portraits of the Doty family : iowa city, ia family & portrait photographer

There's a neat story behind this family.

The middle daughter, Raema, was in my first ever Bright Lights small group I led back when I was 16 in Omaha, NE.

She made an impression on me with her beautiful blonde hair, and how she wouldn't say much, just sweetly smile.

After the conferences I sent letters to all the girls that were in my group, 

and received one back from Raema sharing that lo-and-behold their family was moving to our community!

Well they moved, and it has been such a blessing to get to know them better over the last few years!!

I got to teach the girls piano lessons for awhile, and I always enjoy talking with them whenever we see each other.

I'm amazed at how fast they are all growing up--makes me feel so old!

Photographing a family with all older children was an interesting change--

for once I didn't have to do anything crazy to get them to look at the camera and smile, haha!

I'm so used to shooting with little kids and the challenges/energy/excitement those bring,

so this felt like a breeze! :)

Jaci is a dancer and so a photo like this had to happen... :)

love,

~H. Elise

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