My boys

A photographer's children are not necessarily the most photographed children in the world. My four boys aren't very friendly with my camera (from over-exposure to it when they were younger, perhaps?), so getting anything more than family snapshot can be a real chore. My five yr old Caleb, for instance, freezes into a silly pose or a grimace whenever he sees the camera pointed his way. He won't unfreeze until he hears the shutter click, either. Because of all this, I didn't have a great portrait of the four together... until two weeks ago.

My mum and I took the boys to the beach for a walk. I took my cameras, determined that today would be the day for a portrait. They played, and I took snapshots...


Then I got serious.

If you come to my office you will see a gorgeous 30x40 inch canvas print of this portrait hanging on my wall. This little image just doesn't do it justice - you've got to see it big! (Can you tell I'm a proud and happy mum?)