My Favorite

     I love photography. Have I mentioned that before? Even before I loved photography, I loved photos. Sometime I will sit down and actually blog about how I got into photography... but that's another blog post in and of itself.
     My favorite form of photography is documentary photography. I love the art of blending into the background and capturing moments that may only appear once in all the course of history. For whatever reason, I really enjoy that. I think somewhere within my introverted self, I like the solitude of just sort of closing myself into my own little world and focusing on the event at hand, and seeing life through my lens. During any sort of portrait session with kids or with a family, there is a time and place for the smiling, staged photos, but my favorite photos are the ones with the natural smiles, expressions, and interactions.
      So when a friend asked me to come do a "day in the life" photo shoot with her and her family, I was pretty excited. We did end up getting a few nice ones where everyone smiled and looked at the camera, but mostly I was able to just follow them around and catch photos as they played out. Then I came home and played with them on the computer... only slightly distracting :) So, here I shall share with you some of my favorites.