Every year we are fortunate enough to spend ten days in; umm…..paradise.  Well, if you consider living amongst sharks (picture to prove it below), stingrays (close enough to step on), alligators, palmetto bugs, jelly fish and snakes paradise then, yes, we spend ten days in PARADISE!!!  In all honesty it is our paradise and the day we say goodbye we start counting the days until we go back the following year. The reality is the creatures don’t matter (except at night when I fear that the palmetto bugs could be creeping around in the dark) all that matters is that we have ten days together with no commitments other than to sit on the beach and lounge in the pool together as a family.

Yes, just like years past our Hilton Head vacation pictures are the personal photography I enjoy most each year. Yes, we are still in that sweet spot that I mention so often, so our boys don’t even consider being anywhere but with us while we are on vacation. Yes, our kids are still love sitting under the old oak tree in Harbour Town and watching Gregg Russell.  But this year, we did see a couple signs of my baby getting older; no swimmies and no training wheels.  Wow, I remember our first summer on Hilton Head Island when he couldn’t yet walk. I sat him on the beach for a picture and he fell face forward into the sand. Now he’s doing cannon balls to the bottom of the pool, riding his bike to the beach and joining us on ten mile rides to the Salty Dog.

As we head back to Hilton Head this summer, and every summer actually,  I look forward to making memories as a family with or without those pesky sharks and snakes.

Fran Barker Photography is a senior portrait photographer in Columbus, Ohio, serving New Albany High School, Gahanna Lincoln High School, Westerville High School, Olentangy Liberty High School, the Columbus School for Girls, Columbus Academy, St. Charles Prep, Worthing Christian High School and surrounding areas.   If you are looking for high school senior pictures, I would love to talk with you about scheduling a session.  You can also follow my senior portrait work or my newborn baby work on Facebook.