Friday, February 25, 2011

a photo shoot

It occurred to me recently that there aren't nearly as many photographs of sweet little Luke as I would like there to be.  I suppose it's the lot of the fourth child, but the poor guy hasn't been the subject of as many snapshots as his siblings have been.  And as you can probably guess, I feel more than a little guilty about that.

When Luke was grinning in his Bumbo the other day, I attempted to assuage my mother's guilt.  But, as you know, getting a photo of only one child (Luke in particular) is next to impossible with this group.  No sooner had I pulled out the camera than siblings were angling to get in the shot.  First one, then a second, then a third.  All four kids together!

Predictably, none of the photographs was "perfect."  But somehow the series of photographs captured what no single photo could -- a real glimpse into life at our circus.

So, without further ado, a circus photo shoot:  

photo shoot 1


photo shoot 2


photo shoot 3


photo shoot 4


photo shoot 5


photo shoot 6


photo shoot 7

photo shoot 8


photo shoot 9


photo shoot 10


photo shoot 11

I love these people!  (Even though they sometimes drive me crazy.)

3 comments:

Childress Family said...

I love John David's bum angled into the last one. Very funny!

Beth said...

I was looking at these on flickr the other day and I too like the last one. It's like he's saying, "Okay, this isn't as fun as I thought it would be, I'm outta here." Love it!

KToth said...

Hilarious to me because my kids are the opposite. I try to get one shot of all four and it's like they have opposite polarity magnets in their pants- they scatter to the four corners of the room. Good start though- nice light by the window. Can't believe how much the baby has grown!