Vandevord Kids on the blog! Taylor, Nicole, Braden weather the chilly wind!

 Last week we had the pleasure of having Philip and Alexandra from Lenz Photography came to visit all the way from Tennessee and they do things with their own cool techniques and flair. It was exciting and fun to work together with them! Here's a few of our favorites from our session with Taylor, Nicole and Braden. These kids were super troopers! IT. WAS. SO. COLD. It hurt to be outdoors. Poor Braden even had a tear rolling down his cheek. I felt so bad for him but they all three had the best attitudes and were just as happy as ever. It was a lot of fun! These were all taken in Scranton. That's the other thing. Seeing the places that Philip and Alexandra found interesting to photograph in. We see the  same places every day, but they were seeing our locations with a whole fresh new set of eyes. I liked that!


To book your own session, please call Tommy or Holly at 785.793.2492 or 785.213.0812 or email us at tommy@thpetersonphoto.com  

and if you are from Tennessee, please check out our friends at www.LenzPhotography.net  

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