Day 2 of my sessions this last weekend brought me to the home of Brooke and Madeline. I have to be honest, I was a little worried when their mother re-scheduled the start time to later in the afternoon to accommodate a basketball tourney game for Brooke. My concern was that now both Brooke and Madeline would be worn out for our shoot (Madeline had soccer practice right before it, too)… boy, was I wrong! These two had so much energy, I couldn’t get my camera out fast enough to try to capture it!

Eventually, they settled down…

And stopped razzing each other long enough to get this shot…

What I learned:

When it’s obvious there is pent-up energy in any one of the kids, it’s best to let them get it out before trying to corral them in front of a backdrop.

When it comes to lighting, no matter how hard you try to duplicate a set up from one day to the next, you’re always going to get different results!