Carr Family Portrait Shoot~ Williamsburg, Virginia

So! The Carr Family took me up on my Portrait package fundraising offer for my mission trip this summer! This past Monday we were going to meet up at Matthew Whaley Elementary School...I was a little early and noticed a bunch of people walking toward the Palace Green with lounge chairs. Hmmmm. My mind remembered that it was Memorial Day and they MUST be having something planned in Colonial Williamsburg for the holiday. I called Lynn to give her a heads up...she had forgotten too! We decided to stick with our planned appointment and see how it went.

The Carr's arrived and looked so beautiful! After being re-routed from our original short cut to the Palace (they were about to fire muskets) we got to the green and there were A LOT of people surrounding the fife & drums. We then decided to go behind one of the historical buildings lining the green to get some less people littered shots. Thank goodness for the fife & drum's because after we were done with those shots, they marched toward the Magazine and therefor everyone followed them so the green was then eventually crowd-free. Now...I have to say...I'm not sure if Natalie gets it from her dad or her mom, but she is an amazing little model! She was wearing a beautiful light blue dress with a fabric flowered bodice...she really was reminding me of Alice in Wonderland...with her cream colored skin, long silky blond hair, blue eyes and blue dress! It might just be me, but I love the shot of her on the wooden steps and also with her sitting in front of the Palace on the grass. B-e-a-u-tiful! We then got Natalie changed in a more play friendly outfit, we got some shot's of her playing with the hoop and stick on the green. Natalie even got creative with it and decided to do a little hula-hoop with it! So cute :)
Oh...one of the crazy things that happened during this shoot (crazy stuff on shoots happens more often than one would think...maybe it's me?) but while we were on the palace green, after the crowd had moved to the Magazine...a small deer comes rocketing down the side street in front of the Palace and down the middle of the green! I did get some shots of this...we were all hushed as we watched because I think we were all extremely worried this deer was going to run into a person. We are pretty sure it didn't hit anyone! Eeeshk!
The last shot's I got of Natalie, she was doing one of her favorite things...climbing trees. If you are a local of Williamsburg, you'll come to find that there are a LOT of climbing friendly trees around Colonial Williamsburg. We found Natalie's favorite one and let her climb away. I love the shot's we got of her in this tree....she seems very at home in it! Almost like a young Jane! (Tarzan and Jane...you know :)
All in all...I had a wonderful time with the Carr's taking their pictures. It was wonderful to shoot them and to hang out with them as well. Thank you guys for your donation, your time and your friendship!