This was a little out of the ordinary for me, but when a past client asked me to do senior pics, I thought why not? I don’t have to get the kid to sleep, I don’t have to jump up and down, make crazy faces or ask weird questions. And best of all, I don’t have to chase the kid around…I tell them to do something, they do it. Sounded like a pretty good gig to me! So we started off with the ‘standard” (aka “boring”) yearbook poses…haha. Actually, the kids made it fun as I watched them go back and forth with their parents and argue about everything – the hair, the smile – teeth or nor teeth, wide smile or casual smile, hair all forward or half forward, stand upright or upside down…ok, i added that last one in there to for effect. The kids had an opinion about everything – and it was the exact opposite opinion of the parents…is this what I have to look forward to??? Seriously, they were vocal about what they liked and didn’t like and it made the experience much more fun to watch and listen to all the banter…you don’t get that with a newborn!
So, then we headed out to do the fun shots – well, they were fun for me anyway. I am not sure everyone else will share my feelings as they spent most of the time fighting off mosquitoes. I have about 20 outtakes of each of them swatting. Actually, I was eaten alive too, but in my world it’s worth it. So what if I come down with malaria, at least I got the shot
So all in all, I had a great time with this shoot – definitely would do it again! BUT I might consider bringing bug spray
Thanks, guys, for being so much fun and such good sports!




And this is their little bro – who my daughter thinks is quite “dreamy”. She sat behind me as I was working on his pics….asking questions about him…she was a little disappointed he is only 7 – I mean, being 8 and all, she is just so much more mature
I find it weird that she is checking out my clients already…


See, Michele, I didn’t even mention the tears! ooops…
K
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