One of my favorite things about the holiday season is getting to see and catching up with my families for their annual portraits. I’ve been photographing this sweet family since way before Harper and Brenna were even born!

This was an extra special family portrait session as it was Sarah, Alan, and Olah’s first session as a family together! I’ve known Sarah for quite a few years now as she is a super talented artist. 3 years ago I had the honor of photographing her and Alan’s wedding and we have had several conversations of them wanting to adopt someday. Just a few months ago, that dream of theirs became a reality and Olah made them a party of 3! I was SO happy when Sarah asked me to do this session for them, literally seeing couple’s dream of adoption is my favorite thing. Olah is such a sweet girl and bright light with an amazing future ahead of her!

I got to see Tom, Candace, Hailey, and Patrick for their annual family session and they rocked it! I love the steps of the Le Meridien in downtown Tampa because it’s just a light and neutral background with lines and columns that look amazing in photos.

Here’s just a few of my personal favs of Shelley, Larry, and Cole. Note their fabulous outfit choices, and that red bench in the background totally is the perfect accent to Shelley’s white and red top. When we were planning their session Shelley just wanted something pretty outside to capture who they are as a family in this moment.

November is the month for getting those updated family portraits done! Starting a couple of years ago Miriam (who is one of our lead photographers) and I made a little pact to practice what we preach and get our own annual family portraits done.

Probably the biggest question I get is “What do we wear?” so I’m going to give you my top tips and show you what we did this year!