J+J family session ( Southern Indiana family photographer)

This little BIG family, we have known for quite a few years.  In fact...they only had one kid back then and we had none.  Miss J shares a love of photography and prefers the laid back 'don't pose me' approach, which I LOVE.  It's really hard to not want to be posed when you are in front of a camera.  Our nature tells us to smile and look at the camera.  Someone telling us to 'act natural' doesn't come naturally.  It's a constant struggle to get comfortable with clients and capture the real moments.  They usually come along about 20 mins into a session when I am no longer a stranger, when the children are comfortable in their surroundings, when mom and dad have given up on getting all the kids to simultaneously smile perfectly at the photographer.  Honestly...when those walls come down, are when the best images are taken.  I can actually see the wall come down when I'm editing.  I can mark the point at which everyone gets comfortable and allows things to just unfold and happen.  Then I can truly do my job and photograph the natural smiles, the playing children, the warm embraces, the loving glances.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with posed images, in fact they almost HAVE to happen in order to reach the next stage.  So with that, I'll step off my soapbox and show you what happens when we relax and let be!

cue token posed family shot....

ok now let's have some fun!

 the boys were absolutely fascinated by all of the airplanes...thus...this shot...