What’s better than Oreo cookies, chocolate ice cream cones, and bubbles on a summer day?
Jason, Amy and their mom came over to my house for an outdoor, all-about-summer photo shoot…and we had a blast. While it is great –and I like– to take photographs of kids where they’re posing for the camera, and looking right into the lens, sometimes just having fun together can capture some pretty neat images. So I planned for a few activities that they could do while I was photographing them. If I could get a relaxed natural smile while they were looking into the camera, great! If not, then I would capture instead this moment in time…this one summer day… when these kids are 7 and 4.
Jason was a natural and seemed comfortable in front of the camera. Amy, though, was a little camera shy, so my goal was to help her relax…giving her a cookie to eat, bubbles to blow, having her brother around to play with and her mom right there. All those things take the pressure off, and I think made for some wonderful shots. And I’ll bet next time I photograph Amy, she’s going to be even more comfortable, because I’ll be that much more familiar to her.
You just don’t get those kinds of custom shots, except from a custom photographer!
Having all these shots thematically-related, I could see how they might look fantastic on a wall in a storyboard format. Two to three gallery wraps of selected images, 1 1/2- 2″ deep would look so cool on a wall, wouldn’t they? They could also be incorporated so easily in a fun “slice of life” album, and mini-accordion albums for grandma and grandpa! Who needs a special occasion for a photo shoot when you have a summer day?
Finally, you have to see this sweet video I put together with the images, thanks to Animoto!
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