Today I took Madden's 4 year pictures! I'm not gonna lie, it was not a fun experience but it is always better than being in the studio. This year I stopped taking the boys to the Picture People because I really didn't feel like their portraits were any better than the pictures I take and the experience isn't always pleasant. I usually break out into a sweat trying to get the boys to sit still and have fun. I don't know what it is but when the curtain closes and it's photo time my boys act like animals!
Anyway, I've decided that indoor photos are for school pictures only! So I took Madden behind our house to the dessert. I thought Max's pictures turned out so well I would do the same for Madden. It wasn't quite the same experience because the sun was so bright that Madden literally could not open his eyes! He tried so hard & I was getting a little frustrated. I kept shooting pictures and begging him to try harder to open his eyes. I finally gave up and went back to our house where I took a few more pictures of him in the front where the sun was not shining down on him and then I took a few more in front of the faux ivy!
I didn't think it was a very successful photo shoot until I came home and downloaded the pictures to the computer. I took 60 photos and out of the 60 I found four pictures that I truly loved & here they are!
I think I love these pictures as much as I would if a professional took them! I have already framed a couple and they look amazing! The last photo is Madden's tradition photo & it couldn't be more perfect! He has that open mouth smile and I didn't have to force him to pose, it just happened! In the second photo Madden was doing his spider-man thing and I just happened to snap a shot at that perfect moment! The first photo is my absolute favorite! He opened his eyes in two of the desert photos and this was one of them! He looks like the coolest four year old & so handsome! I have a lot to learn about photography but one thing I know for sure is that capturing moments that just happen truly make the best photographs!
-paula
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