{"id":1370,"date":"2013-12-17T10:55:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T15:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnberryphotography.com\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2013-12-17T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T15:55:30","slug":"the-shifflett-and-herring-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnberryphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/the-shifflett-and-herring-families\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shifflett and Herring Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you’ve noticed, I don’t usually write a lot about portrait shoots. \u00a0I’m a photographer, not a writer. \u00a0(“Better to keep my mouth shut and be thought a fool, rather than open it and remove all doubt.”) \u00a0<\/em>Anyway, several years ago I read about a photographer who, when doing family portraits, always took a photo of the family in front of their house. \u00a0These were photos for the future. \u00a0The idea being that as the family changed over the years, more kids came along, the kids grew up, the family moved to a different\/bigger home, etc., that these photos would be a nice little “history” for the family. \u00a0I thought it was a cool idea. \u00a0So, whenever I do family photos at a client’s home, I do at least a few photos in front of their house…even if they don’t have grass in their yard yet :-). \u00a0The Shiffletts JUST moved into their new house a few weeks ago. \u00a0This photo will be a nice start \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Logan’s cousins were there for some Christmas photos too.<\/p>\n

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I’m going to write one more time, then I’m quitting for a while, I promise. \u00a0I just can’t tell you how much I like the photo below. \u00a0I’ve done their photos for three years now I think. \u00a0And in previous years, Logan has given me about 5-10 minutes. \u00a0Then, he has had better stuff to do! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0This session was different. \u00a0I think it helped that he was home. \u00a0He’d already given me a tour of his awesome new room. \u00a0This photo was taken near the end of the session. \u00a0He was sitting on a bench telling me about what he wanted for Christmas….those eyes, those hands….I don’t have to take another good photo for a while now.<\/p>\n

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