Random Portraits

Well, it occurred to me that these aren't really random portraits, since I've taken them from a group of preselected photographs that I, for one reason or another, thought had merit. Let's just say that they are uncategorized, in the sense that some of the other posts are siblings, or cousins, or brothers-in-law. But rather than change the title of the post - and the preceding posts which shared the title - let's just redefine the term "Random Portraits" for our purposes to mean a subset of pictures from my "Favorite Portraits" folder that may be, but are not necessarily, in a roughly chronological order - which allows me to simply choose the next three or four for a post, skipping one or two occasionally to keep from having one subject for the whole group.

Does any of this make any sense? Does anyone care? Never mind. Those are rhetorical questions.

This was Lauren at home in Arlington at Thanksgiving in 2002. She's grown up so much in the last seven years it's hard to remember her at this age.

This picture of Gillian and her thoroughbred Summer was snapped in the spring of 2002 at Summer's second home just across the Cobb/Paulding County line. It was a lovely farm that this photographer appreciated, but that wasn't quite as convenient as her first home, just over the hill from Gillian's. What strikes me most about this picture is how tall Gillian had become since she acquired Summer.

I like this picture of Natalie, taken in May 2002 during our family reunion at the Crooked Hole Ranch in south Texas. I used the picture when I created a birthday card for her 10th birthday.

This one of Mary was taken during that same reunion weekend, but this one is poolside at the Inn on the River. I like the lighting in this one. The direct sunlight hasn't blown out the shot - and Mary kept her eyes open, which isn't always the case.