THE WEIR FAMILY

Remote Family Session

It was early morning when Sara awoke her four children to come to meet “me.” “Me,” the voice on the other end of the phone. It began with sleepy eyes and sluggish shoulders. It began with a cuddled pig named Ronald (after the Weasleys, of course). 

The morning sun was what we were after. It danced brightly onto their scrunched-up faces and awoke their childlike smiles.

My physical form wasn’t there, of course. Still, I directed them playfully as they unfolded themselves around the lens, capturing them just as they were. All the sweet cuddles, the silliness, the ham moments, and the perfectly beautiful ones that I can’t claim credit for because it was just so them. Sara and her loves. 

Sara asked me to capture these intimate moments while Edna cooed sweetly in her belly, their little caboose. This shoot was an ode to her and an ode to Sara. Moments captured that she won’t ever get back but held forever in the photographs.

Take a look and fall in love with this family like I did.

A woman with red hair sitting on the floor of a bedroom, surrounded by children, all with their eyes closed. The children are resting on her lap and nearby, creating a peaceful scene.
Five children sitting and lying on a bed, showing sad and distressed expressions.
A woman sitting on a bed surrounded by children, some shirtless, with one child lying on her lap. The woman is smiling and touching a child's head. The children appear to be uncomfortable or upset.
A shirtless young boy with closed eyes, hugging a small brown piglet against a plain wall with a square light patch.
A young woman with red hair, wearing a beige floral blouse and green hoodie, grimacing and holding her ears, standing against a wall with a shadow of herself cast on it.
Black and white photo of a pregnant woman smiling, with a shadow of her face on the wall, as another person reaches out to her with an open hand.
A pregnant woman and four children, with the children touching her belly, smiling and enjoying a moment of affection.
A boy with short brown hair and a girl with long red hair smiling, with the girl lifting the boy in her arms as they pose against a dark wall with light creating a shadow of their figures.
A woman with brown hair looking up at five children sitting and standing on a staircase, with light coming from a window behind them. One child is shirtless and pointing, another is holding a mirror, and two are looking through binoculars.
Group of children and a woman on a staircase, some with arms raised, some making funny faces, in front of a large window with bright sky outside.
A woman and five children smiling and playing in a sunlit room, with one child holding a small dog.
A woman is having a pregnancy scan with her children gathered around her, some touching her belly, near a window with sunlight. The children include three girls and one boy.
A woman in her third trimester wearing minimal clothing and four children standing against a plain wall. One girl is touching the pregnant woman's face, while the boy is being held by another girl holding a puppy. The scene appears playful and casual.
A group of five children, some with physical disabilities, standing against a plain wall. One girl with red hair and light skin is pregnant, another girl with red hair and light skin appears sad, a boy with light skin and red hair is being carried by a taller boy with light skin, and another girl with long red hair and light skin looks serious.
A young girl with red hair and a floral pajama top standing indoors holding a green towel close to her face.
A young shirtless boy holding a piglet against a plain beige wall.
A woman pregnant with four children in a room with plain beige walls. Some children are hugging the pregnant woman and looking at a girl standing on a chair. One child is sitting on the floor leaning against the wall.
A group of people, including children and an adult, playing and laughing indoors. One child is shirtless and appears to be striking a playful pose, while others reach up with their hands, and a woman laughs in the background.
A woman in a dark dress and a girl in a patterned shirt sit on the floor facing each other with their knees touching, looking at each other.
A woman in a black dress sitting on the floor, comforting two young girls who are hugging her with their eyes closed.
A woman and a young boy hugging and smiling, sitting on a rug on the floor against a plain wall.
A woman with long red hair kneeling on the floor, smiling and holding her hands out, facing a young shirtless boy with braces on his arms, standing with arms raised in front of a plain wall.
A woman with red hair performing a seated yoga pose with a young boy, who is shirtless, lying across her lap, on a rug in a room with beige walls.
A shirtless man and a woman with long hair sharing a joyful kiss on a carpeted floor in a corner of a room.