Black and white family photography with Miles and Jacob
Poo and bogies featured quite heavily in this mornings shoot with the fabulous Miles and Jacob, thankfully not literally but what else would you expect a 3 and 7 year old boy to find hilarious, oh and this 41 year old boy too! One of the reasons I love this job so much!
The brothers popped along for their family photo shoot after Mum and Dad won a prize draw at our local school fete and what a fantastic family they are. Fun loving, vibrant and cheeky but exceptionally polite and a real pleasure to spend time with.
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3 year old Jacob was first to take the stage and took no time at all to relax and let his lovely bubbly personality show. Older brother Miles was naturally a little more self conscious being that touch older but, with a little coaxing and fooling around, soon relaxed and forgot the camera was even there!
Technical ability aside, when it comes to successfully photographing children, endless patience, a genuine warmth plus a childish sense of humour is what will bag you those winning shots.
After capturing a lovely variety of individual portraits I then moved swiftly onto some sibling shots of the two brothers, before their goodwill and patience ran out. I like to keep sibling shots simple and unposed, much like my individual portraits, almost candid if at all possible. I want to capture natural relationships and interactions, the boys gave me everything I wanted with bags of charisma.
Can’t think of many ways I’d rather spend a Tuesday morning! Thanks Miles, Jacob and of course mum and dad for such a wonderful shoot…