Patience~ is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way;

The many faces of children

Time & time again I have mom & dads, grandparents and so many others ask, where do I get my patience: from?

Well a few different places, I have been in photography business no entering my 17th year, so practice is apart of it. I also have four great kids at home that try my patience each and everyday honestly I lose my patients with them faster than anyone else. But I also learn from all 4 of them because kids in our life push us to no end sometimes. Kids are being kids most all of them do it as well. Last night I decide at around 7 pm or the start of “witching hour” for my little one I wanted to try some new head shot setups, just to test and see how things work. Well below you will see a few of the different challenges she gave me.

Kids will be Kids

I have a very special place for all my clients, but a bit more maybe with the families that have children with Atisum or Down Syndrome. Some of these parents are scared or nervous and have never had a family portrait because of their Children, or they have gone to other local photographers and after 20 to 30 mins just give up. I have heard this way to many times from my clients in the past few years.

PATIENCE is key!

I guess I look at it as a challenge to myself, and sometime they win! Just last week I was out with the Coens family, a 2nd year 360° family club member, it has been amazing to see Owen grow over the past two years. Owen is fighting and winning Autism, as alot of my family and friends children are as well. I will just say he won on that cold snowy day.

To my professional counterparts, take the time to learn play and have fun with the kids, they will come around most of the time. If you have any requests that come your way and you have concerns about contact me, we are all in this together so let’s not let things deter anyone from having a portrait.

My point is have fun with any children that walk into your studio, when you come to our home studio you and your kids will have just that.

Model: Grace Rochefort-Smith ( my best and worse model over the past 3 .5 years)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lense: 50mm 1.8
Settings: 1/250th f16
ISO: 100
2 Strobes