This family session was fun times infinity…and beyond. Some of you may know the fabulous Kirsten from Something Cheeky and her really really ridiculously good looking family. I had the pleasure of photographing them last year when sweet little Blake was merely the size of kidney bean (and when I was just starting my photography business). He is sooo darn cute and it was adorable to watch how much Coen loves his baby brother. A couple of months ago, I put out a request on my Facebook page for a family to volunteer as my test subject for a combined photo/video shoot. Families commented with some great ideas on the kind of actives they’d love to have photographed and made into a home movie: baking cookies, a game of soccer and bedtime with the kids, to name a few. Kirsten piped in with an afternoon at the Emerald Downs horse track and I was sold.
Coen got to ride his first pony, we bet on horses based on the cool name factor, ate snow cones and popcorn, and lazed around in the shade on a cool patch of grass. It didn’t matter that our horses never won or that Coen spilled blue snow-cone juice down the front of his shirt and pants or that there may or may not have been a missing child incident. We were there to capture real life moments and preserve the memories of their fabulous love-filled life.
It takes a different mindset and some extra coordination to shoot video and stills at the same time but I had so much fun with them and I love how it all turned out. Lucky for you, I’ll be offering this add-on service very soon so you can receive the paparazzi star treatment too! So, check out the cute photos but be sure to watch the video too for all the action packed behind the scenes and in between moments. And then, tell me what you think in the comments! Would you be interested in this kind of hybrid photo shoot? What activity would you want to have made into a professional home movie?
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