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What an amazing adventure this was! Not only were all three of these little ones a crazy good time, but they just lit it up in front of the camera. This was quite possibly the best time I have had behind the lens in a very long time. And I make sure to have a good time, every time.

Let’s just put it this way… I turn my head for 5 seconds and the next thing I know the whole family is waist deep, trudging around in a fountain. Perfect.

With no further adue…

  • September 24, 2008 - 2:38 pm

    Laura Moss - These are precious, Ben!

  • September 24, 2008 - 6:31 pm

    aaron - if i could steal that baby’s eyes and implant them in my own skull, i totally would. beautiful.

  • September 24, 2008 - 8:37 pm

    Taryn - Ok, it’s truth telling time …

    Every time that Jarrod and I look at your blog we say the same thing: Ben is an unbelievable photographer. Seriously – the way you capture people’s personalities and emotions is incredible.

    Now more truth telling … are these really your pictures or did Whitney take them all?? =]

    Love you guys and miss ya

  • September 24, 2008 - 10:37 pm

    rachel b - it’s almost enough to make you want to have kids….;) SO FREAKIN GORGEOUS! must run in the family…

  • September 24, 2008 - 10:58 pm

    AShley H. - Ok, so first off, the Lowe’s are a ridiculously beautiful family. Your photography is AMAZING!! What a precious gift to have for years!!! Can’t wait for you to photograph our family some day. Please?!? :)

  • September 25, 2008 - 12:13 am

    Patti - Great shots! What an awesome God we serve…only He can put together a fam like this! Love you guys!

  • September 25, 2008 - 6:12 am

    Kara - the pictures are amazing! some great shots that look incredible when taken from a new and uncommon perspective!

  • September 25, 2008 - 9:21 am

    elle - most beautiful flippin family ever! i miss you guys

  • September 25, 2008 - 3:08 pm

    Kirsten - Lowe’s… what a gorgeous family! We love you guys! Nothin’ like jumping in fountains for a good photo!

  • September 25, 2008 - 7:42 pm

    JLowe - WOW Ben, they turned out great! The kids had a blast with you, in fact Jude kept saying “that’s my boy” for like 3 days. Anyway, thanks it was tons of fun and the kids absolutely had crazy fun.

  • September 26, 2008 - 3:18 pm

    jomiller - these photos made my day… and the rest of this week and next. they make me happy, but also very sad… miss these guys with all my heart. you captured them beautifully.

Oh yeah. That’s right. We are officially open for biz.

And we kicked things off with the incredible Poeschl family. Not only were they an absolute blast, but Clint is Whitney’s boss, so we have to say lots of nice things about them…. 😉 Like…. man, that Clint is soooo good looking. Or something… (this is Ben writing this, by the way… because it would be weird if Whitney said that… really weird.) Moving along…

Grace was such a sweet heart and even drew us a picture to let us know how pumped she was to get her photo taken.

The last few weeks have been a blast as we’ve busted out into the world of family portraits. So if you find yourself wanting to spend a crazy fun afternoon makin’ images that will bring your Christmas card to the “all my friends are jealous of how awesome it is” level… then by all means give us a call. Our pre-xmas calendar is fillin’ quickly!

Check back in the coming days to see a few more examples of some other family goodness! Thanks to the Poeschl’s for a rockin’ time!

  • September 22, 2008 - 2:17 pm

    Laura Moss - What a beautiful family! Those little girls are precious!

  • September 23, 2008 - 7:24 pm

    meredith - what a little ham! Her face in the kissy pic is just priceless – so fun!!

  • September 23, 2008 - 8:45 pm

    Sarah (yes my husband is sooo G.L.) Poeschl - These turned out amazing! The girls had a blast with you guys, too.

  • September 24, 2008 - 10:59 pm

    AShley H. - Those gums on the little one are too cute for words. Wow! Really cool pics!!!

So much for our blogging vengeance, eh? Have no fear…. we have more shoots to post in the coming week than you can shake a stick at.

And speaking of awesome (what?)… meet Ryan+Jehna. Awesome. For. Sure.

Ryan+Jehna…. you two make a parking garage look like heaven. We had more fun with you two than we could shake a stick at. Can’t wait to see you both again soon!

