Why on earth would I post this image on my blog? Well, one, because it makes me laugh, and with about a half-inch of ice coating my driveway, I could use a good laugh. Two, it's a summer photo and I could really use that today too due to the afore mentioned driveway situation!
The truth is, this photo demonstrates a couple good points that I like to make to clients when they schedule their sessions...
"Go with the flow."
This means, your child may not sit for an hour looking happily into the camera while the wind blows through their freshly washed hair and the sun hits their freshly pressed shirt. The fact is, the kids will run around the beach, or the studio, pick things up, look around, maybe get dirty too. That's great! I'll be right there to capture every moment!
"Don't over-discuss the session."
At some point, your child will probably wonder why mom's been ironing all afternoon or for goodness sake, why you're all headed off somewhere in the car dressed alike, but try not to over discuss the session. If you spend all day (or week) talking about how he HAS to nap on Saturday and how he CAN'T get that new white shirt dirty, the child will become anxious too and be less likely to "be himself".
"Come prepared."
"Jenny has been potty trained for two whole days!" or "Jimmy will be fine if we eat dinner later." can get us into trouble. Be prepared, don't over-discuss the session and go with the flow and you'll have a portrait session to remember!
Now, just a quick note about the above photo. They sure got a session to remember, right? Actually, lots of the images came out great, but I heard from Erin, the mom of one of these cousins that the whole family is using THIS image as a screen saver on their computers! Now THAT is "going with the flow"!
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