The Black Dog’s PhotoBlog

What a blast these 2 girls were! So awake and alive with energy. Oh to be young again.

Before these 2 girls came for their portrait session I spoke with their mother and she indicated to me that she always preferred more spontaneous or candid portraits over the formal sit down indoor studio portraits. So I came up with many ideas of poses and settings I thought would work for them. I always like to have a plan.

We started with our first scene that I had picked out and I asked the girls, “what would you like to do in these pictures?” This session just took off from there. There was jumping, running, flower picking, posing, hugging and playing peek-a-boo. It was so much fun for me to see and photograph these girls just being themselves. It wasn’t really what I had planned, it was better. These 2 girls were just adorable.

I also have to say thanks for a friend and fellow photographer for her suggestions on this shoot, what lens she’d use and letting kids be kids when you photograph them.