And they are mine. All mine. OK, ours, all ours. Sometimes in the winter months, when I am not shooting a ton, I feel like I lose some of my creativity. I forget how to get down to kid’s eye level, how to lay on the floor and look up, how to not worry about technical aspects and instead I just shoot for correctness. I did a lot of searching and I came up with some answers: a workshop I am dying to take, but alas is very expensive and I can’t quite justify it… 3 new lenses (one is on it’s way… whoops)… and a trip to warmer parts (this will happen). But I also came up with the answer that I am not shooting for fun, I am not embracing snapshots, and I am not documenting enough of my life with my kids. A lot of times I just share on FB or my family blog (another sadly neglected aspect of my life). But since these are part of my quest to be a bit more free, have more fun with light, motion and expression, I figured I’d post them here and you can tell me what you think.
I shot almost this exact same series last year and I loved it. When I started shooting today, Christofer actually said “mom, we have to take off our shirts and go to Janey’s room, it’s brighter” Love him and his insane memory for detail. He even knew he should lay down and try to talk to her from a pillow.
Anyway, these are going to be the start of the gallery on the 2nd floor so I can see them every single day when I get up in the morning. I am so excited!
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