Ok, not sure how on earth this slipped through the net but I was just about to get started on a new blog post when i suddenly realised that I hadnt blogged one of my fave sessions from way back in May!
One man, so blessed with 5 beautiful women! Leaves me wondering what his secret is to surviving all those female hormones ….
Until very recently, we were neighbours and thankfully we are all still good friends. We were so lucky to fall upon such good neighbours when we first arrived here and now that we have moved, we will really miss seeing them every day & popping across the road barefoot to borrow onions, sugar, and various other random items!
Anyway, we got together to take some post Bat Mitzvah images of Adina and all the family, after all the excitement of the day had calmed down a little. I have (as usual) so many favourite images that these really dont do it justice. Maybe i’ll post a slideshow here in a few days so you can see all the images!
I loved photographing them all, they are all so gorgeous and so unique. I will be grabbing the older two for some very funky, grungy modeling sessions soon so keep a look out!

Oh my! 4 young ladies, each with their very distinct look and personality. It’s sessions like these where I wish I had an hour with each child, but we made the most of it and boy did I enjoy them!

I always love that part at the end of the session where the mother looks at me and says “do you think you got anything good?” and i just smile sweetly and say “yep, i think so”. then I go home, upload their gallery and just wait for the “OMG!!!” email!

I enjoyed the tree pictures at the end of our session the most, getting the kids up in to the trees and dying laughing trying to get them all down again. We decided against putting the baby in the tree….

Thank you guys, it was a treat meeting you all and you were a total pleasure to work with. Am coming over in a few weeks to make sure that canvas is hanging in your home

Another great session on the beach! we took a couple of kites and some lollipops and that was all it took. (Note to self: lollipops and sand dont mix too well)

There are so many shots here that I love – everyone really got in to the session and had fun with it (even mum & dad managed to enjoy themselves with a water fight in the sea!)

I totally failed in trying to narrow the images down to a top ten  – so here’s my top 17 You can click on each image to enlarge it….

This was such a special session. Abigail and I have been friends for so many years and through the help of Facebook, email and occasional reunions, we have managed to stay in touch and watch each others families grow. When I was still in America, Abigail talked about having this session and we even discussed what day of the week we would do it and how. Luckily for us, she figured that combining the shoot with a weekend visit at her kibbutz would be the best solution!
So, we all spent shabbat with the Madmoni family and had the photo shoot on the Friday afternoon. It’s so amazing to look into these beautiful children’s eyes and see different pieces of their parents, in their features and their expressions. I had an amazing time getting to know the kids and driving round kibbutz looking for different places to shoot. I am super super thrilled with the images (and there are many)
Here are just some of my faves…..

I had the pleasure of photographing this beautiful family before they returned to Sweden a few weeks ago. The Mandermans were with us for just 4 short months, during which time our daughters become such good friends. It was amazing to see them communicating with one only speaking Swedish and the other speaking English and basic Hebrew. By the end of the 4 months the two of them were communicating happily together in Hebrew. Oh to be 5 years old…

We met on the beach and very quickly saw that we needed to stay away from the water as Isaac is a seriously fast 1 year old who just kept heading for the sea!!

Our session was so much fun, and the images are totally awesome! I can’t wait to see you guys back here ASAP, we miss you!

So, if you remember, back in October I ran a competition to fill in an on-line survey and be entered into a prize draw to win a 450 NIS credit towards a family session. The lucky winner, Sabrina, was announced here and we finally got together for our session a couple of weeks ago.

Thank gd I am so busy with work at the moment that I was considering neglecting my blog for a while longer, but I couldnt let another day go by without blogging about these special women.

Sabrina and I met on September 1st, on our daughters’ first day at Gan. I took this photo with my phone on day 1, when it was time to come pick them up.

Instant bonding…

From the moment i met her, I was struck by how real and warm Sabrina is and how naturally beautiful too but I will get killed for saying that in public so i’ll leave it out So, it will come as no surprise that PPP she has 3 gorgeous, free spirited girls. And that I was so so excited when I drew her name in the prize draw

I always say that selecting images for my blog and Facebook is a hard task, so I wont repeat myself this time. I had such fun with them on the beach, they were amazing to work with (if you can call frolicking on the beach with 3 gorgeous girls ‘work’!)

I am so excited to see these images up in their new house! Thanks so much girlies for such an unforgettable session!

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