Lisa n Jeremy

These little munchkins were so full of life!

I feel like this shoot was more me documenting them, as opposed to posing and photographing them.

I kinda liked it.

Lesson learned - Mini marshmellows do NOT work on all children.  Who would have known?!!

NOTE

I've noticed that the last few sets of pictures aren't very clear.
Not sure why this is.
Could be the new way I'm uploading them that's messing with the clarity.
Makes me sad coz it doesn't do the pictures justice.
Bare with me as I look into it.

Nick n Jessie

Ok, so I have alot of siblings.

Here's another one.

My sister, her little girls and her husband.

The first time I've done a shoot with a baby this young.

It was a learning experience.

One I'm grateful for.

Plus she's cute.

Lesson learned - Babies can be the easiest and hardest people to work with.  This time I felt like I needed to plan less and let nature take its course - let the baby be ready when she was ready, move myself to align with her and not the other way round.

More Bruntons

My big brother.

His beautiful wife.

3 crazy kids.

A bag of mini marsh mellows.

Enough said.

 

Lesson Learned - Children's attention spans is so small, you gotta get in quick before they've totally lost interest and are more interested in pick up duck poo.  Fathers too have short attention spans.  Which again requires more planning from me before hand.

Adriane and Naomi

Newlyweds.

Gotta love 'em.

It was my first shoot in about 9 months and I was a little rustier then usual.

She was so cute, he was so uncomfortable, we had alot of laughs.

Thanks guys.  

The practice was sorely needed.

Lesson learned - planning out shoots is important.  I need to go there before hand and take a walk around and figure out where I'd like to shoot, coz sometimes on the spot I get a bit excited and totally overlook things like where the best light is etc. An extra 10 minutes is all it takes.

John, Amy & Hannah

My brother and his family.  You'd think that since we know each other, it would have been an easy shoot.  I couldn't get my niece to look at me, let alone smile.  And my brother, well, aparently I'm terribly funny, and saying "Ok, now sit right there" means "laugh like a fool until your eyes water".  Never the less, it was probably the most fun I've ever had on a shoot, even if having fun meant sacraficing quality and quantity pictures.

I swear that this was inflicted upon her by her father and NOT me!

This little miss has no shame at all.  Not only did she do this in public....

...she then quite happily did this.....

Lesson Learned - Never do a shoot for family members.  No, I'm kidding.  The real lesson was (and my Master Loblee already knows this and has told me many times but I guess I had to figure it out on my own) that great pictures aren't necessarily ones where everyone is looking and smiling at the camera.  Some times the best pictures simply capture the moment, the child, the family, as they are right then and there, whether that be fingers in nose, scowl on face, or tears running down from laughing so hard.  Really good photography simply just portrays what's real.