For the angel session, I decided to bring my three youngest in early to do a couple shots of them. My mother in law was meeting me there so she could take them afterwards while I stayed and worked.  So she was the wing holder, (and Kaleb holder) and also helped with getting smiles. We had flowers falling, wings in the wrong spot, the girls looking every way but at me, Gracie talking constantly instead of smiling, me running around crazy (while constantly telling myself, don’t yell at them, they will just cry) and Kaleb making so many silly faces. My children have got a bit better with photos, because before it was not a pretty scene. I would yell, they would cry, I would threaten, they would cry more….it’s so much harder when it’s your own, I do admit to that. So when my mother in law was watching all of this she said “You don’t really realize what it’s really like. You just see these pretty photos with wings and everything looks nice….you don’t think of what it took to get that”.  Exactly.

Then I had these boys in, and being boys, they were ready to move, and ride my motorcycle and not look at me, and run around….you know, boys being boys. But when they were leaving, their mom said, “you work magic with them! I don’t know how you do it”. Some days, I don’t know either. Some days I keep my fingers crossed until my camera card goes into my computer and I start looking through. Most of the time I know the parents are leaving thinking “She did not get anything good. My child didn’t smile or co-operate at all”  But magically, there are some amazing shots. Sometimes it’s caught right in camera, sometimes I have to take one or two shots and make one.  Through years of teaching myself and different courses, I’ve learned these techniques….but you know, I’m sure if you went to the photo place in that big brand store that starts with a W, they could do the same as what I did on the photo below….

(SOOC means Straight Out Of Camera)

DISCLAIMER: The setup is not quite final, there will be more added to the kissing booth, some valentine day banners and lots of candy!!

Two years later and I’ve got a curly haired, tall, shy nephew that likes to flirt with me when I come over. I think he flirts with me the most and nobody is going to tell me otherwise. So Happy Birthday to my sweet little man!! Auntie loves you!

xox

Holly and Keith started bringing Logan when he was a few months old (she missed his newborn with me since he is very close in age to my youngest) and I have to say, I really enjoy this family….a lot. So sweet and kind. When Holly told me she checks my blog all the time, I thought, ‘that’s nice’. Then Keith gave me this look. I was wondering what that was for….then he said “she’s on it like every 5 minutes”  I laughed and thought, I’m sure it’s not that often….we’ll, I don’t know about that anymore. I recieve many emails and fb chats from Holly….especially when I post something of interest to her…..even more right after she’s had a session. Like right now. Today she has emailed me I don’t know how many times, just to see how the photos are going….of course, not dropping any hints that she wants to see them: “I can’t wait to see these photos!” And she even went as far as telling me that she’s doing much better with her patience…I don’t know if I agree with her   All joking aside, Holly, it makes me so happy that you get so excited about photos, you make my  job even that much more special…now stop bugging me!