team klems: HHI.

bk5 joined us on our buisness/vaca trip last week (more on that in another post). picture timing was perfect since mia turned ONE wednesday,

anna just turned 3 and ella is 5 in a mth and a half.

it rained at least half of every day we were there. waa waa. the forecast on wednesday was showing 70% storms the rest of the trip. in a

hurry, we ran out this day to shoot before the rain started. well, it started as we were walking to the beach. LAME. with my desire to make it

happen anyway, we dealt with it. it eventually stopped long enough to finish the session, however it left us with this incredibly flat light. i

had visions of beautiful backlighting and sunflares. maybe next time.

because it was raining with the potential to storm, i threw my cam down (terrible idea, got sand in the lens and had some real issues later that week.

sigh.) and let adam shoot this. between britt running in and out of frame to pull hair out of eyes, dresses down, stand mia back up, and me acting like a

spaz…he got a shot. a good one! 🙂 i also, in my spastic running backwards/ jumping/singing effort to make the girls laugh, jumped right onto a pvc

pipe. the arch of my foot landed on the open, jagged cut pipe which was pretty much hiding in the middle of the sand. who.the.hell. thought that

was a good idea? i was afraid to look at the damage because from the bloody sand and the searing pain, i was nervous about stitches just days before

shooting the second wedding. thankfully afterwards, with the gentle touch of brittany cleaning the sand out, (and multiple kids blowing/spitting

on the wound to soothe the burn) the flap was able to stay closed with a bandaid. but seriously, being crazy was worth it, look at this image!!

this was all the kids first time to the ocean. (minus the half hr ali, nori and i spent there last winter) they didn’t know what to think of it

really. ella loved it right away and monkey see, monkey do anna eventually liked it. the other 4 kids were not pleased.

anytime you need kids to lighten up, RUN with them. anna banana. love her.it’s no secret that anna is clumsy. like, never watches where she’s going and is constantly falling, clumsy. i absolutely love that in these frames,

she looks so graceful. a little ballerina, actually. love it.ella mozzarella is a ham. again, no secret. i was being goofy and posing while shooting. she was totally into it. clearly.oh mia tortilla, you are hilarious. perfect. i love it. britt, you look gorgeous.

the girls were over cooperating for us about 10 min into the sesh. eventually adam just followed them around and let them play.  🙂

it was fun…til the wave took down anna. d’oh.

i plan to post more pics from this trip asap. 🙂 hang tight. heart, melanie and adam.