Wednesday, November 11, 2009

photographing friends

So I had the opportunity this weekend to take a few pictures of my girlfriend Mel's girls. She called me a week ago looking for a tripod, she wanted to get some pictures of her girls for a Christmas card. Having three kids of my own, all similar ages to her girls, I immediately saw the flaw in her plan. There are some out there, who can corral their kids, get them cooperate and smile on command and then snap pictures of them. God bless you is all I am going to say if you are one of those people. Knowing her darling littlest is a runner, this would have been a challenge under the best of circumstances. Sometimes its just nice to let someone else entertain and you just get to encourage the smiles. So because I love my friends, I offered to help out and go on Saturday morning to take some pictures of her gorgeous girls at the park. There is a pretty narrow window when it comes to photographing kids (my only experience is my own) so I figured this wouldn't be a tremendous time commitment either.

I was right, we got our little session done in about 30 minutes, the girls were more than cooperative and the day was just plain perfect. I want to add a disclaimer here that I am in no way a photographer, I have a decent camera that takes some decent pictures and I am grateful for easy subjects. I wanted to share because this is something I HAVE been up to and it isn't my own kids and frankly I'm happy with the result. Enjoy!

Boog - otherwise known as Amelia

How can you not play in the leaves?

Okay so I wish that blogger didn't kill the saturation of pictures - this is so fun in real life.







How can you not smile with all those happy faces? Enjoy and thanks!

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Blogger h.Lo said...

These are so cute! Love the leaf shot from behind. It's gorgeous. =)

November 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM  
Anonymous MelAyers said...

Awww, I didnt see this post! I love you to death for doing those pics for me! You may not think you are a pro but you sure can shoot like one ;) Love and Hugs, Mel

December 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM  

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