Kate Parker Photography

What must it be like to be the parents of twins?  As many twins as I’ve photographed over the years (and that’s quite a few), I’ve always wondered what it must be liked to be their parents.  I wonder if the intensity is really double what it was like for me when I had my first baby.  I wonder if it’s really twice and much work, twice as much joy, twice as much fun, twice as much exhaustion.  I assume that it’s like being a parent for the first time – something one simply cannot understand until they’ve been there.

Twin photo sessions also make me think about how incredible genetics are, and these two boys were even more thought inspiring than usual.  Each one was so completely unique, so individual from his brother.  They spent many months together in the womb, but they clearly are their own little people with their own distinct features and their own unique personalities.

And, lastly, I think about something I think about often… the gift of having a sibling.  It seems like having a twin would be the most special sibling gift of all… to have known each other from truly the very first moments of existence in the world – how could there ever be a closer bond?  These two sweet boys will truly have been there for each other their ENTIRE lives… that is some sort of miracle, isn’t it?

Thanks to their wonderful parents for allowing me to photograph you and your two darling boys!

Some clients just deserve a thank you.  This is one of them.  They been with me since their oldest boy was pretty brand new (something like six weeks old, if I recall).  I’ve had the opportunity to photograph them multiple times each year through the births of all three of their boys.  I’ve gotten to watch their family grow and add photographs of all of them to their walls… from their first house to their second.  I’ve gotten to know them… to learn about their lives.  All of that, in and of itself, would be an honor… but they also are the people who help me to pay my own bills, feed my own children… through my work capturing photographs of theirs.  And they’ve stuck with me… even when I’ve made mistakes… and let me make them right.

So THANKS to the J family – for allowing me to be a part of your lives and for being such loyal clients.  I truly appreciate you. 

Here are a few from their most recent session…

Unfortunately, I don’t have all the sessions from the very beginning on my current hard drive, but here are a few from the many family portrait sessions I’ve had the pleasure of shooting for the J family over the past few years, from most recent to oldest – back as far as I have on my hard drive.