Patty's Boys

 It's been a bit since I've written about my shoots but I have been one busy photographer. I am excited to share this next roll with you on these crazy brothers.

This shoot inspiration came as a surprise for their mother. I met their mother at the church we attend and when I met her I felt an instant connection to her. She and I are kindred spirits. The same goes with her sons, husband, and family. I felt like I was literally dropped into an instant family. Patty had mentioned that she wanted more candid shots of her son James (he's the third oldest and just graduated high school). The boys and I got together and started talking. Why not surprise her with some updated photos of all of them together. She has four of them, so we are missing Daniel, but we plan to do another re-shoot in the next two weeks to include him as well.

This shoot was done in NoDa distract of Charlotte. NoDa is one of my most favorite places to photograph people because no matter how many shoots you do in that area you can make them all look unique with all the different textures, colors, and natural props. Because I am already fully acquainted and close to these boys I knew this shoot would be fun. Not just that, but I knew they'd pick on me since they had never seen me in my "professional" lets get good photos mood.


We got there an hour late due to some difficult in getting the surprise squared away. We didn't want mom to know that we were doing it so we had to fabricate a good story. My goal for each of the boys was to capture their personalities and bring it to life. I wanted to focus in on James and do his senior portraits and than use Tyler and Michael in poses that I could add to my portfolio.

Just seeing what a client shows up in in regards to clothing choice tells you a lot about their personality. I also wanted to make sure we got plenty of shots of the boys together and even some fun ones.

We were extremely pressed for lighting and time since we got such a late start. I didn't want to shoot night portraits of the boys and wanted to focus on using the light I had from the sun.

Overall the session was crazy. We had lots of laughs, cracked up, joked, and got some amazing shots of these boys. We are getting together again very soon before James goes to college so we can make sure we get those shots of the boys and Daniel. We don't want to leave anyone else out.

And if you made it this far in this blog entry you get to see a "not posted to the web or facebook" photo of Michael hugging his new favorite tree. ;)

Check out the rest of their session over on my facebook page by clicking here.