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I often take snaps of my children but don't often take time out of my busy life to take those special images that will go into albums, be sent to grandparents and go on my walls.  

Inspiration comes at all sorts of times, but for my somewhat impromptu family shoot, the location and the bed formed into a plan while I was on a run.  The bed was outside someone’s house with a sign "take me" and that’s what I did - well with my husband, Dale.  He did think it was a bit odd when I told him I wanted to take it down to the lake.

It was the end of summer, golden hour, so beautiful natural light and the lake was low.

I wanted the feeling of being free and enjoying the space.  At first the kids weren't so interested in sitting on the bed posing, so that’s when we changed it up a little and a mud fight started between the kids and Dale.  That’s when the shoot really started!

Now I am grizzling the fact I haven’t done more family photo shoots. Life is so busy, but that doesn’t stop our children growing up when we’re not looking. Before I know it they’ll be grownup and doing their own thing so I’d better start planning another ‘impromptu’ photoshoot. This time it will be in Wellington - our other home, perhaps featuring the wind and wildness of the surrounds... who knows.  I’m waiting for that moment of pure genius – but I’d better not wait too long!

 

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The second part of the shoot with the dogs, was an early morning shoot (well early for me anyway).  There is a little story that goes with this that requires a little bit of honesty......I'm one of those Mum's that takes her kids to school with my PJ's under my Trackies.  That morning I was feeling a little moody so when I got home I decided the morning was too beautiful to be wasted, so I grabbed my camera and my hairy children, the dogs, and off to lake we went (still in my PJ's - thankfully no one I knew saw me).  Went home very happy :-) as did they.

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