Kara Frans Photography » Portraits http://blog.karafrans.com Photographer Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Fox Family http://blog.karafrans.com/2010/07/the-fox-family/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2010/07/the-fox-family/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:05:11 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=716 I was so fortunate to photograph this awesome family right before it started getting super hot in Phoenix back in May.  This family is so photogenic and the kids were so much fun!  We were able to get some fantastic images: kids by themselves, with their parents and of them being together.  I had such a great time with all of them –  thank you Fox Family for  a wonderful session!

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]]> http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/11/the-specchierla-family/feed/ 0 The Spill Family | Family Sessions http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/10/the-spill-family-family-sessions/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/10/the-spill-family-family-sessions/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:30:31 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=437 This awesome family won a gift certificate from me at a Peachhead event earlier this spring.  We took full advantage of the beautiful weather we starting having last week and went out to a local park for some fun shots of their beautiful daughter, T.   We had so much fun wandering around the park and T. was such a great sport in having her picture taken a million times.  Thank you for such a fun session!

]]> http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/10/the-spill-family-family-sessions/feed/ 0 Fall 2009 Mini-Sessions! http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/10/fall-2009-mini-sessions/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/10/fall-2009-mini-sessions/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:19:31 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=405 Woo hoo!  It’s that time of year again – time for holiday photos and fabulous family images.  For those of you that haven’t seen some of my wonderful families, please check the archives in this blog last October, November and December for some great images!

I have four dates this season dedicated to just mini-sessions and they will fill up fast!   Please call or send an email to book your appointment…

Sunday, October 18th

Sunday, November 1st

Saturday, November 14th

Saturday, December 5th

Here’s the details:

]]> http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/10/fall-2009-mini-sessions/feed/ 0 Welcome to the world Baby H. http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/06/welcome-to-the-world-baby-h/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/06/welcome-to-the-world-baby-h/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:49:03 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=372 I’ve been so fortunate to photograph for the wonderful Keller family for the last few years.  Their twin daughters are just a few weeks older than my own and I just love seeing them each time I get back to Phoenix.  The family has recently added a new member, a beautiful baby boy that is so cute and cuddly, I just want to squeeze him (in a good way)…

We had a such a great session with the girls and their baby brother – I’m really looking forward to watching him grow!

His awesome dad competed in the IronMan Competition last fall and I think the entire family is hoping this little guy will follow in daddy’s footsteps…

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