There is just something about children! The innocence, the laughter, and the joy they bring! I can’t help but smile every time I get the opportunity to capture those things in photos. I must have thousands of pictures of my daughter, Ella. It’s hard to think that some people don’t have any beautiful pictures of their children hung in their homes. I have a hard time deciding which photos to blow up!
This brings me to a story I remember a few years ago. I was with my children at a local playground with my camera of course. There was this mother there with her 4 children. Her daughter was immediately attracted to my camera. She kept trying to get in to the picture so with Mom’s permission I took her aside and started shooting! I got some amazing pictures of her innocent beauty. The pictures just spoke to me! I continued photographing her other children at Mom’s request. She told me that she never had any pictures of her children done. Money was tight and it wasn’t a priority. I gave Mom by info so I could get her some pictures. After I got home and loaded them up to my computer I was deeply impressed with how much energy and emotion jumped out at me! I was so excited that I sat there and edited the images burned them on a CD and delivered them to Mom a few days later! It was the least I could do for her since she let me share in her families beauty!
I am going to try to make it a point at least once a summer to find a family out there that needs some great candids of their children to display and share with all. So the next time you are at the playground and you see a girl with a camera, it just might be me!
~Jenn