Rachel and Allyson - August 2010

It seems my photographic style continues to evolve.  At first I would only shoot nature and still life... you could even describe me as being 'afraid' to shoot people.  About two decades ago (yep, just that phrase makes me feel old), my day job provided me with a requirement an opportunity to shoot more photos of people. At first, I didn't like it all that much.  However, the spontaneity of people plus the ever elusive chase of the decisive moment quickly won me over.  I find myself shooting nature and still life much less these days.

And when it comes to people, shooting kids has easily become my favorite.  Their lack of camera shyness combined with their innocence provides the best material one could hope to shoot.  One would think that now I have a son of my own I'd be a one source shooter... not so!  I'd hate to make him suffer as my only subject.  Fortunately, I have a cadre of nieces!  Rachel and Allyson live close and as such are frequent subjects.  Seriously, can you have cuter subjects than these???

I don't imagine Rachel is the biggest fan of the following, but you just can't help but love the expression. 

How she'd prefer to see herself in pixels...

Saving the best for last.  

Tough be a photog with this kind of source material to work with...


mtk...


D