I have been MIA on the blogging scene, but after this session, I knew I had to make time for a post. This sweet brother and sister were my first mini-session which means I have limited time to work with and they were 18 months and 3 years old. It started off with Ms. Ashley turning from me every time she saw my lens. Brother Charlie then was telling her, "jump, jump!" as she was walking around a fountain with water about 3 feet deep. Needless to say, I decided to move to a different spot. I kept getting this "what are you following me" and "who are you looking at" face from my sweet 18 month old. It looked like this...
Mom of course really needed one of them together. Charlie was happy to oblige, but Ms. Ashley didn't want brother hugging or touching her. We asked Charlie to hold Ashley's hand while she was running. I shot this quick photo and realized that was not a good idea unless we wanted Ms. Ashley to fall and have a black eye. He was running at his pace, not hers...
When we sat them down together, but Ashley had no desire to sit and Charlie would push her aside and say, "run, run, run"! So, I decided I had to do something extreme to get and keep their attention for a couple shots. I had bought several different flowers and decided to put one in my mouth and acting like I was eating it. This was the initial reaction I got...
Now, she's really thinking I am crazy! As you can see, she is ready to get up, but we gave her a few flowers and fortunately, we were able to catch a few quick shots.
It was good until she decided to follow in my footsteps and taste the flower like I did! OOPS!!!
Thank God this mother was awesome and laughing her head off like myself. I am lucky that my shutter speed was fast enough to make up for my camera shake while laughing! Charlie was in his own world acting as if the flowers were making him sneeze. This is what makes photographing children and their little personalities so fun for me!
Sweet brother is making sure she is alright!
I was surprised with this shot when editing because I didn't realize how cute it was when I took it. It looks like they are totally rocking out into flower microphones! Love my job!
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