Not too long ago I met up with the Balieys down in Highland Park for a session to capture a few images of Sam & Julia.  Mom Melissa and dad Clayton came along for the ride, and they are seriously some of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet.  Knock on wood, I have yet to miss a session this season due to weather, but if I was a bettin' man, I woulda put $3 (big money, I know) on the square that said "rain!" on the day of this session.  And it did rain, but we moved our start time up to early afternoon to beat the inclement weather, and instead of getting rained out, we got some great images of the kids.  It was close, though, and If you look hard enough in a couple images, you might see a few streaking rain drops flying by. Both Sam and Julia were so well-mannered and polite and a pleasure to hang out with.  Kudos to mom and dad for bringing up such great kids!  Here's a few of my favorites from the park that day.

Julia seriously coulda posed for the camera all day.  She was having a ball.

Love the connection in this image.

Maybe my favorite of all the images... real, authentic expressions.