A few weeks ago I did a photo shoot of some beautiful kiddos! It had been quite some time since I had photographed active kids, besides my own, and I was a little nervous. Well, lets just say, I let my lack of confidence get to me and I pulled out the "comfortable" photographer stuff. The way I used to shoot because it made me feel safe. I attempted to have them pose and smile...of course this didn't work...they had too much energy. Everyone, including me, got tired and over it quickly. I shot some random photos but I didn't enjoy it because I was trying way too hard. Later, I even questioned why I got back into this. I want to have fun while shooting and I want my clients to feel the same, I want to capture real moments and personalities, but during this shoot, I forgot all of that and put too much pressure on everyone. I forgot about the passion that the Lord had instilled in me to capture lifes timeless moments with my camera and let my fear of man control me. Over the weeks I have revisited the memories of that particular day and taken mental notes of how I will do things WAY differently next time.....
Earlier this evening, I was looking back through those photos and ran across a couple photos that I didn't realize were there. They scream the style and realness of what I wanted to capture originally but I forgot when the pressure was on. I am so glad that I found them and am able to post them for you. I continue to pray that I will only improve as I serve more lovely famlies in the near future.
Here are a couple photos from the shoot of some REAL kid moments.....enjoy
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