I love these images from a family I've photographed since the beginning of Lucy! And can we talk about little Miss Lucy above with her little brother? That cheek poke and sweet kisses in the gallery below are the perfect mix of sugar and spice. Congratulations big sister, mom and dad!! xo
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oh. sigh. these aren't even real children. or a real house. It's all too perfect. Like a catalogue shoot for a fairytale. Or whatever that means! :)
(12.16.10 @ 05:06 PM)I agree with Darbi! This girls are Alice in Wonderland and this home.... it's definitely through the looking glass! How classic and beautiful and just enchanting! These photos will be a treasure!
(12.16.10 @ 07:55 PM)unbelievably beautiful photos. Seriously.
(12.16.10 @ 10:44 PM)this looks like something out of a dream!! precious, sweet little girls....beautiful job Clary!
(12.17.10 @ 12:27 PM)What a precious session. The light is so beautiful! Great shots!
(12.21.10 @ 01:36 PM)What a precious session. The light is so beautiful! Great shots!
(12.21.10 @ 01:38 PM)This house - and of course the photos - are just plain unbelievable!!
(12.21.10 @ 08:36 PM)Oh my goodness, those girls are beautiful, they look like little angels! Great photos Clary!
(12.22.10 @ 04:50 PM)OMGoodness!!!!
these pictures are SO sweet!!!!!!!!! have never seen anything like it :)
Then she asked me to photographer her family.
I became nervous. Really, I mean, check out her work here. You'd be nervous too.
But then you go back to the fact that this family radiates beauty.
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this is one of the most beautiful family sessions i have ever seen. that mother/daughter shot radiates love. actually, all of the images do.
(11.23.10 @ 03:21 PM)I went to college with both of these guys, in fact Michelle is my sorority sister! A beutiful inside and out is correct! Great photos, Clary!!!!
(11.23.10 @ 03:43 PM)Exquisite! My favorite is the one of the mom and the daughter. Just breathtaking photos, Clary! And a beautiful family!
(11.23.10 @ 03:54 PM)Oh dear Clary...I've been scrolling up and down, up and down, and I just can't find one photo that I am not completely in love with. Thank you from the bottom of my heart friend...you are Amazing in every way possible!
(11.23.10 @ 09:57 PM)Um....Clary. I have no words. This truly made me smile one of those effortless, love induced smiles that only family can bring to your face... I hope that you will photograph my family one of these days. I'm certain Michelle will treasure these forever. This is what life is all about folks. Stunning work and Michelle, your family is a bunch of models. Seriously. Could you all be any more freaking gorgeous? :)
(11.24.10 @ 01:19 PM)Clary, these are AMAZING!! And Michelle, you have an amazing family and your kids are such a JOY to be around!!
(11.24.10 @ 01:26 PM)Thanks everyone. All your words are awesome!! Joanna, you put it so well! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! xo
(11.24.10 @ 01:54 PM)These photos of Michelle and her family are fantastic. Not only is her family gorgeous, but the light is dreamy, and the photos you took, Clary, are just wonderful and full of life!
(11.26.10 @ 03:34 PM)Clary!! I am seriously just speechless over these photos. I was showing my coworker and after each photo, all I could say was "seriously??? SERIOUSLY???!!!" Seriously stunning is what I'm thinking! I cannot get enough of this gorgeous family and these ethereal photos! Wow wow wow.
(11.27.10 @ 08:32 PM)Love those curls! And all the blues
(12.05.10 @ 06:46 PM)I've met Michelle IRL and SHE IS so beautiful on the inside and out! Wonderful photos Clary!
PS Hi Michelle! : )
(01.31.11 @ 11:11 AM)But when you have this to work with...
Doesn't that just make you love Kelly's family?! I can't help but feel warmth and joy in that series.
Oh, and Kelly is gorgeous.
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Beautiful - every last one of them!! All of them are my faves. :) I agree - Kelly is gorgeous, inside and out!
(09.30.10 @ 03:25 PM)Oh Geez, that very last Black and White one with the kids looking at Kelly and Pat is AWESOME! Great job Clary! And I know what you mean, I always get a little nervous shooting other photographers :)
(09.30.10 @ 03:38 PM)This session is making me want to pass out from the sheer beauty of it, no surprise. Clary you're amazing and Kelly what an incredibly beautiful family you have. Clary I absolutely want you to take our photos after Feb. or so, please let me know what I have to do to make that happen. ;) xoxoxoxoo to you BOTH!
