playing outside

If life gives you snow…

January 14, 2011

And you really want to go sledding…

but there are no hills…

And pushing just won’t work…

But you do happen to have two huge dogs…

Sit on the sled and just say, “Mush!”

When that doesn’t work, have someone the dogs love run really fast in front of them…

And hold on tight.

But just know, there is a high probability at some point you will land on your face…

So make sure your car keys are in a safe place.

Or at least make sure you have a good search party…

…and always offer a good reward.

Happy Snow Days.

How to Work with Different Agendas…

November 24, 2008

Parents want family portraits…

Kids want to climb trees…

And run…

And explore…

So I suggested swinging, and when the swinging stops… then we take the photos…

And when the swinging wears off… then start hanging them upside down…

And when they fall on the ground in excitement…

Everyone falls on the ground in excitement… and there we have our family portrait.

The same kid on the same bike… one year later…

September 30, 2008

Above, is Hudson at his third birthday party, on his brand new bike. This photo was taken on medium format film.

Below, is Hudson after his fourth birthday, standing a little bit more confidently and a little bit taller. This photo was taken with my 35mm digital.

I wish I could say I planned this series… but both photos just happened, because if you want to photograph Hudson then this is what Hudson does at age 3 and 4. We’ll see what he is doing next year.

Day 2: Rattled goes to the Farm…

September 29, 2008

This is the hardest post I have made yet… because there are so many cute photos, it took me a very long time to try and narrow down my favorites… but if you want to see more, you’ll just have to wait for the Rattled catalog to come out. And that is all I have to say about this amazing day of photographing cute kids on a beautiful farm with a perfectly overcast day. Hopefully, by looking at the photos, you can see that Rattled’s clothes are practical, durable and pretty darn cute… the only thing that makes them better is that they are organic! Yay Katie and Kristen, you did great!