Awesome afternoon of fun with our photography students Dads and kids. Watch the video here
DADS ROCK FUN PHOTO CLASS VIDEO
Lately, I have been feeling strongly that many families do not have great photos of Dad with the kids.
Listening to friends, they tell me that Dad is often the one who is reluctant to come along for a family photo session.
Do you agree?
Why is that?
Look at this pic of Darren and his daughter Amelia on a lovely afternoon on the beach.
Big love here!
A priceless picture in so many ways.
I love this pic and so does Darren.
But it was hard work getting Darren to come along to the family photo session in the first place.
Now, let’s be obvious, if Darren doesn’t come, this photo does not exist!
So, why didn’t Darren want to come along?
Lisa, his wife, told me:
He won’t come because he thinks blokes don’t do family photos.
He won’t come because he thinks he’ll be sitting and posing awkwardly for ages for the photographer.
He won’t come because he thinks he’ll be getting dressed up in clothes he wouldn’t normally wear -or worse, dressed by ME!
He won’t come because he thinks the photos will be just like the other family photos you have -so what’s the point in paying for more.
So what did we do?
We showed him photos of other blokes having fun doing family photos. Like this one!
We showed him outdoors photos of Dads not sitting but walking, running, and playing with their kids. Like this one!
We told him he could wear whatever he felt good in and showed him pics like this.
We showed him very special photos of fathers and their kids that were so much more than snapshots.
Photos full of love and laughter.
“I can do that.” Darren said.
So he came along, wearing what he liked, and had great fun outdoors with the family while I took pictures.
And now we have this.
This year I am making a point of encouraging a lot more Dads, like Darren, to agree to come along for family photos with me.
In fact I have a plan for doing just this.
My next Fun Photo Class on Sandgate foreshore will be dedicated to teaching my students how to take great pics of Dads and kids together.
I will call it Dads Rock Fun Photo Class and I will be getting in a few real Dads and their kids so we will be taking real pics for real families.
Don’t worry! If your one of my students on the day I’ll show you what to do. Enormous fun!
So I will be recruiting students to take pics and also recruiting Dads and their kids for the afternoon.
My students and I will create some beautiful pics to give to our Dads and their families.
The really good pics taken by my photography students will be included in my photography exhibition in the Bluewater Festival Art Trail this year.
This Fun Photo Class will be free for students and Dads and kids who come along but there will be a limit on numbers attending.
So it’s fair, I will draw names, from all those who have been nominated, out of my Out n About hat.
I will let you know if you have been successful.
It will be on Saturday March 18 from 4pm because its low tide. Beautiful!
Put it in your Calendar now.
I have created an event on my Facebook Out ‘n’ About page to let you know.
You can message me there too.
Who wants to come?
Awesome afternoon of fun with our photography students Dads and kids. Watch the video here
Dad’s Rock Fun Photo Class on Sandgate Waterfront
I’ll speak to any reluctant blokes if you need me to ha ha.
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