(09.30.10 @ 04:25 PM)I am in love with the second to last shot of the twogirls facing one another, while holding hands!
So Whimsical!!
Kelly doesn't seem old enough nor worn out enough to have that many kids!!! I had no idea! But wow. What a flipping BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. And photos to boot! So many keepers. Well done!
(09.30.10 @ 05:09 PM)Clary, your images are always so magical and full of life and love! I love every single one, but the one with the two girls holding flowers together speaks to my heart- love and friendship all rolled into one :)
(09.30.10 @ 05:55 PM)What a gorgeous family! Kelly is so beautiful!
(09.30.10 @ 06:05 PM)Stunning photography and family!
(09.30.10 @ 06:05 PM)Thank you, thank you Clary! I love how you captured our family and told our story. These pictures make my heart smile :) xoxo
(09.30.10 @ 06:34 PM)SOOOO beautiful Clary! If I had photos like that of my children, I would treasure them forever and always!
(09.30.10 @ 07:03 PM)Fantastic! Beautiful images and a beautiful family. I can't get over the curls on those chicas. So cute!
(09.30.10 @ 08:25 PM)So beautiful Clary! Kelly and Pat are lucky lucky folks to have such a gorgeous and loving family.
(09.30.10 @ 08:29 PM)How amazing are these?!!!! LOVE.THEM....seriously LOVE THEM!
Kelly is one hot momma for sure! The last black and white one is my favorite too!!!! Very beautiful family!
(10.02.10 @ 08:53 AM)To start this off right...favorite!!
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How PRECIOUS is this family?! I love that little girl. So much personality — and what FUN hair! That's such a great age to be a girl :)
(01.13.10 @ 08:11 AM)LOVE LOVE LOVE that second picture, adorable....great session :)
(01.13.10 @ 09:02 AM)Such an adorable family! #5 is my favorite. I can't wait for our family session with you in June.... ;)
Oh and Happy New Year!
I sure do recognize them!!! DARLINGS! all of them. ;) and I love that wall. No clue why. ;)
(01.13.10 @ 11:51 AM)I have been MIA for awhile and I am back to your blog!!! Lovely happy family & great pics as usual. Where is that awesome teal wall?!?!?
(01.13.10 @ 12:07 PM)I knew I have seen them before!
I LOVE your family sessions, they are so much fun!
Great pics Clary...those kids are too cute! I knew that was in Alton from the first pic! That building with the little square windows is down by Hayner Library :-)
(01.15.10 @ 10:48 PM)Love the perspective of the 2nd pic and what a beautiful family.
(01.18.10 @ 09:28 PM)Love the perspective of the 2nd pic and what a beautiful family.
(01.18.10 @ 09:29 PM)Love these! The ones of them in front of the blue wall are priceless. I would treasure those photos forever if they were of my brother and I :)
(01.20.10 @ 10:22 PM)And can we talk about the name?? Jett! You know I love that:)
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These are lovely! It gets me so excited for our next one to arrive.
(12.15.09 @ 11:53 AM)Speaking of our next one...think you could plan your vaca to the Gulf Coast around the middle of August? Perfect timing for a session with our new family of 4!!!
(12.15.09 @ 11:58 AM)SO SO SO CUTE! Love the pure joy a baby brings to mom and dad's face. beautiful!
(12.15.09 @ 12:29 PM)Oh my gosh!!! Clary you are so amazing! Thanks for coming and capturing this special moment in our lives!
(12.15.09 @ 01:06 PM)He is absolutely adorable!! What a true blessing from God!! Congratulations to you both!!
(12.15.09 @ 01:28 PM)Amazing photos! I can already see Daddy Joel in this little cutie's face! So happy for ya'll!
(12.15.09 @ 01:40 PM)Clary, these are fantastic! What a treasure for Joel and Kara. You have captured such a beautiful but fleeting phase in Jett's life. Nothing looks posed or intrusive. You've created an environment that allows us to experience the wonder of a new baby with them!
(12.15.09 @ 01:48 PM)What a beautiful family! Boy Jett has some looks already, Don't he?
(12.15.09 @ 02:19 PM)Joel, Kara & Jett --- all of you have been truly blessed. Pictures are priceless. Jett, you have amazing parents and you, I'm sure, will take after them. Joel/Kara, your son is gorgeous. Cherish every day, every moment, every memory you can. God bless all of you.
