Wonderful Christmas! Missed my son in Japan, but today's technology is so great that it was almost like he was here! My new great-nephew and great-niece added an extra spark of fun to the season, and made the holidays that much more special. I was priveleged to do some portraits that I can post now. They were Christmas gifts and I wasn't sure who might see them on my blog so I waited to post them. This first portrait is of two sweet girls who's mom surprised their dad on Christmas morning. We had a lot of fun while I visited to take photos of them for this portrait. The funky hats were a special joke between them and their dad and the partial smiles were also part of the fun relationship their family shares. No straight faces with this bunch! I used photo references to do this portrait and although one of the girls wears glasses normally, they both have such beautiful eyes, I asked permission to leave the glasses off. The resulting portrait speaks of two young ladies on the brink of leaving home and discovering their own lives and loves. A moment in time never to be repeated. They were hoping to touch thier dad's heart on Christmas morning and I'm sure they did.