A Day at the Farm
After seeing the photos I took of my nieces & nephew for their Christmas card, my sister’s friend asked if I’d come take some photos of her kids. I spent an hour at their farm on Tuesday, which happened to be a beautiful day! The boys are true farm boys, they wanted to wear their John Deere hats and carry around their tractors and show me the goats and the calves.
The youngest one was in a bad mood and didn’t want to have his photo taken but the older one was loving all the attention.
Taking photos of unfamiliar people is a good way to hone your skills. I’m much more comfortable taking photos of plants and veggies (they don’t move & squirm). But I like to do things out of my comfort zone every now and then. I won’t be branching out into portraits any time soon, but I appreciate learning from these kinds of experiences.
You just can’t get any better than a sunny day on the farm for some good photos, hopefully a few of these will grace their Christmas card!
Do you ever do things on purpose that are out of your comfort zone?
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too cute susy… wish you lived closer to me:) we’re heading off to picture people today for our christmas pic… i have a feeling you’d do a better job!
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I’d take pictures of your cuties :)
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I know those sweet faces! Great pictures. :)
to Carol's comment
I’ve noticed from taking pictures of my own kids that you just have to let them do their thing. If you try to get them to hold still the pictures tend to look posed. The natural play of their activities usually lends itself to good shots. Of course taking lots of pictures helps too!
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What adorable little farmers! Yep…I do things out of my comfort zone and find that I usually learn so much, making the discomfort worth it.
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I think you meant ” Do *you ever* do things that are outside of your comfort zone?
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Thanks, changed it. It seems like I miss something no matter how many times I read through the post.
to Susy's comment
I go to work every day.
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Too funny!
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Little boys and tractors are an unbeatable match! Great job with the photos…if you were outside of your comfort zone it sure doesn’t show up in the pics!
Everytime I speak in public I think ‘what the heck?’ and swear I will never do it again but it always seems to come a time where I need to do it again and I have the same conversation with myself all over, lol! Kim
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Me too! I don’t much like speaking in public.
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A great dose of cuteness!!!!!!
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I do hope a few of those photos make it to their family Christmas card; it’d be difficult to pick which ones – they’re all very nice.
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I come from a family of people that don’t like their pictures taken and it has rubbed off on me. So in turn I really don’t take pictures of people often. It certainly brings a whole other realm to photography when human emotions are involved :-) Great shots Susy.
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