Nothing makes my heart flutter like a repeat client booking their yearly family portrait session. Michelle and I had worked together previously and when she reached out again with a plan for their next family session, I got super excited. Her girls are just adorable (smallah) and I knew the desert would make SUCH a BEAUTIFUL backdrop for all the amazing genes running in this family :)

One of my bucket list shots is shooting a huge family reunion event, documentary style. One with all the first and second cousins, uncles, aunts, grandmas and grandpas, and all the little babies and newest additions to the extended family. Unposed. Super natural. I don’t come from a very big family, and I’ve always craved having that type of extension to my own nuclear family. Man, it would have been awesome. My sons, though, will have that God willing, so I am excited to live vicariously through them :)

When S reached out to schedule a shoot while her mom and sisters visited from Saudi, you can bet I was super excited. Her baby B is the first grandchild in the family, and is super loved. I can’t blame them really, he’s got a heart of gold <3

About Lana Photographs by Lana Abushaheen

Lana Abushaheen is a Chicago maternity and birth photographer offering in-home and on-location sessions and specializing in documentary and lifestyle photography. If you are looking for a photographer to document your family's story, or any important event or milestone, please contact her for a session.

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