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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Children's Portrait Session :: The Dinse Sisters

The end of October! How these days are just flying by. I don't know how the rest of you are doing but around here, it feels a bit chaotic this time of year with all the kids' activities, school projects, sports, church, fall parties and, well, those boring necessary things like grocery shopping, laundry and cleaning. I have been photographing some amazing kids and parents lately and I wish I could get them on the blog ten times faster!

Here are a few of my favorites from a recent session with the Dinse family. If you know this beautiful family, chances are good you love them too~ they are funny, kind, compassionate and thoughtful. Dan owns Dinse Dental Care in East Petersburg and Ling works as a personal and marriage counselor. Over the past couple of years around Christmas and Easter, Ling has organized several pajama, coat and clothing and toy drives to share with Harrisburg BIC church families and nothing stops her group from getting the items to the kids~ last year's event took place during a huge snowstorm! Thankfully for the girls' portrait session, we didn't have any weather concerns~ it turned out to be a beautiful fall day and we had fun walking around their property and the Masonic Village gardens. Enjoy the images, the girls did a fabulous job (and their parents behaved pretty well too!)


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2 comments:

  1. HolsterOctober 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM

    Oh goodness Miss Marci has done it again - and with one of my favorite families. These are simply beautiful! I can't believe how big the girls are and how beautiful! Oh yeah and dan too!! I love that part of the Homes too..seems like many people don't go there. Amazing as always! Great job!

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  2. Amy StarrOctober 30, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    Amazing pictures of the Dinses. I especially like the one with Dan kissing Ling, and the one of mom and the girls! Great work, Marci!

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