Sonya and her family escaped the cold weather in Canada to enjoy a sunny family vacation in Florida. I had a blast photographing Sonya and her family’s vacation portraits in Kissimmee.

Sonya and her parents, brothers and sisters rented a beautiful vacation villa in Kissimmee. Kissimmee is known for an abundance of fully furnished luxury homes rented at a great price for large families. It is a great alternative to renting multiple rooms in a hotel and allows the family to stay close to each other.

Sonya hired a private chef to cook up dinners for the family which made their vacation even more special. I got to photograph their portraits in the backyard right as the sun was setting.

Vacation photography is very popular here in Florida. It is such a great way to capture memories professionally that can be shared with all the family members. Sonya and the kids visited all four Disney Parks during their trip.  They all had an amazing vacation and joked that they will need a vacation from their vacation when they return home (you can imagine 5 little ones running around excitedly throughout all of the Disney parks). Here are some pictures of their family portrait session.

I had such a fun time photographing Angel and Amanda’s Portrait Session in Cypress Grove Estate House earlier last week. Since December is both of their birthday months- they wanted some fun birthday images along with more fashionable portraits.

They both moved from New York to Florida earlier to escape the cold weather. The weather was absolutely perfect on the day of our shoot with temperatures in the upper 70’s and there was not a single cloud in the sky. Cypress Grove estate park sits on a beautiful lake and the sunsets are just gorgeous there. We started our session out with their casual birthday t-shirts and ended the shoot with a more elegant and dressy look- perfect for more dramatic sunset pictures.

Angel is currently in school and Amanda is an actress and a talented dancer. Their beautiful mother showed up to pick them up as we neared the end of our session. We all rallied her to take at least one picture with her girls which ended up being one of my favorite images from our session! look how cute they look!

I’m so lucky to get to live in a place where you can still comfortably photograph in parks in the middle of the “winter”!

I Love watching families and their children grow. This was the case when photographing Rebecca and Dennis’s Beautiful family. Their two gorgeous girls grew so much since the last time I did their family portraits. They flew in from the Netherlands for their annual Florida vacation and left in time to dodge the hurricane (Irma). Along with their immediate family members, we headed to Cypress Grove Estate Park to capture some late morning pictures.

I Love photographing at Cypress Grove Estate Park not only because it is a beautiful Park located adjacent to a large lake, but because you don’t need a permit to have a photoshoot there- which is a huge plus, especially for last minute photo shoots.  The Park sits on 80 Acres of perfectly manicured lawns, all on the cusp of Lake Jessamine. The Mature Cypress trees aren’t bad either! They brought along their siblings this time and I had such a blast capturing all of the fun. Rebeccas Parents were also celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary! What a perfect way to capture such a beautiful time in their lives with all of their kids

Here is a sneak peek from our session