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If you haven’t been to the Main Page recently, you might not have seen that I am taking orders for Christmas Portraits now.

The holidays are also a great time to get a family portrait since out of town parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and relatives usually come into town.

From a shoot I did this weekend with a fun young family. Olivia, here, drives a hard bargain. She insisted on chocolate milk on the set if she was going to get her picture taken.

She’s cute enough - it’s a fair deal.

I took a lot of pictures this week - a lot of good pictures. I also learned how valuable good chocolate milk is to a 2 1/2 year old, but that’s another picture and another post.

This is one of several pictures I took for our family Christmas Card this year. The card has gone from being a simple thing to a whole project this year. I guess that’s to be expected when there is a photographer and Photoshop expert in the house.

I’m sure I’ll post more from this series as November rolls on. Some of you might even end up with the final product in your mailbox.

It amazes me that I can look out my backdoor - and my front door - and see deer in the yard. Growing up in Willowick it was unheard of to see a deer.

This is fawn is finally big enough to jump our fence and get in to eat our plants - just like his momma does.

An old bridge crosses a little stream in the woods I walk through when I need to get away from my desk at the office for a while.

I’ve crossed it many times but never stopped to photograph it until this week.

Autumn arrived in Ohio over the past couple of weeks. I took these on an afternoon walk at the Holden Arboretum. It’s only a few minutes away from my other job and it’s a great place to get away from the office for a while during lunch.

Had a great time shooting this family tonight. They kids surprised their mom with a portrait session on her birthday since all the family would be together. Lot’s more to edit, but I have a feeling they’ll be checking in to get a preview.

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