Classy | Elmhurst Family Photographer

I’ve been this lovely family’s Elmhurst family photographer for a few years now, and every year we do something different.  This year, she had seen one of my senior images on a staircase and loved that idea.  I love this staircase, it is so formal and regal.  So to go along with it, she and her handsome family decided to dress to the nines.  I LOVE that idea. I can’t tell you how much I love it when families really go all out with their clothing.  I mean seriously, look at them, they are classic and look amazing. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that they are such a good looking family, as well.

I want to say this may have been early December last year.  We had had two previous dates cancelled due to weather, so we were super late in the game, but we had a random gorgeous day.  This first image was something different – we wanted a different look, so I went like a movie poster.  Getting the little one not to smile was not an easy feat. LOL

 

 

I think I love this one even more, though.  Very Great Gatsby-ish.  I love making this beautiful mom the center of attention, even though she is slightly insane and never thinks she looks good. 😉

 

Of course, we had to get some of these silly brothers together.  We also did individuals, but I wanted to focus on family pictures for this blog post.

 

 

It is fun for me to play with families and how to pose them in different ways.  One of the reasons I really love stairs – they let me do more things!

 

I think they ended up using this one for their holiday cards last year.

 

I always love a little cuddling, too, for families.  Even if they are dressed up so nicely.