  • September 21, 2008 - 2:46 pm

    Jehna - I LOVE OUR PICTURES! I cannot wait to see the rest of them. Sure is gonna be hard picking which ones to put on our save the dates! Thank you for spending the day showing us around Fremont- an experience that I will never forget. =)

  • September 21, 2008 - 4:20 pm

    Jo Ann - Beautiful couple having so much fun! And great photography!

  • September 21, 2008 - 4:53 pm

    Momma Gail - Great pix, but I really like the last picture the best. Funny, didn’t you meet in a parking lot?!?

  • September 21, 2008 - 5:02 pm

    Momma W - Love these pics and both of you!!!!!!

  • September 21, 2008 - 5:11 pm

    Jehna - Mother! We met at my work….we hung out in the parking lot =)

  • September 21, 2008 - 6:24 pm

    ben (i run this here blog) harms - hey now… this is a family friendly blog. let’s try to keep the mother/daughter disputes to a minimum… :)

    and btw… what were you two doing in the parking lot anyway? eh? 😉

  • September 21, 2008 - 7:07 pm

    Jehna - Haha! Oh goodness. =-)

  • September 22, 2008 - 7:17 am

    Kira - Wow!!! What great pictures you 2:) I LOVE the one where you are running accross the street!! How fun and I can not wait to see the rest. Love you two!!

  • September 22, 2008 - 7:22 am

    J.o.s.h - WOW, these pics are AwEsOmE!

  • September 22, 2008 - 2:49 pm

    Ashlynn - wow those photos are fab! I like the one with both of your legs only…yours are crossed with those sexy heels on!! And of course, the runnin in the street one.

  • September 22, 2008 - 5:46 pm

    Momma Gail - I showed these to many of my teacher friends at work and all were amazed at 1) how beautiful my daughter is (why are they so surprised about that?), and 2) were intrigued by the abstract and unique photos.

  • September 26, 2008 - 8:46 pm

    Big Papa - You two look really happy in these pictures. Look forward to seeing the wedding pictures because then I’ll be in them! Hopefully they will include my head, no thanks to mom, and I’ll work on keeping my eyes open! Love dad

  • September 27, 2008 - 4:14 pm

    Jehna - That is the glory of having 2 photographers- one gets the “eyes shut” picture and one gets the “eyes open” picture….and Ben and Whitney are so amazing that they could even make an “eyes closed” picture look great!:)

Between travel and being waist deep in album designs and processing, we’ve taken a little vacation from our blogging lives. But have no fear friends, we’re back with a vengance.

And we’ll kick things off with the killer wedding day of Matt+Alicia…

Matt+Alicia… We haven’t had that much fun at a wedding in a long time. You both are incredibly gracious and even more hilarious! Welcome back to Washington. From what we hear, you have both definitely been missed. Thanks for the laughs, smiles, and incredibly good time.

  • September 14, 2008 - 9:48 am

    Mike Romano - You guys are AWESOME!!!, Love those ring shots..

  • September 14, 2008 - 7:29 pm

    Alicia - We were wondering what you did with our rings! Can’t wait to see the rest!

  • September 15, 2008 - 2:10 pm

    a.c. - these are great pics ben. really fun to look at. i think the last one is my favorite.

  • September 18, 2008 - 10:59 pm

    Joel V - I love these photos. You did an amazing job. I think Amber and I will get married again just to get these kinds of pix.

    J/K Nix!

We will be shootin’ these two lovely cats’ wedding day before they even know it…

Marty+Jenna… you guys were an absolute blast getting to know. Thanks for being such troopers even amidst some of my crazy ideas. Can’t wait to see you again this spring!

  • September 6, 2008 - 6:44 am

    merlin - i really like that skateboard sequence, and the staircase pic. sooooo artsy.

  • September 6, 2008 - 7:08 am

    Jenna - These are so good! I cannot wait until I get to see the rest!

  • September 6, 2008 - 7:12 am

    gerty - nice work! i’m loving them. and she really freaked me out with the phone call you told her to make. i just found out that it was all stage by you! you got me you sucka.

  • September 10, 2008 - 4:32 pm

    wharms - im sad i missed this shoot. can’t wait to meet you marty and jenna! love these photos though, good work ben!

  • September 18, 2008 - 8:43 am

    evan - oh my gosh i love the falling skateboarder!