My first family photo shoot

 

Last month I had a chance to do a service activity for a family in the ward. I offered photography to a sister in the ward a while ago at the Relief Society service auction. Ally was the one who had the highest bid on my service. She wanted to have new family photos so it was perfect timing. I was kinda nervous volunteering myself because I have never done a family photography session before. I didn't know what it was going to turn out like. I was afraid the pictures would look totally crappy. That would be a waste of their time and embarassing for me. Nonetheless, it was a good learning experience after all. I was quite pleased with the results. Now, I'm ready for more :) 

The Walters, in our ward, are some of the nicest people I've ever met. They invited us over for Family Home evening when we first moved into our home and we didn't know anybody in the neighborhood. I adore their kids: Addy, Kenna, Nick, and Alex. I can't stop raving about how sweet and well-behaved they all are.

One happy and beautiful family ~



I must admit taking family pictures are very challenging, especially with young kids. It's so difficult to get the young children to look at the camera and smile. I have spent many hours in Photoshop trying to swap out the distracted head of Alex with the smiley Alex.

This is a before picture. Note to self- bring lots of toys to get their attention next time. 

And this is a after picture, not great but it works :) 



After a few other shots of the family, Brian realized he had locked his car keys in the car. The parents had to call the cops to help them out so they could retrieve their key and go home afterward. It was crazy, but I didn't even notice a bit until Ally told me because I was so occupied with taking pictures of their beautiful kids. They are all so photogenic, that's why I think the pictures turned out great. Lucky me :)

McKenna

Nick

Addy

Alex

The biggest smile of the day


After I dropped the CD of pictures off at their house, Ally gave me a present, a 'Crazy about cupcakes' book with many different recipes for cupcakes. It was so nice of them to do that. But I do love love cup cakes. Now, i'm off to making cupcakes. Yeah, I think that's all I've got to share for this post. Happy Friday!