Oh my – what can I say?! This was one of most interesting sessions of the year! 8 grandchildren from 3 separate families came into the studio for a special gift for the grandparents. Jen booked the session and at the consult she let me know that she enjoyed the interactive ‘storytelling’ type of photograph. The children ranged from 13 years to 6 months.
I think the school age children were pleased to be here rather than in school – but one of the 3 year olds….. Well, she didn’t want to be here and let everyone know it! We tried again and again to get her to join the others in the photo – but she just refused! Finally – after more than a 1/2 hour she said she would stand at a certain point – which was at least 6 feet away from the group! I quickly took 4 photos before she ran out of the room.
The mother was frustrated – Jen was frustrated – I was frustrated – but what can you do????? 3 year olds have attitude. I was told that I was exactly this willful when I was that age – so I could completely sympathize with Jaydyn.
Well, finally I called it quits – it just wasn’t working. Jen and I went into the presentation room to view the images. When this image came up we had to laugh! It so totally showed exactly what had taken place! Jen said that the grandparents would probably love this and she ended up choosing this image. Because the image was not a standard size – we decided to add a quote and she chose “Grandparents and Grandchildren are God’s gift to each other.”
But after they left I read a few comments left by the children in my Guest Book and came across something one of the children had written…. “Evry budy was lisining exepte fore Jaydyn” And I just knew that this was the verse that needed to be on this image! I ran it by Jen and she thought it was hilarious and said I could go ahead an use it. This portrait will be displayed in a Love Seat Size image in my studio. It is one of my favorites of the year!
Thank you Jen and children!
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