Gianni's Communion and His Friends

An old friend from high school heard that I was a photographer so he and his wife asked me to photograph their son Gianni's communion portraits. I really like doing this sort of thing because when most people think of communion portraits, the images are often super posed in a studio. I wanted to freshen it up a little and photographed the family outdoors in a relaxed way.





For traditions' sake, I incorporated something slightly studio-like, but used window light to add just a touch of drama.



Little sis was a total ham....and I didn't mind at all.







"Sit still" was not what she wanted to hear....and that's fine because then I shoot something like this.



La tutta famiglia!





Like father, like son.



Proud Grandma and Grandpa.



We added a Part II to this family shoot.....two sets of family friends each also have an older boy and a younger girl. All the boys were born in the same year and all the girls were born in the same year. (I don't think you can plan that if you tried!) So pictures are a must with this group.



The sweetness of girls....





The spirited boys....





Some individual portraits...














Family portraits...





Often times after couples are married and have kids, all the photos taken are of the little ones or the entire family; never of them anymore. So I always take pics of mom and dad on their own.

Gianni's proud parents......



Something a little more casual for their friends....





Congrats, Gianni!