Kara Frans Photography » family http://blog.karafrans.com Photographer Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Moss Families http://blog.karafrans.com/2010/03/the-moss-families/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2010/03/the-moss-families/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:01:08 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=646 I was thrilled to do some traditional portraits for my favorite friends and clients, the Moss Family.  I’ve been lucky enough to photograph Aaron and Rosa and their two beautiful daughters for the last few years so this was a very nice surprise to be able to photograph for Aaron’s parents, Sheila and Jerry.  This is an early birthday present for Sheila – her two boys and their families.  Thank you Moss Family for having me out to photograph for you – I had such a nice time!


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]]> http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/12/the-hoshide-family/feed/ 0 The Viola/Morales Family http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/12/the-violamorales-family/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/12/the-violamorales-family/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:18:13 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=577 This fabulous family came to me last year through Peachhead and I’m so thrilled to be able to photograph them again this year as well!  The newest edition to the family is baby M. – one of the cutest smiles I’ve seen in quite some time.  And sweet pea L. is growing up so fast – it’s really fun to watch her grow.  We went to a local park and were able to create some amazing images of the family – thank you all for such a great session!

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]]> http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/12/the-bancroft-family/feed/ 0 The Specchierla Family http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/11/the-specchierla-family/ http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/11/the-specchierla-family/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:36:00 +0000 Kara Frans http://blog.karafrans.com/?p=480 This awesome family won a gift certificate from Happyland Preschool in Culver City and we set out to capture some fabulous family photos at a park here in Los Angeles.  Their girls were so fun to work with and each with their own personalities, they were just fantastic!  The girls’ parents were really great as well – I loved talking to them about life, photography and everything under the sun.  Thank you for such a fun session!!

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]]> http://blog.karafrans.com/2009/11/the-specchierla-family/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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