escape from the cold | la grange park children’s photographer

As per usual in Chicago, it’s been a long, cold winter. We got lucky enough to tag along with my husband to a work conference he had in Clearwater, Florida. It was only a few days, but it was just what we needed!

I took all of these images with my little Olympus Tough point and shoot camera…sometimes I will take my dslr or film camera to the beach (beach + film = one of my favorite combos ever), but when I want to just not worry about it but still document things, I bring this little guy with me. It’s waterproof, sandproof, and my boys can drop it and it won’t break (yes, this has happened several times!). It’s quite freeing to not carry around your bulky, heavy, and expensive gear and just use a point and shoot or your phone sometimes. You can read more about my photography gear here in this post.

We go back to Florida in a couple of weeks and I cannot wait! The boys keep asking when the snow will melt and while it’s finally warming up here and I do believe most of the snow will melt this week, we could definitely all use another dose of warmth and sunshine.