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OK, so I gotta say one thing. You cannot get too many cute kid photos. It just isn’t possible. Trust me, I’ve been photographing my own cute kids for almost 13 years. (Egads, how did I get so old? Seriously. I must have had my first one when I was like 7. Only explaination, right?)
When talking about cute kids that aren’t my own… well… who do you think? We’re right back to little Davey. That’s right, I was supposed to be taking engagement photos for Aaron and Tara, but oh no. I had to shoot pictures of their little boy, Davey. Why?
That’s right. Cause he’s darn cute!
I asked Aaron, is Davey going to be in your wedding party? He said, No way! I’d get upstaged.
He was right. I mean look at this kid!
This kid is definitely too cute for words and absolutely capable of distracting the world with said cuteness.
There should be a crime against being this cute.
Of course I had to take a picture of him going down the slide… I mean how cute is a kid going down the slide? Oh yeah, this cute:
And one final photo:
Was that enough cuteness? I’m telling you that I’m not so sure this post was safe for work. Or home.
Now I’m going to make a shameless wish here, and hopefully his parents will see it. I really want to become this kid’s photographer. When Aaron adopts Davey, I want to be there. When Davey goes to school, I want to be there. When Davey graduates 8th grade… you guessed it… I want to be there. I love this kid and he just makes me melt!
–Have Camera, Will Travel
JS
My friend from Church has two great kids and asked me to come do a surprise shoot for her husband. Now this is where it got real fun. Their daughter didn’t get her birthday photos, plus we thought it would be great to shoot the kids in his uniforms. Of course, that meant making sure we actually HAD his uniforms.
You see, daddy’s a cop! So you can just imagine the phone conversation:
Wife: Honey, when are you going to go to work on Friday?
Husband: Um, noon.
Wife: Yeah, why don’t you go to the gym first… leave around 10?
Husband: Um, ok….
Wife: Oh and I need one of your uniform shirts… and your extra badge…
Yeah, the boys at work probably had a FIELD day with that one!!! I’m still snickering over it!
We used the neighbour’s back yard and I started off with just some shots of little Sophie:
Then I took some shots of her and her brother together:
Devin then started to put on the uniform, and I got a few pictures of Sophie playingin the grass while her brother dressed:
The kids had a lot of fun in the uniforms, though it took a few minutes to get Devin on board. Pretty much I took this photo and showed it to him and then he was ready to roll with it:
Oh yeah… they were awesome! He started going on about he be rappin’! This is why I love working with kids! They are so fun!
We did get a picture with mom in the photo – she’s wearing dad’s Gator’s jersey. Let’s hear it for Gator’s fans!
With having the badge… I just felt we had to play with it. Stop! In the name of the law!
I had a total blast with this photo shoot and want to thank Devin and Sophie for having some fun with me! And Devin, you better believe I remember you asked for some rapper photos!!!
–Have Camera, Will Travel
JS
My kids tend to be my test subjects for weird photo ideas or new photo plans. Lucky for me, they roll with it. It’s good for me because I like to shoot pictures of them. Ok, and it gives me great practice for days like today where I got to go take photographs of two kids. Wait till you see THOSE pictures. Watch for them next week. Let’s just say: Dad’s uniforms for a little dress up fun!
Back to my kids, though. I got a recent photography magazine in the mail and it was talking about senior portraits. End of the school year brings those into play. I don’t know about you, but when I was in school we had two choices. Get the crummy school photographer take boring pictures of us in that drape thingy (I’m a girl… what did they use for the guys? Was that a full suit jacket and shirt?) or spend fat stacks of cash and get creative photos where we could make them very personal.
I opted for Plan B. At the time I was still an active dancer so I chose to wear my ballet black and pink with a dance skirt and my toe shoes. I loved those photos. They were the first photos in 17 years that I thought were not only decent, but showed who I was.
Probably why I like to use a more photojournalistic style today. I like to capture the heart of my subjects rather than use stiff poses.
Well, we hopped into the van to go somewhere and I chucked the magazine at the kids in the backseat. I told them to look through and if they saw anything they liked, to let me know. I’d use them for some summer portraits to practice the whole “senior” thing.
Joram saw some person on a swing and loved it. He asked if I would do that for him. Sure, I said.
I know you guys are avid fans of my blog, right? So you saw my little niece of cuteness on the swing at my inlaws? Well you guessed right, I took care of photographing Joram on the same swing!
Doesn’t he look like he’s having fun? He’s already asked for prints for his bedroom. I think it’s time to seriously contemplate what to do to decorate that room. Hey, I have a start!
Joram’s also become our little lawn mower. We only have a push mower so that involves some whining, but Pop-Pop is cool with a riding mower. Joram was tickled to mow the front lawn. Wearing the lawn hat was a great bonus. The light was a bit harsh when the photo was taken plus it just doesn’t seem quite right to me that he’s old enough for such a task – which I tried to capture with the camera. That, and the love he had of this chore.
So there you have a little more insight into our lives and some pictures of my kids to tide you over until next week. I’ve got some great posts coming up! Until then have a great 4th of July if you are in America, otherwise just have a great weekend!
–Have Camera, Will Travel
JS
I love photographing kids being so full of life! There’s nothing like their exuberance and zeal!
