The Rickard Family!
November 23rd, 2008 | Published in Family, lifestyle | 5 Comments
When Ellen contacted me about photographing her family before their oldest son Jim who is in the Navy was deployed overseas, I knew I wanted to really help them out. And what a huge blessing it was. They have such a fun and close family. They allowed me into their close circle for a few hours to document them as a family. I loved it.
Here are a few of my favorites but don’t forget to check out the slideshow at the bottom!
Here is the man of the hour Jim Rickard. His family is so proud of him!
As a little surprise, Ellen and Ace bought the kids tickets to London for next year. Their daughter LOVES to travel. She was beyond excited. Before they opened up their presents, Ace read a fun limerick.
Here’s Virginia and her brother’s reactions when they found out what the little toy airplane meant! So fun!
As a father of a daughter myself, I loved seeing the beautiful interaction between these two.
Some shots of the whole family…
I had no idea that this beautiful location even existed. Thanks Ellen for broadening my horizons… literally!
Shot right when the sun disappeared for the evening, taking its light with it and naturally drawing to a close a wonderful session.
I’m so glad you contacted me Ellen! I really enjoyed meeting and getting to know you and your wonderful family! We definitely need to do it again sometime. In the mean time I’ll definitely want to keep up with you all! Now…
November 23rd, 2008at 2:43 pm(#)
Rich —
Thank you!! You should have been here to hear everybody’s reactions - so fun! You can imagine the five of us (minus Jim) crowded around the computer, the pushing to see, the laughing at each other - only the dogs got off with no criticism!
You are a great photographer! I will treasure these pictures as a reminder of the days of four teenagers at home. You got so many pictures of us making the expressions we always make! I love the one of Jim listening to the limmerick we wrote - and Virginia’s excitement about the trip. Everyone hooted at Ace in his “Benjamin Franklins”…it’s a pretty tough group, as you’ll remember!
Thank you so much!! Ellen
November 23rd, 2008at 7:54 pm(#)
What a beautiful family. The love they share is so apparent, as always Rich you did an amazing job of capturing that.
November 24th, 2008at 10:09 pm(#)
Hi Rich,
I am Ellen’s twin sister. I love your pictures. They looks so much like them. I love the one with the kids and Jim hiding his face with his hand. Don’t know what they were doing, but it so looked like them. And the pictures of Ellen and Ace were great. And I love the one with the tree in the background with their two dogs. Perfect! You did a GREAT job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eileen
November 25th, 2008at 1:06 am(#)
Fabulous Pictures! Seriously They are great! Good Job!
Sherryl
November 29th, 2008at 8:35 am(#)
Wow! you all look fantastic, especially Jim. I want one of the last ones with all of you sitting down…awesome! susan