Life is unpredictable - as are boys...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot with an awesome family and their 2 year old boy at a local park. My style of children's portraiture is very 'play' based. I basically follow them around with a long lens and capture them being themselves and creating real expressions. Children are both magical and unpredictable. Their expressions change from moment to moment with each click of the shutter.

About a third of the way through the shoot, while Noah was playing in a sandbox with his bright yellow truck, something caught his eye and he got up and started running as fast as his little legs would carry him toward the lake. We all stared at each other for a few moments of perplextion when we realized that he wasn't going to stop. Jason (father) started running as fast as he could after Noah. But it was moments too late. Noah had ended up ankle deep in vial, black, mud surrounding the lake. Jason, whose momentum was no match for the extremely slippery mud, did an amazing home plate slide to his sons rescue. It actually looked quite heroic if was actually purposeful. Unnecessary, but heroic all the same. They were both covered in mud. Becky (mom) was holding back tears thinking the whole shoot would be ruined. Luckily she had an alternate outfit for him so we kept going. The rest of the day came out great, with over 300 great shots to pick from and they'll get an unforgettable story to go with it.

More pictures from the shoot to come soon!

-Jeremy