(12.15.09 @ 02:59 PM)Photos are awesome, I loved them all. thank you for sharing. Jett is so sweet and his facial expressions are adorable. This black and white all bundled up is so precious. The ones of the 3 of you with each of you giving kisses are so sweet. Kara looking at Jett and then the one of Joel with Jett and Jett looking away is so funny.
(12.15.09 @ 03:03 PM)Those are amazing pictures...what a beautiful baby. I am ready to hold my new grandson. Thanks for the pictures, Joel and Kara.
Dad (Henne)
(12.15.09 @ 04:29 PM)Wow, great photos of a beautiful family. Can't wait to see you guys this summer and meet Jett. Its gonna be a long wait!
(12.15.09 @ 05:30 PM)These are too. precious. for. words. So that is how I'll leave it!!
(12.15.09 @ 06:43 PM)Awesome pictures of an all around wonderful family. I especially love the pictures with Joel and Kara's hands; it really shows how beautiful and delicate the little guy is.
(12.15.09 @ 06:57 PM)Everytime I see one of your newborn sessions, it gives me baby fever!!!
I'm in love with the two pics of baby Jett all swaddled up! Oh, and the b&w one of him and his mommy. Acutally I love them all :o)
(12.15.09 @ 10:54 PM)those are amazing. love them all. (sigh) beautiful beautiful moments.
(12.16.09 @ 08:50 AM)Such beautiful, breathtaking pictures. What a sweet, sweet baby and a gorgeous family! You can see the calm and love radiating all around them. Once again, you have outdone yourself. I LOVE the newborn pics!
(12.16.09 @ 09:30 AM)How beautiful!!! You are blessed, indeed! Love you!
(12.16.09 @ 10:23 PM)Clary, I just keep looking and looking at these pictures -- truly the most wonderful I have every seen! You really captured the kids - what an amazing gift God has given you!! So glad I got to meet you. God Bless and have a joyous celebration of our Saviour's birth!
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stunning....love the one where she's walking towards mom....if i were them, I'd canvas that baby up. haha what a wonderful family!
(12.01.09 @ 05:16 PM)Simply adorable! I love the one where she is sticking her tounge out in her smile, great capture!
(12.01.09 @ 11:28 PM)Most beautiful photographs of a most precious granddaughter. These photos are indicative of the "ClaryCapture" photographic technique. Thank you for these digiital memories. From Lucy's Papa.
(12.02.09 @ 09:56 AM)Fabulous!!! Love love love the one of Lucy running towards her mama!! What a perfect day!!!
(12.03.09 @ 03:26 PM)Great pictures! Great settings
(12.03.09 @ 10:14 PM)Love your perspectives and the genuine interactions between this cute family! Great shots!
(12.05.09 @ 03:28 PM)GORGEOUS! LOVE THEM ALL!! Would make that wide picture of lucy walking from dad to mom as big as the living room wall, I love it so! And Jennie, my oh my oh my how fabulous you look in red!
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WONDERFUL family photos!!! what a great family! and their house, OH MY GOODNESS it is gorgeous. great job! :)
(11.18.09 @ 02:48 PM)Oh my word! I am in love with this entire post!!! Amazing house...check! Adorable children...check! Beautiful parents...check! Cute dog...check! OUTSTANDING photographer...check! You have the perfect session.
(11.18.09 @ 02:54 PM)I am IN LOVE with this session! What a beautiful family and amazing house! Great job!
(11.18.09 @ 03:13 PM)what a gorgeous family :) it makes me wanna have lots of kids and at least 2 dogs :) hehe beautiful images, clary ;)
(11.18.09 @ 03:18 PM)I love this!!! Definitely should be featured in a posh magazine somewhere. : )
(11.18.09 @ 03:22 PM)Okay so the bathtub pictures look straight out of Real Simple magazine. I take it back..the whole shoot does. Their house has dreamy light. You're amazing my friend :)
(11.18.09 @ 03:24 PM)Gorgeous family, gorgeous home, gorgeous images. I think Pottery Barn could use these for their next catalog!
(11.18.09 @ 03:41 PM)Every single one of these shots is amazing! I'd have to say the bathtub shots are may favorites :)
(11.18.09 @ 05:16 PM)oh my gosh, their house is amazing ! I love your use of natural light and wonderful capture of expression !
