Collins is being groomed and pampered waiting to be given to parents for a christmas gift. What an adorable puppy he is…a cream and white tibetan terrier.

I photographed him so that his life as a troublemaking puppy could be preserved and given along with him as the gift…..

He is not lacking energy, that is absolute

It might look like he is calm here but he actually just got stuck in between two pillows and he is trying to figure out how to undo himself….

The new parents have no idea what is in store for them!

I’ve been photographing Aiden and Ave before they were even born….

Their Mom wanted to document her pregnancy with twins….

They were born 6 minutes apart in 2008….I photographed them outside about 7 months later.

Last year we went downtown to the Lurie gardens and Millenium park to shoot the growing family…

And this year they had a new baby brother to join them….

What a fantastic family…

I can’t imagine a cuter baby to photograph…..

I first photographed Tatiana in 2007 shortly after she arrived in Chicago from Guatemala.  She was fantastic! So cute and  full of energy!  Last week I  got to photograph her again. It was a complete pleasure! She is gorgeous, creative and imaginative, and one of the most polite 4 year olds I have ever met. We hunted for dinosaur bones, pretended we were palentologists, collected leaves and sticks and looked for Captain Hook. It was such a satisfying day! When she left she said so genuinely “It was very nice spending time with you. Thank you.” wow!  Thank you Tatiana for coming back to Chicago so I could photograph you again!  I am posting both then and now photos of her below….

photographed in traditional guatemalan clothes in 2007

photographed in my studio 2010

I shot new photos for Salon Sanjoy’s new L platform ads…we were going for a staight on, no frills, serious look to accentuate the awesome haircut! http://www.salonsanjoy.com/