While in New Jersey for my brother-in-law’s wedding, I photographed my little niece playing. My father-in-law has a large tree that someone tied a fire hose to for a swing. All the kids love to be pushed, climb up a limb and jump off, and other such daredevil kid activities.
My boys went out and pushed her for a while and I thought it was a great chance to get some photographs for her parents.
After getting off the swing, she started dancing around the yard. I loved it!
Kids have the most amazing faces. They just glow and their eyes sparkle and I love that they all look like little happy cherubs!
Things I learned about Mackenzie this weekend is that she’s got an adorable little voice, she’s a smart little gal, she loves unicorns, and she thinks my chihuahua is a fantastic dog! I hope we can see her again soon. Her mom loved the photos and I really look forward to printing some up. Maybe I’ll hand deliver them so I can spend more time with Mackenzie! I better take the dog along for the ride though!
–Have Camera, Will Travel
JS
I went to visit my good friend because she’s miserable on bed rest with her pregnancy. Remembering that vividly, even after all these years, I figured she could use some company as well as distraction for her little boy.
We piled in the car and away we went. Now, you should know me well enough by now to realize… where I go, my camera goes as well. After all, my motto is what? You guys are really catching on!
No photos were planned, I just figured I would see what happened. When you are talking little kids, it really is being there at the right time with your camera ready to go. We’d kick ourselves in the pants if I had not brought the camera and kept it at the ready. Sure as the sun rises in the morning… her little boy was filled with all kinds of cute spunk.
I will warn you. The photos that follow are very graphically cute. If you are sensitive to such things… stop now. Proceed at your own risk!
First, he wanted to play ball. This kid comes from a huge baseball loving family. So out we traipsed into the hot front yard.
So, he really likes baseball. He also really likes hats. Why not use a mitt as a hat?
You can’t have summer boy fun without some rolling around in the grass!
But, we’re still playing ball!
My kids had a lot of fun playing with my friend’s son. Thankfully for me, they don’t really care too much about age differences. They just fell right into playing ball with the wild abandon that comes with boyhood!
Now I just love this next one because it is exactly how I always think of her son.
Don’t you love the carefree joy you see in a child’s face? They are rarely still long enough to blink before they are off on their next adventure. They just sparkle and giggle and it brings a smile to my face.
This last photo I took because her son just absolutely cracks me up. She has a food blog and she recounted the story of making a salad with him. Pretty much it went something like this: She set out peas and he said, “Peas? I love peas!” Then ate about half of them. She set out cucumbers and he said, “Cucumbers? I love cucumbers!” Yup, ate like half of them. Rinse and repeat for radishes. She finally scurried him out of the kitchen so she could finish dinner (and hopefully have some salad for Mommy and Daddy!) Guess what we had for lunch? Yup, salad. I got to see him in action! Let me tell you, she wasn’t kidding. The kid was sneaking cucumbers and peas!
After we go the salad done and the table set I decided to take a picture of him with the giant salad bowl in front of him. The bowl’s nearly as big as him! You can see him trying to eye into that thing. I’ll bet you anything he was trying to figure out how to sneak more peas! My thought was maybe she could use this on her blog.
All in all it was a fun day filled with much cuteness. As well it should be when you hang out with an almost three year old!
–Have Camera, Will Travel
JS
PS: EDIT: As you can see, I’m working on a new way to do my photos. I’ve also managed to fix a snafu I was having with the site. Expect more photos now!!
I never really debuted the Spring photos of my kids. Not officially, at any rate.
What I love about my kids is they have come to know – Mom just takes photos. Of everything. Anytime I see something new, I make the kids let me try it out. Seeing as though they put me through a lot… I feel I should at least give them some options for their portraits from time to time.
This spring we chose to photograph music in the making, our new yard, and reading. Three passions that the boys enjoy tremendously!
The most important member of our family insisted that he be posted first. Considering he rules the house, I decided it was better to give in, lest he go for the ankles. I’m sure he’d take the time away from stalking his nemesis, the Evil Racoon, to teach me a lesson in disobedience!
Nephi is fierce. Nephi is a great Chihuahua Warrior. Fear him. Then scratch his ears and praise his bravery!
I chose to use Caramon’s reading photo because I loved the lighting. It has nothing to do with his choice of reading material… not at all. After all, I don’t have a thing for the Oz series do I? Pay no attention to the name on my license plate…
Joram’s come a long way with his guitar and I’m proud of him. For that matter, Caramon and I have gotten better as well. The new keyboard plan seems to work wonders for encouraging practice there, too. I got this picture of Joram strumming on his guitar and loved it.
Finally, I managed to grab a shot of the boys with Nephi for school in the front yard. We LOVE school outside!
We’ve done a lot of kitchen learning lately. We can’t neglect a photo that expresses the experience so perfectly:
Any time we’re in the kitchen, there’s Nephi. And he practically shakes at the anticipation of fallen foodstuffs. A slight blur of constant motion, he’s begging, showing off his big puppy dog eyes, or sniffing around for droppings.
I love my boys. I love taking photos to see how they grow and change constantly. They are the highlight of my life. Next to photography, of course!
–Have Camera, Will Travel
JS
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