Gosh, getting my kids to co-operate on a photo session seems to get harder every year. Even the Girl who used to love showing off her cuteness doesn’t want to have anything to do with the camera. I think you parents know what I’m talking about. Strange thing is, I find other kids are very responsive to me. So I guess our own kids do get sick of mommy or daddy shoving the camera into their faces all the time.
With such good gorgeous weather over the weekend (what a bonus this year, eh?), we headed to the beach for the kids to play and mommy to do some photographing.
Ahoy there! Can you see me?
We dropped by Starbucks to get the Coconut Mocha Frapp (pretty good) and head over to the little meadow we know. It’s now filled with tall buttercups (I just discovered buttercups are considered weeds and my perspective of them in my own yard has changed. Damn!) The Girl somehow didn’t mind the camera so much then.
So, here’s my advice of the day. Shoot your kids! Get your camera into their faces and shoot them. These are memories for you and your partner. Time passes so fast, the kids are eating more and growing out of their clothes like the next day, you need all that memories on pictures or video. Your brain doesn’t have enough room to keep everything inside. Get those kids before it’s too late. Hire a professional photographer to do a family session each year. Hire me or someone else… don’t get someone so cheap they don’t know what they are doing. You have read about cheap wedding photographers who ruined wedding days memories. It’s true. Stuff like that happen.
So, I’m pushing myself to do two sessions with my kids each month. I don’t want to waste anymore time. Neither do you.
* Lissalo.com Creative Childhood Photography – White Rock, South Surrey, Langley, Burnaby, Vancouver Children Photographer *
