I am not very good at putting together elaborate sets for themed sessions. I don't enjoy it. It's not my thing.

But my clients love to celebrate the holidays with themed shoots.

I sit and stare at my laptop.

I ask on Facebook. "What do you want to see?".....crickets

I ask my sisters. Opposite tastes and answers.

I turn to Pinterest. I make my secret board and ask myself, "Are these the photos I would want of my son?"

We came back from the store and carried our loot across the street.

It was ten minutes of me saying:

"Flynn keep your shorts on. I said only the shirt."

"Do not stab your mother with that."

"No no no eat that over there."

All he wanted to do is sit in my lap and dribble sticky watermelon juice all over me.

A Pinwheel, a flag, a watermelon. Sitting in the grass under the trees. 

Didn't take hours of setup. In fact I had some baseballs too but the heavens opened up and poured down on us. I tucked my camera under my shirt and the boy under my arm and ran for it.

Nothing fancy but as I opened the files on my computer last night my heart swelled and answered my own question.

"Yes these are exactly the photos a Mother would want."

Flynn Summer 2016-2