My really great friend Carol recently came to Calgary to visit with her new nephew Malcolm. She invited me over for a visit and to make some portraits of baby Malcolm and the rest of the family. It was really nice to meet Malcolm and to have such a great visit with great friends. My own family also came along to have a visit with Carol and her family and of course everyone wanted to get involved in the photo shoot. I wouldn’t normally have my family around during a session with clients, but this one was a special case! It was one of the craziest sessions I’ve ever had and it was repeatedly interrupted every few minutes as all the kids trampled through the set. It became and extended photo shoot and I gave all the kids balloons to play with and tried to capture the joy of the moment…
Eventually we sent most of the observers away to the park down the street so that I could get some real quality time with Malcolm and his parents. Heather and Trevor were very patient throughout the session and we made some really great images after everything settled down. It was quite peaceful and much more relaxed after the chaos of the kids running around, and Malcolm was a happier baby too. Naturally the session ended shortly after the kids came back from the park…
It was great to see everyone and to meet Malcolm too. Thanks to everyone involved for just going with the flow of the changing situation. Sometimes it’s just like that with families with kids and I’m glad that everyone handled it so well!
