Lisa Marie got in touch with me about taking photos of her little family for her youngest son Shea's first birthday. Sure, said I! I love this little family, their eldest has only recently turned two and is a blast; he is one of these little people who believe the only way to get anywhere, is to RUN. Like, run really fast, faster than you'd expect a two year old to be able to run! So this was a real test of my skills....and my camera!
We met in Gosford Forest Park in County Armagh on a beautiful, sunny Monday morning. It was the day of Shea's actual birthday, and the Kennon's had plans to head to the seaside that afternoon. We wandered about and chatted, and I snapped away, and we let Kevin BArry do what Kevin BArry - and most two years olds! - do best, he pootled about, he picked up sticks, he ran (a lot!!), and avoided any kind of posed family shot situation with the deftness of a panther. Like I said, this was a real test of my skills!
At the end of the session, Lisa Marie said to me, looking fairly worried, 'I hope you actually got something of us all there!' I totally got why she would be worried, if you're not on my side of the camera it seemed like there wasn't a whole lot to be captured as Kevin Barry didn't stay still for a second!
But therein lies the beauty of what I DID capture, because, as she said herself, it was just him down to the T. Or a KB! Lisa Marie absolutely loves her photos of her boys, because they are exactly as they are in this moment in time, a snapshot of what her and her husband Peter's life is with her two boys. That wonderful, slightly frazzled, funny little bubble you're in with young children goes very quickly, and it brings me so much joy to see how happy she is with her photos, and to know she will always remember Shea's first birthday and the morning we all spent laughing in Gosford is immortalised forever.
So don't worry if you've got a really dynamic little pocket rocket - that's perfect! That's who they are! And trust me (and if you don't, ask Lisa Marie!) you will LOVE these photos for years to come when you want to remember the good ole days!
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