Family photo shoots are
my jam. Family photo shoots with
active kids are even more my jam. It's sort of like
organized chaos in a good way. What I
love the most though is when I get a family somewhat set up in a spot and the
kids feel comfortable and are themselves and their natural
personalities start shining through during the photos. I believe this
creates character and gives the photos
life. I'm all for a good posed family photo but I'm in love with an
imperfect family photo that shows movement and
style. My family shoot with the Floreani's is a great example of this! We would find a cool spot and get the family set up and then the kids just naturally did their
"thing". Their "thing" consisted of them striking poses without cues, hugging,
laughing, sticking out tongues, pointing, striking dance poses and running straight up to my lens and looking into it! As a long time photographer, I have discovered that some of MY
most favorite images of
ALL times come out of shoots like this so I'm in
heaven and snapping away as fast as I can. Most parents aren't quite as excited about their kids doing their "thing" as I am during the shoot but usually are
happy with the final outcome once they see how cute their family is. I have my own similar example of this happen when my son was in kindergarten and I was meeting the teacher after the first few weeks of school had started. She told me that she had had to move my son to the back of the class during story time when they sat down on the rug. During story time, my son would sit right at the teacher's feet in the front and then would turn around and make faces and act
silly trying to stir the others up and make them
laugh so she told me that she solved the issue by moving him to the back of the rug behind all the kids. She said he could make all the silly faces he wanted back there an the other students had no idea. I looked so disheartened at her and apologized for his behavior b/c I didn't want my child to be "that" kid. I'll never forget that she looked at me and said, "Hey,
I LOVE spunky kids! He's doing great". I like to have this same
relaxed approach during my shoots when family's have young spunky kids. To all my parents out there,
it's ok if your kids don't act perfect during the shoot. We might just make
your family's next
masterpiece.
Go ahead and grab your cup of joe and english muffin. Sit back, turn the volume up and enjoy the Floreni's family video.
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