Hard to believe it’s been 9 YEARS since I photographed Avery’s newborn session but a bunch of family sessions later (don’t make me try to count), I’m truly honored that they continue to trust me in creating their family memories year after year. We always have so much friggin’ fun and this one-hour session to celebrate the end of the weird 2020 (and the end of dad’s quarantine beard) was no different. Always changing things up with a new location, this year’s photos were taken at the Atlantic Everglades Levee at Sawgrass Trailhead - a good reminder that we have beautiful landscapes both east and west here in Broward County. We may not have had the bright sunset we were hoping for, due to some clouds and rain, but we definitely made the best of it!

 

“So in love with our 2020 family pictures! It was overcast, sprinkled for a couple minutes and the wind was insane but everyone rallied and tammi.j.photography worked her magic and this ended up giving me some of my favorite pictures of all time!!” -Jess

family of 4 | 1-hour family photography in davie

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2020 was so long that when I finally reconnected with one of my regular families that I photograph every year, I found out their family of 3 was now a family of 4. 🎉Since we missed the opportunity to do a newborn session for little brother because of COVID restrictions, we did the next best thing and met up for a one-hour session outdoors before the holidays. Rather than meet at one of the crowded parks this time of year, I’m happy this family trusted my something-different location recommendation when I asked them to meet me in my parents’ Davie neighborhood. The ridge I grew up exploring backs up to Tree Tops Park and has similar beautiful tree vibes with tons of hanging moss, oak trees and private trails.

at-home family photography | plantation fl photographer

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This was such a fun session… a great combination of gently posed portraits and then fun real-life candids. To celebrate their new house in Plantation, FL, it only made sense to do at-home family photos to create some super cute holiday / new address cards. After some family portraits in a few places around the house (and involving both dogs) I got to witness an intense family game of chess - something they love to do together often and then we ended the session with some nerf-guns and fun (read: cannonballs) in the swimming pool.

real life with gage & siena | oakland park family photography

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real life with ava & ryan | south florida family documentary photos

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I have captured this family a few times already, usually during holiday mini-sessions, but this was our first Real-Life Session & at their home. Soon to be a family of 5, they chose a documentary session t0 capture what life was like as a family of 4. I'm going to guess that a typical Sunday morning is looking a little different these days for this crew with the new addition. At least for some of them... Ryan may still be playing Fortnite. We did a lot of hanging out, playing games, etc (and omg, the pot holder loom was instant nostalgia - I definitely weaved quite a few of those growing up) & of course got their pup, Biggie, involved, as well. I loved capturing the brother-sister relationship of these two & all of the facial expressions that came with it. Knowing that their relationship will be constantly changing as they grow up (and perhaps starting with when they became big siblings to their new baby sister), its something that adds to the "now" of these photos. I can't wait to come back in a year to document how their real life has changed!

real life with e & z | florida vacation family photos

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Visiting ME (okay, okay and my wife) is a great reason for some day in the life photos. These two ladies are great friends of ours & getting to hang with them & their 2.5 year old twin daughters for a weekend was everything. They had just come from a busy few days at Disney, so we did a lot of just hanging out... at the house, around the house... The girls' big personalities kept us entertained & laughing all weekend and it was so much fun to capture those personalities in photos! They were on a Florida vacation, but got to take home the best souvenir they could have... their NOW captured in images they can reflect on forever. 

one hour with family of 4 at bamford park | davie family photographer

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I met this beautiful, recently-turned family of 4 for a quick mini session in Davie, at Bamford Sports Complex - right down the road from where I grew up.  Now although the entire sports complex of endless baseball & soccer fields didn't exist when I was a kid, we found ourselves in a nice shady spot in front of the original (& unchanged) community center, where I remember taking dance classes & swimming lessons many moons ago.  There is something refreshing about finding myself shooting photos for local families in the very area where I was raised.  Pine Island Park was very welcoming & quiet - a nice change from the overcrowded parks I've been shooting at, where there is a photography session every 100ft.  I don't know how I've gotten so lucky with so many adorable kids to photograph, but they sure make my job easy!