I love these moments. Unscripted. Childhood. Moments....Childhood happening.
I so enjoy photographing my girls and capturing beautiful moments in the process. It makes my heart swell...truly. This time we're on vacation, enjoying a great day out exploring. I was thinking, "Maybe I can get a nice portrait. All of them participating in a smile."
But, walking up and down the beach, picking up sticks, trying to catch crabs and stacking rocks...it was all we needed. Just part of exploring with your kids and enjoying your time with them.
As a photographer...and a mom, I occasionally I add some words of encouragement for YOUR own photographic efforts. Sometimes I'll challenge you (yeah, you...you there with the camera) to take a different look at how you see photos and hopefully taking pictures yourself.
I posted some of these recently on Facebook with a bit of a statement:
Yeah, I said blurry is OK.
I believe telling the story is MORE important than having "technically" perfect images. The movement of the girls digging in the sand or walking across a fallen tree. That's more important. The story of our day is what I'm capturing.
Think about telling a story the next time you pick up your camera, and maybe not so much about everyone smiling looking at the camera. (Or god forbid...saying "Cheese.")
I LOVE the first group of images...not one of them is looking at me. This was actually towards the end of the afternoon...they were getting tired.
Another favorite is the one of my youngest laying on the tree branch...oh my heart.
Her sisters were busy running over, under and around the fallen trees that were scattered on the beach. And she's simply laying on the tree.
So, I ask her, "What are you doing?"
She replied in a very quiet, still voice, "I'm listening to the ocean with the tree. I could sleep here like they do."
Like I said, oh my heart.
I LOVE the first group of images...not one of them is looking at me. This was actually towards the end of the afternoon...they were getting tired.
Another favorite is the one of my youngest laying on the tree branch...oh my heart.
Her sisters were busy running over, under and around the fallen trees that were scattered on the beach. And she's simply laying on the tree.
So, I ask her, "What are you doing?"
She replied in a very quiet, still voice, "I'm listening to the ocean with the tree. I could sleep here like they do."
Like I said, oh my heart.
Enjoy!
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