Perfectly imperfect....

So one of my philosophies during my photo shoots is "capturing it real"...I really do want to capture a little moment in time for families and children and really any situation I find myself photographing. Back in October I wanted to get a family picture of us at the perfect spot that I had been watching for months...it has trees hanging over an abandoned path and the light is absolutely beautiful in the fall...for some reason we just couldnt get the timing right until one day when I knew we would have 30 minutes tops of beautiful light before the sun went down. I set up the camera on the tripod and set the timer and...well, this is what happened: I had a hard time beating the timer the first few tries...as evidenced by my whipping hair and frazzled expression.......





these crack me up...Rylee picking her nose in one...Emilee's "peace" sign in another.....

Emilee oh so helpful with the bunny ears....



Everyone getting a little tired and frustrated at this point so we decided to do something fun just to make everyone smile....meanwhile the light is fading quickly and I am thinking the picture is not going to happen....decided to have everyone sit down for these.....they are not perfect....there are blades of grass covering faces but there is just something about the very last one that I love...and you know what....perfectly imperfect is truly perfect in my eyes.