Nashville Back Yard Family Portraits

I met with Julie and Stephen last week to photograph them with their son Matthew. We had a great time! This is one incredibly fun family! They have one of the coolest back yards I've seen in a while. It has a tree swing that we played on first, a climbing wall, and a treehouse for Matthew that Stephen built on top of a storage shed. They are also one of the most impressive group of hula hoopers that may exist. Julie actually ran a HALF MARATHON WHILE HULA HOOPING! Can you believe that? I mean, running a half marathon in and of itself is impressive, but doing it while swinging your hips back and forth and keeping a plastic ring around your waist for 4 hours? THAT'S impressive!

Stephen is an avid motorcyclist and recently spent a couple years restoring a classic Vespa (you might say Stephen was into Vespas well before Vespas were cool! :). We were able to get some family shots on the Vespa which was awesome. Matthew is also into motorbiking, so we made sure to capture him on his little dirt bike as well.

All in all, a great family and one that is full of smiles and laughter. I will say that they made me laugh harder than usual when I asked them to loosen up and make funny faces - they can contort they faces and eyes like nobody I've seen! Enjoy the photos!

I have a few favorites below. The rest can be seen here.