Saturday Kim and I headed about an hour outside of St. Louis to shoot the Mohr family. Not because they LIVE an hour outside of St. Louis but because on my way home from Wisconsin in January I saw a place I just knew I wanted to try using as a location… and they go along with any crazy idea we cook up!
They are so great! Seriously, one of my favorite families to photograph b/c they let us decide everything! And when we are inspired by our surroundings it makes for more creative work and a much better session in my opinion!
If all of our clients let us take them anywhere we wanted I’d be in heaven! Anyone brave enough to try the East side? HA! Lots of cool old buildings over there!
“E” is for ELLIOT!
Might be one of my all-time favorite family shots ever!
Katie and Russ always THINK about their sessions. They take time to come up with great outfits, they bring cool props, they have ideas… it is so great to work for people that GET what we do and APPRECIATE the art.
These photos of Elliot in front of his “E” are some of my favorites! The color, the faces, the GLEE! One of these need to be BIG in his room!
If you are curious about the QUESTION MARK you’ll have to head over to Katie’s blog HERE and ask her! It’s pretty cool!
And NOW. The best for last. This shot took FOREVER both to shoot and especially to edit. Almost THREE HOURS editing! OMG it was a nightmare but how cool is this?
I mean seriously! Who wouldn’t want something like this in their home?
Ok, wait, ONE MORE. One MOHR? HA!
So this photo was an accident.
We were setting up the BIG shot above and our original idea had them in the front but it didn’t work… so in this shot they were just walking away. My focus is on the field beyond them and I was exposing for the field, not them, so technically the photo is BAD. But there was just something about it that I loved when it came up for editing. LOVE. So I kept it!
As if you hadn’t guessed that this was one of our most favorite sessions! We had a blast! And not because Elliot was absolutely perfect and not because everything went off without a hitch and not because we had a ton of awesome outfit changes (HA! Katie left ALL of her extra clothes at home, an hour away!) and not because the location was everything we had hoped… but because Katie and Russ LOVE photography. So they had ideas of their own (like the crazy layered photo!) and appreciate the work it takes to get a great session. Their work on clothes, props, accessories and ideas made our job so much fun! And together I think we came up with some awesome images… that we couldn’t have done without their input!
THANK YOU MOHR FAMILY! We love you!
WE LOVE THEM, WE LOVE THEM, WE LOVE THEM!!!!!!
I just started following the Mohr family’s blog a bit ago. What lovely shots of them! Great work!
Oh, I LOVE these! My favorite kind of family shoot – just having fun together and NO POSING!!
Some of my favorites EVER that you’ve done!
wow this is the coolest family session EVER! I love the shot that took 3 hrs. Totally worth it! I wish you lived in Utah to take our family picts!
Those are unbelievable! Great photos. The Mohr family always takes the most amazing pictures!
Jodie,
I LOVE THEM!!! Ummm…E crying while holding the frame is PRICELESS!!! How can I order one or two of them??? There are just a couple that this Aunt NEEDS!!!
The pictures are amazing
holy moley! i want you to do one of those kind of family composite shots for me! i would fly out tomorrow. 🙂
this looks like it was super fun. great to have clients who are so game. love the first shot too. that location is way cool. nice work!
Wow, you guys. You seriously outdid yourselves with this shoot. I was in love with the first couple of shots,then I kept scrolling down, and they were even more amazing!! Everyone agrees this was your best family session ever (and that’s a tall order, since ALL your sessions rock). That last photo has an old world feel to it. They must be THRILLED! 🙂
Wow! These are phenomenal. We have our family scheduled for a session in a couple weeks and I would love to borrow (steal!) some of these ideas. I wish I were as creative as you two and Katie!
You guys are so fantastic!! Love, love…LOVE these photos!
Wow, not sure what else to say. Just WOW
awesome! E is getting SO BIG!!! love the one with the frame!!
darling family-2 great photographers=success
I could go into more detail, but I think you summed it all up pretty well in that last paragraph, so I will just say…AMAZING!
The three hours spent editing that one photo are SOOOO worth it. It’s fantastic!
voting for the Mohr family!!