the ballard family

Jeremy, Kim and Ellia Ballard are 3 of the most relaxed, go-with-the-flow people you’ll ever find, which is saying a lot since Ellia is just a wee sprite. Initially, we had planned on doing the Ballard Family’s session at Woodward Park in Tulsa but, once we got there, we realized it was just too jam packed full of people to make it work.

But I had a back up plan!

We headed to a small park in West Tulsa that I had driven by several times and thought to myself how cool it would be to do a session there. It has pretty little hills, beautiful foliage and 3 bridges that would just be awesome backdrops for portrait work. The Ballards, holding true to their title of the most relaxed couple ever, were immediately on board.

So, off we went to scenic West Tulsa (I say scenic because we saw quite a bit of it as I got us lost getting to the park)! Once we arrived, it was a total blast from there. Ellia loved all of the leaves, the bridges and the water. Kim and Jeremy were completely unafraid of getting themselves dirty or messy, so we were able to try some different backdrops, which made this a really fun shoot for me.

It’s sessions like this one that make me feel like the luckiest guy on Earth; I’m being given the opportunity to do what I love and I’m getting to meet so many new people who are just a total joy to be around.