I think babies and adults are the easiest to photograph. Babies have very basic needs, and if you take care of those needs before and while photographing them they will allow you to capture them; as for adults they are more than willing to sit still and follow directions as long as you are clear what those directions are. I asked a friend who recently had a baby to let me photograph her son, and she agreed. Oliver was a willing subject for the most part. He really is a cute baby boy, and I think that it was captured in the photographs.

Sometimes a photograph is an amazing canvas too which as an artist you can add personal touches.

We have a beautiful landscaped water conservation park. It is a series of water collection pools and fenced trails and xeriscaping all around. I decided to take my children and photograph them on the rocks with surrounding plants and natural backdrop.

I took my children to the beach yesterday, we really only go once year, so this trip was exciting for them. On the way we picked up my sister and her girls. While there I was able to take a very cute picture of my sister and her girls. Plus some fun beach play scenes.

My paternal grandmother turned 90 and of course that was cause for a family celebration. All her children as well as two sisters and many other family came to celebrate. I had the opportunity to photograph each family and different variations of each of those families.

I learned about a new technique, you actually set the lens to manual and purposely move the lens to create movement in the photograph. The shutter speed is also slowed down to actually show the movement.

Some of the best places to use as photography backdrops are the ones we knew as children, so in that same spirit I decided to share those places with my children.