Morris Christmas Pictures | Whitney Beth Photography | Utah Family Photographer
 

Amanda and I have been best friends since freshman year of high school. I have photographed her and her family countless times over the years. Jones refers to Kimber and Penny as his "cousins" and I've taught him to call Amanda, "Aunt Manny." So when Amanda came to me needing Christmas card pictures I jumped at the chance to see them and take pictures of my self appointed, nieces. I had already planned on using the Studio at Union Square for my own Christmas Card pictures, so I just booked a double slot and had them come after my pics. They had just painted their moveable wall a jolly shade of red! Mixed with the cutest Christmas decorations and fluffy pillows and we had ourselves a beautiful set up! (That is my favorite part about booking studios during the holidays, minimal effort on my end gathering props, yet all the luxury of a fully staged scene!) Jones was so excited to "help" mom work and see his cousins. In fact, he was so excited that I had to give him busy work/tasks to keep him from jumping into every shot! We got soooo many amazing pictures of Penny and Kimber. That's the plus side to photographing them since birth - they are pretty comfortable in front of my lens. They looked so adorable in their matching Christmas Jammies that Amanda bought from the Children's place. And man, their blue eyes against that red wall were popping! I told Amanda after the shoot that I was sorry she was going to have to narrow down her pictures to choose for her Christmas card and that I was so glad I didn't have to do it! It was almost too hard for me to narrow down which ones to share for my blog post! Enjoy my favs, and try to resist the urge to not have a little girl as adorable as these two beauties!