Glamour meets grunge and nature........

Each year around this time, I photograph my sister and her family for their annual Chinese New Year cards (they send them instead of holiday cards since my sister is always too busy working on everyone elses cards during the holiday season ;) - www.eitak.com). I love photographing them because my sister and I are always on the same page when it comes to ideas (plus I can tell them to do whatever I want.....like stand in a tiny alley that smells like pee! ;) HA!....it looked awesome though!!...they agree!) and they are always up for anything. We talked about this shoot for quite some time, had it all envisioned.....and when they walked into my house to pick me up that day...I almost peed my pants a little. They looked AWESOME! I'm really hoping this pushes people to step outside the box a bit...especially when it comes to clothing. Skip the regular clothes, put on your Sunday best...or even something you would normally never wear (maybe even a dress that you've had your eye on at Anthropologie, Target, Urban Outfitters, etc?) and try something different :)  Clothing can add SO much personality to a shoot. Anyway, since their cards are still in the works (and some of you reading this might be one of the lucky recipients ;) hehe), i'm only going to post 2 little sneak peeks for now. I'll share more about a week after her cards go out :) 

 

Don't worry, we had FUN too! ;) 

How frickin' cute are they!?? :)