My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. (Unknown)I have to admit that my favorite photo shoots are those of my own children -- who's aren't? Now that I've learned to play with them in the shoot more than trying to be their disciplinarian the whole time, it's much more fun. I still, as most moms do, have to recreate their smiles. My kids tend to get these really goofy smiles where they kina squeeze their lips together and then pull the corners of their mouths back. UGH! So, we'll shoot one or two where they aren't looking at me or where they just don't smile at all. Then, against my better judgment, I make a sound that I would otherwise get after them for making!
I was given a book called The Wonder of Boys -- the world through a boy's eyes by Keren Henrich. I just love this book. It's full of black and white photos of little boys in just about every scenario one could imagine. On the opposing pages on each double page spread is a quote about little boys that reflects her take on the photo. I'll use some of those quotes with the images of Gabriel in the following shots.
Boys are found everywhere -- on top of, underneath, inside of,climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. (Alan Beck)
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one. (Charles Dudley Warner)
Cheerily, then, my little man, live and laugh, as boyhood can!(John Greenleaf Whittier)
The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old. (Jean Kerr)
I like my boy...and his utter inability to conceive why I should not leave all of my nonsense, business, and writing and come to tie up his toy horse. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.(Charles Dudley Warner)
A magical creature -- you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. (Alan Beck)
You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. If you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes even if it's just in your own eyes. (Walter M. Schirra Sr.)
How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? (Dr. Seuss)
