[Lifestyle] Children:MaryAllyn & Carter

This past weekend I got to shoot another friend's little munchkins. As a matter of fact, my son and Carter were born just a few weeks apart, and up until last year when they started different preschools, they had been together every week day at day care. And they became best friends. So much so, that Mom and I would get sad over thinking that they wouldn't be at school together and time would all but erase their memories of the shared friendship that they had as babies, toddlers, little boys. It even makes me tear up as I type. Again, I digress...and get all mushy again.

Well, since the hormones are kicking in, I'll get back to the details of the day. I know Mary Allyn and Carter, so I knew that we'd have fun. And we did. The day was unusually cool for an August day in the Bootheel, like 68 degrees while we were out in the morning. Cool, yes, but comfortable for me? Darn skippy!

We went to a few locations and I got them to ham it up for me, and I certainly got what I wanted. Shooting on location can get kind of, well, yucky, and Mary Allyn asked, "How do you find these places?" I let her know that we do it all in the name of getting a great shot! I believe she secretly enjoyed getting down and dirty in the nooks of town!

Carter was all about having a good time, I don't think he was that interested in my camera, but nevertheless, I got some really great happy shots of him. He really liked the broken glass in one locale, but the best thing that worked on him? Letting him take pictures of me, pregnant swollen-face me!

We also went to their house to photograph the kids with their beloved Weimaraner, Chance, and I got a great shot of Mary Allyn receiving a juicy kiss from Chance.

Mom, thanks for the great morning and I'm glad I got to visit with the world-traveler if only for a short time! The kids were fun and funny as usual--I hope you love your images!