I've had the pleasure of working with this beautiful family from Texas for the past SIX YEARS! Time flies and it's such an honor being invited into these intimate family memories time and again.

To make these photo sessions happen, each year, Mom makes an effort to get her family together from all over the south to join her at their beach rental in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Family comes from all over, even Texas and Tennessee! I love the idea of photographing extended families while they're enjoying their time together. I wish I had something like this from when we were little, especially with my Grandparents. I feel like most of us don't have that so I love that this family always always makes the effort!

For their photo sessions, we typically photograph everyone with their individual families throughout a week when they're all together. I love doing family portait sessions in this way, and I wish more people could see the value in it! Not only are you spending time together, but you're documenting memories together as a family. And bonus - kids love the beach! I find it's much easier, and much breezier and cooler with less humidity, to photograph children on the coast. Children just love to play and run together in the sand. And, as you can see from the first image in this post, if you're lucky you can capture a true candid moment of siblings doing what they do best.

Scroll on for a few of my favorites from this beautiful coastal family photo session, and soak in all of that light and airy warmth we had on this sunny Florida evening.