A few weeks ago I undertook a very unique challenge. A photo session of only children. Four children, four and under. I don’t know many big families…and this is the biggest group of very young kiddos I’ve ever attempted to shoot at once. The three brothers recently came to visit relatives Practically Canada with their mom. The little lady is a local. The fam thought it would be a fun time to get together and get all of these cousins in some legit portraits.
Luckily they are all adorable…because it was a challenge. A very fun challenge, but a challenge nonetheless. One would cry while the others would smile. One was consistently facing the wrong way. Someone was trying to dig up grass, someone was trying to walk away. Meanwhile five full-grown adults were shouting their names, making funny faces and shamelessly bribing them with promises of fruit-snacks between clicks of the camera. I adore this family and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. At the end of the day, their photos might not look posed and disciplined….but it wasn’t that kind of day. It was a day full of personality and I think that’s what came across in the images. Here are a few of my favorites from our time together.
There is something ridiculously adorable about this one. I mean, seriously…how about Mr. GQ there in the middle?
Now, somebody get these kids some fruit-snacks! They sure do deserve it.
