KIDS

I originally took these pictures because I was entering in a photography contest that I wanted to use kids in. The contest required me to come up with an idea for a greeting card and then illustrate it in any way I wish. My greeting card involved the first two pictures below. The front of the card had this first picture on it and it said at the bottom, "When it comes to best friends..." When you opened up the card it had the second picture below on the left hand side and on the right hand side it said, "Your it. Happy Birthday." It's a little hard to explain the card but I hope it makes sense.


I actually had a lot of fun shooting these kids. I was a little worried because I've never really photographed kids and as I discovered, it's a lot different then photographing adults and teenagers. You have to simplify your poses enormously and even then, they may not get it. In addition I was afraid the pictures would come out looking too commercial and when I think commercial, I think boring. I had to shoot them twice but I think the second time was a huge success. Even though the pictures are commercial I don't think they're boring. They're absolutely adorable kids and I had a lot of fun.