Randomness......

So sometimes it helps when Im not too busy to go out and shoot random things.....just stuff. Its something I really should do more often. It can help me improve and keep up my technical and even more creative skills. It helps when as photographers we can "see" the world a little differently.....hard to explain. My really good friend and mentor Daniel told me to do this one day when I was trying to figure out what to so with my day and on Facebook he said "Take the camera out and go shoot." Well when your mentor tells you to do something.....you should do it! lol! I didn't have a lot of time and couldn't really wander to too many places so I was stuck close to home and so this is what I came home with that day.

Not The Normal Family Photos.

So one of my best friends (and very faithful photography client!) came to me with a request. She wanted a family portrait session.....but she didn't want the same old boring posed family portraits. She wanted something that was more "THEM."  It made sense to me.....normal posed family portraits wouldn't suit my friend anyway....she is wild, young at heart, free spirited  (Which is THE reason she is one of my besties! That whole birds of a feather thing.....yeah!)  and so is her brood of 4 kids and her awesome hubby Greg. So she sent me a photo of a couple shoot that involved chalk and said that would be perfect for her family. I agreed that it would be fun and very much "THEM".  After more brainstorming silly string was also an idea. So after deciding the what, we made the date for when. That day came and with a few "clean photos" before letting the chaos break loose and a  couple rules for the kids regarding chalk throwing (watch the eyes, aim low!) we had a successful, messy, fun and colorful photo shoot.  Becca and Greg....coolest parents ever, you have given your kids one of the most awesome gifts ever!  Memories of a out of the box fun day with photographic proof that will live on with them long after their childhoods...photos that they can show to their kids someday. How cool is that.