Entry for July 13, 2008

Last week I got to photograph some Sunday school students of mine.  H was my student last year, and M is my student this year.  It was lots of fun to hang out with them and once they warmed up to the camera, they really hammed things up!  I invited them to come have their pictures done because of their unusual eyes.  H has hazel eyes, but they are yellow and brown instead of the more normal green or blue.  M on the other hand has YELLOW eyes.  Not green, not greeny-yellow, but YELLOW!  I think this is awesome and I love looking at her beautiful unique eyes each Sunday.  I really wanted to capture them on film, and thus the photo shoot.  I really appreciate their mom letting me barrow them.  I love working with older kids, especially ones who do as told and these two were angels.  They would strike their own poses, and then comply quickly and perfectly to my adjustments.  It was a lovely break from the challenge of toddlers.  They even got in on the action and took pictures of me, each other, and of my living room.  It was so much fun we ran over on time and had to rush to get M dressed for her Karate lesson.

 

 

Ella was not to be left out; she woke up from her nap during the middle of our photo shoot and spent the rest of the time crying to be allowed to join us in on the set.  Once the girls were mostly done, I let her have her shot.  Once she was able to get on the set, she didn’t wan to take pictures!!!  She warmed up after a couple of shots and smiled for me.  Until daddy got out the popsicles.  Once the girls were gone, and the popsicles eaten, Jon and Ella sat for me to take some more daddy-daughter pictures.  I love getting the two of them together with their fantastic blue eyes, but the thought did occur to me that I have never had a “nice” picture done of me and Ella.  I have a few snapshots, but nothing good.  I will have to try to get some next time my studio is set up.  I did get some great shots of the two of them though.  Ella’s kids and grandkids will think she was raised by a single dad judging by the pictures!