(11.18.09 @ 07:34 PM)This is my favorite family shoot ever! I love seeing the dynamic of the siblings through your work. They are all stunning!
(11.18.09 @ 07:51 PM)Ummm could that bathroom and those bathtub cuties be any more adorable????????? LOVE this session.
(11.18.09 @ 07:56 PM)Clary, I just recently stumbled upon you, but I absolutely adoreadoreadore your work. I am so geeked that you have clients that are open to your vision. These are just SO beautiful. What a treasure!
(11.18.09 @ 09:12 PM)Great shots!! The bathtub pics are so cute! I love when families shoot in the home AND have fun doing it!
(11.18.09 @ 10:23 PM)Oh. my. goodness. Between the gorgeous house, the beautiful subjects, the delicious light and your camera magic, these are AWESOME. Truly incredible - you are super talented!
(11.18.09 @ 11:21 PM)Clary - I was SO excited to see these!!! What an awesome session!
(11.18.09 @ 11:21 PM)BEAUTIFUL images Clary!!! Too many to pick from to have a favorite but those bathtub shots rock my world!
(11.19.09 @ 07:40 AM)You rocked it Clary! You couldn't ask for more beautiful subjects in a beautiful home! That doxie puppy may be the cutest ever. They're my favorite of the little dogs. What are the kid's ages? The big sister reminds me of my neice or at least what she'll look like when she gets older. Wonderful post!
(11.19.09 @ 10:34 AM)Wowzers! Okay seriously, do you have an interior designer referring all these beautiful families with their beautiful homes to you?! :)
(11.19.09 @ 12:30 PM)That house is amazing!! I envy their sense of style.
(11.19.09 @ 12:46 PM)You rocked this session Clary!
I love how you captured their environment!
Okay...can I move into their house?!!! I just love the light in all of these photos!
(11.19.09 @ 03:15 PM)OMG....Clary...that is my boss!!! that is soooooo funny!!!
(11.19.09 @ 08:38 PM)These are simply perfect! The house is amazing, all the little details are perfect. Love the bathtub!
(11.19.09 @ 08:44 PM)I'm with everyone else...love the house...LOVE the images! :)
(11.19.09 @ 09:01 PM)Aren't they awesome?!?! This set is fantastic- I've been waiting for it to arrive!!!! LOVE the shots- you rocked it out on all of them!!! Yay!
(11.20.09 @ 07:13 PM)Clary, you are an amazing photography. This is by far my favorite session of yours yet. Keep up the amazing work. P.S. where do these people find such amazing homes. I want that tub!
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These made me cry! What a special relationship between dad and son. Great pics!
(10.22.09 @ 07:06 AM)i love EVERYTHING about EVERY photo here. I've never seen a father/son session... ever. Yay to dad for doing this :D Father of the year... :D PS. my favorites are the love love love love :D AMAZING!!!!
(10.22.09 @ 07:49 AM)These are so amazing! I love them, what a great idea :)
(10.22.09 @ 08:31 AM)Wonderful photo story Clary....this is what we love to do! On my periodic location hunts I was unable to track this spot down in the city. Can you tell me where it is?
(10.22.09 @ 08:36 AM)This is one of my favorite sessions you've ever done too! I think when Charlie is a little older we'll have to be callling you for one of these. :)
(10.22.09 @ 08:46 AM)Why don't more fathers and sons do this? These images are priceless. The b&w one with the water is AMAZING!
(10.22.09 @ 08:47 AM)I have tears in my eyes and I don't know these two personally. What a beautiful session. And I think it's fantastic that this father wanted to capture this time with his son.
(10.22.09 @ 09:04 AM)Good gosh, those shadow play ones are absolutely heavenly!!! What a wonderful way to capture that special something between father & son. You rock.
(10.22.09 @ 09:11 AM)so heartwarming!! I LOVE LOVE every single one :) The plaza is an amazing location but you make it look SO much more amazing! Thanks for making me smile :)
(10.22.09 @ 09:27 AM)These are amazing! What a lucky kid - I wish I had pictures like this from my childhood.
(10.22.09 @ 09:28 AM)Oh. My. Gosh! So adorable! There is just so much love and fun captured in your photos! Adorable dad and son!!!!
