Do you live in a frozen wasteland and you want to escape to paradise? Casa Battaglia is the place to go. Not only do we offer sleepless nights and babies that wake each other every hour; we offer brilliant sunsets, warm breezes and fabulous desert photography. So in the end it’s all worth it. lol.

Meet the amazing La Forge family, good long time friends from home, who incidentally live in the freezing chills of Chicagoland. They came for a visit with family and us and a session with me. I’ve been so lucky to be behind the lens for most of their relationship from engagements, to wedding, and now to a little around the house.  I always have so much fun photographing this couple because they are filled with an amazing sense of adventure and will stand in any cactus patch, or climb a steep cliff to dip their feet in a waterfall, or just about do anything I ask for a good shot 🙂 What photographer wouldn’t want beautiful model friends with a sense of adventure. I am lucky, and I guess so are they. haha. We are a good team.

Enjoy these warm sunset shots from this adorable family and consider booking a family lifestyle session the next time you go on vacation.

Also if you never saw Kevin & Charis’s engagement photos you might not know about the rock front they climbed for the waterfall photos. So I am posting a few now! These were in 2011 so pardon the old work 🙂 But still they are just too fun not to remember.