I haven't been active much but for good reason! We welcomed our third child home early this year and shooting has had to be on the back burner a bit. Anyway, enjoy these moments from my life! Shots with me in them were taken with a timer and/or remote.
My favorites are 2 and 7. Sort of iconic type photos. I feel that 4 is a personal moment for your daughter and too personal for my internet consumption--and she might not be happy that is being shared.
KristinSmall wrote:
This is SO not my style -- which makes me appreciate them more! Very inspiring and nice conversions. Congrats on baby #3!
Do you shoot any PJ?
I just put up 10 prints at my office of my grandkids. They are a combination of more formal portraits shot with off camera flash and soft boxes and some PJ photos. For me it's good to have a mix.
Looking back at the photos I've taken of their dads over the last 40+ years, the ones I treasure most are the ones similar to photos on this post; candid moments of my boys being boys. Yes, I did drag them into the studio (when I was a full time pro), especially for milestone events and I'm glad I have those photos. Yet that wasn't who they really were.
I hear ya. I actually am pretty good at taking candids of my kids, but I don't offer or do "lifestyle" photos for others in my business. I know that many photographers specialize in that. Though not my "thing," I can see the value in offering/desiring those kind of shots from a pro. Nice to see what others are doing and makes me more aware to take more in my own life (with my big camera and not just my phone!) Thanks for sharing.
KristinSmall wrote:
I hear ya. I actually am pretty good at taking candids of my kids, but I don't offer or do "lifestyle" photos for others in my business.
That's what I was meaning. I didn't offer PJ to customers. Again, looking back at the photos of my boys, the unplanned, day to day captures of their life are more meaningful to me than the photos where we got them gussied up and posed them.
Anyone interested in photography should own and study a copy of The Family of Man. It's a wonderful photo essay with contributions from all over the world. There was a wonderful follow-up, The Family of Children. The photos may be older, but most of them are timeless.
Nice posing, composition, lighting and Photoshop ability are nice skills to have, but for me there are other abilities that are more important. They include the ability to observe, to anticipate the decisive moment, to empathize and to set aside your ego so that the photo is about the subject and not about you.
Thanks everyone! I’m glad to have inspired some of you. Boxman, if her on the chair makes you nervous, you’d not survive long at my place. She’s a climber, gymnast, daredevil, scooter jumping mad woman.
Thanks for sharing. 
Boxman, if her on the chair makes you nervous, you’d not survive long at my place. She’s a climber, gymnast, daredevil, scooter jumping mad woman. 