(10.22.09 @ 09:36 AM)Flawless!!! You can truly see the love between the father and son shine through these photos. I bet every person that walks through their house when they see these hanging on the wall will forget all their worries for the day and smile BIG!
(10.22.09 @ 09:54 AM)i too have tears in my eyes. THIS.IS.IT. This is why we do what we do. Stunning.
(10.22.09 @ 10:06 AM)ok, i just came back again. cant stop looking at these. i bet this dad is FREAKING out at what you were able to capture. i'm so jealous.
(10.22.09 @ 10:10 AM)These are beautiful Clary. I love the hug picture the best! So, so sweet.
(10.22.09 @ 01:56 PM)Absolutely incredible! I love them all! :)
(10.22.09 @ 06:56 PM)Love it more than words can describe!!! What a great idea!! Every father and son should do this!!!
(10.22.09 @ 08:04 PM)So sweet and heartwarming. These would put a smile on anyone's face. I wish I had these from my own childhood!
(10.23.09 @ 12:42 AM)Wow!!!! What an amazing way to start off my Friday morning!!!
(10.23.09 @ 09:34 AM)These are beautiful—so much love and emotion and pure joy!
(10.23.09 @ 07:29 PM)what a unique session...we need to see more father and son moments like this...these pictures are full of joy...i especially like the shadow pics
(10.23.09 @ 10:40 PM)You are right ---love, love, LOVE these!! Really love the shadow ones -- very unique!! They've got to be thrilled with these!
(10.26.09 @ 11:09 AM)What amazing photos! I LOVE that the father did this, how special. The shadows! The feet! I love everything about this session.
(10.27.09 @ 10:35 AM)Wow, these pictures are great! it really makes me wish I had something like this of me as a child with my mom/dad. These will be special to them forever.
(10.27.09 @ 01:44 PM)What a great session! Love the interactions and documentary feel to them!
(10.27.09 @ 10:18 PM)Bobbi & Mike photo'd us last night and told me I had to look at this post- These images are so amazing. I wanted to cry as I looked through the love you captured. Beautiful! I wish I had photos like this of my dad and I when I was little!
(10.30.09 @ 08:01 PM)WOW- these 2 are absolutely precious- and you can just feel the love. They are SO handsome, and what a great idea. SO special. Absolutely warms my heart. Thanks for sharing.
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These are all so sweet! I remember Elle's newborn session too :o) I love the cake ones and the last one of them all swinging! Have a great weekend Clary!!
(09.04.09 @ 09:02 AM)what a beautiful family! the girls are simply gorgeous!
and great job with the new lenses, i loved the result ;)
These are all so great....what a cure family. Need some 35L over here!
(09.04.09 @ 09:51 AM)Thanks everyone. They really are an awesome family AND the glass is my new favorite...after the 50mm 1.2 of course:)
(09.04.09 @ 11:07 AM)fabulous!!!!! i LOVE how you capture their personalities; your eye just amazes me. and they are such a cute family.... i'm sure you had so much fun! :)
(09.04.09 @ 12:01 PM)Love these pictures! And the new 35mm did was great work (thanks to you!)!
(09.04.09 @ 02:25 PM)Love the set of kitchen photos especially. Glad you like the 35...I use it pretty much exclusively on my family sessions!
(09.04.09 @ 03:22 PM)What a beautiful session! I am in love with your 35. I think this will be the next lens I rent.
(09.04.09 @ 07:18 PM)Clary, clary, clary - what in the world are you doing letting that baby play with the plug? J/J :) I love all of these!!!!! This family is so gorgeous. You did such a phenomenal job caching these little girls personalities. I especially love the last one though. Such a timeless photo of families being families. Blessings ~Amanda~
(09.06.09 @ 04:07 PM)gotta love those two little toofers. =)
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What a precious family session! Clary, your work is just amazing!
(03.30.11 @ 02:10 PM)Baby Sam is so cute and sweet! He is so perfect he almost doesn't look real!! And seriously- that last photo- with Lucy's sweet little nose pushed up against her baby brother's head giving a little kiss is to-die-for adorable!! Congratulations to mom and dad on their two sweet babies!
(03.30.11 @ 07:55 PM)so sweet! i'm loving the grain- film?
(03.30.11 @ 08:29 PM)Thank all! Yes Pam-film:)
(03.31.11 @ 05:07 PM)The last photo of the sister kissing his head- magical! Such a precious capture!
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