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So my twins just turned four this past Sunday. We decided we better get their shoot in before the weather turns cold. This is the first time this year I’ve had a chance to really shoot them. People always think I must have a ton of photos of my kids. Actually it’s quite the opposite. There is some quote about the cobblers kids are the last to have shoes? That’s the way it works around here. My kids are the last to get squeezed in. You always seem to think you’ll have time and then time slips away before you know it almost a year goes by and the spring photos you were supposed to take end up being fall shots. As far as snapshots go I’m terrible about that too. We purchased a point and shoot this year so hopefully not having to pull out one of the big guns will make it easier to take more of those. Most mothers see their children doing something cute and pull out the camera and take a few snaps. I get too technical for that. It’s always is the lighting right, what extra gear do I need? It takes alot more thinking and most times a snapshot needs not to be thought about. Sometimes I just want to not be a photographer and be in the moment without glass in between me and them.

My husband came up with the theme for this shoot. He really wanted all three of them on a beach in wife beaters. So we were off to Maumee Bay again.

The next three shots are of my eldest. I took these for his school pictures. Somehow the ones I get from the schools just don’t do it for me. I don’t see his personality like I do in mine. He seems to smile funny for other photographers. He’s even claimed they are not his mother and he won’t give his good faces to them.



This one is my fave:

I still have yet another place I wanted to shoot with the boys. Hopefully I can get it in before it’s too late, otherwise I’ll just have to wait until next year to do it.