Silhouette session // Kingsport children photographer

I spent a whole school year at ballet with these girls and their mother.  When she saw the silhouette sessions on my page, she immediately scheduled one (which I was very glad for.  Her kids have some serious personality).  I told her where to meet me and what time and waited patiently for Tuesday to come.  As a precaution, I sent her a facebook message just an hour or so before we were supposed to meet, telling her to call me if she got lost.  And then I left my phone at home.  And then I waited for her....and waited...and waited....but I had taken my 6-year-old with me because she wanted to come and see her friend.  I LOVED having that extra time to bond with her and snap a few photos of her.  About half an hour after our scheduled time, my friend came rushing into the parking area...obviously frazzled.  Her girls had been in the bathtub getting ready for bed when she got my message!  She yanked them from the tub, threw pajamas on them and got over to where I was waiting just as quickly as she could.  I was THRILLED!  There is nothing that represents childhood more than nightgowns and wet bath hair and teddy bears. 

Silhouette session

I had a GREAT time with these little guys! At first, every time I snapped a photo of miss "C,"  she'd come up to me and say, "Now what do you want me to do?"  If only every 3 year old were like that... we had a few minutes to kill while waiting for conditions to be right, and I caught a few photos of the kids.  What a fun little family. 

Silhouette mini session! Kingsport family photographer

I don't usually do these, so this is fun!

Silhouettes // Kingsport children's photographer

I had been wanting to take some silhouette pictures of my kids for a LONG time, but the conditions were never right.  Then, after I took this one of a client...

...I decided that I had to do it.  I took us almost an hour, but I think we got some really fun shots!  It was actually really hard because the baby didn't want to hold hands and the three year old would get upset because the older ones were leaving her and then she'd start melting down because it was bedtime.  So, while these turned out really fun, taking them was a challenge!  I learned a lot, though, and will obviously have to do some things a little differently next time...