Fall Family Photo Shoot At Clinton Lake

I don't normally work on the weekends, but when a family is willing to meet me in my happy place, it makes it way easier to say yes to a Sunday photo session. They met me at the lake after a day out boating.

This was a fun session with a blended family. Sometimes it's hard to get teens to cooperate especially when they are all smiled out from their homecoming photos the night before. We had fun reenacting some old family treasures and made some new memories of their own. What a beautiful backdrop at Clinton Lake State Recreation Area.

siblings posing by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

siblings posing by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Siblings posing for a pic by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Family sitting by lake by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Family doing a pyramid by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Family hugging in the sunset by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Family sitting on a dock by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Teen kids on a dock by Mazter Mindz Media Bloomington IL Photographer

Family posing in a line by the lake

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