I am making a turn in my photography business. For months now, I have been wanting to tell stories with my images instead of just posing the children or families in a unnatural setting that they would normally not do in their everyday lives. Years from now, we will want to see how lives were shaped by their environment and such. Storytelling images lends a eye at the REAL moments in a family and how they are perceiving and reacting with one another.
Moving to Texas the demographics are very different here, many more young families populate Texas than they do in Florida. This makes a perfect time for me to head in this new direction and fulfill a huge desire of my heart!!
So with all that said, who better to start with than Little Man right?!
When Little Man walks into Grammie’s door, first thing he says, “I want to play Noah’s Ark Grammie!”
His parents then always have to correct him and say, “We give Grammie and Papa a kiss and hug first!”
Then a big smile breaks out by him and hugs and kisses pursue.
Off he goes to retrieve Noah’s Ark….
As he starts to rebuild Noah’s Ark layer by layer, finding all the missing animals and putting them in their spot…he has to remind me EVERY TIME, “Grammie, the frog is all gone!” Yes, Little Man we lost him. Can you see him pointing to the other frog as he is telling me his story?
The next routine he has,he deserts Noah’s Ark after building and rebuilding it a couple of times. He then runs off to the next adventure…leaving Grammie to pick it up. Smile.
He brings out all the Play Doh jars. We make all kinds of cookies, cakes, snowmen etc. But the newest thing he has added to his routine, is building a very tall tower with the jars. He is two years old but already knows to keep an eye on the bottom foundation already! Daddy being an engineer might help a little in his makeup on this matter. Smile.
Little Man standing and eating on Grammie’s couch…yes, he knows he is not to be doing this! The reason for the big smile…mis·chie·vous! The definition of mischievous (of a person, animal, or their behavior) causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.Yes, that is our Little Man.
Starting to get tired and ending the day with playing peek a boo with Grammie.
I hope you enjoyed the new perspective of Storytelling Photography, with a dash of film processing.
We know how much more enjoyment we will receive for having these images to remind us of our yesteryear with this precious child.
Laurie
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