{"id":701,"date":"2008-07-15T10:32:38","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/?p=701"},"modified":"2008-07-15T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T16:49:42","slug":"photographing-the-photographer-tales-from-a-chicago-family-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog\/photographing-the-photographer-tales-from-a-chicago-family-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing the Photographer: Tales from a Chicago Family Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photographing another photographer (and more importantly the children of said photographer).  Sounds like an easy feat, doesn&#8217;t it?  In theory the children of photographers are used to having their pictures taken.  Used to seeing their mom or dad&#8217;s face transformed into a black box with a circular piece of glass.  Right?  Easy peasy&#8230;Ha.  As I will prove to you right <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/?p=612\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, as many photogs reading this will attest, photographing your own child is an exercise in frustration.  So, armed with my knowledge of this I approached yesterday&#8217;s session with a sense of challenge.  You know what tho?  I hadn&#8217;t needed to worry because I had these boys under my spell (even tho, after three frames the youngest turned to me and asked: &quot;are we done yet?&quot;  LOL.  Not even close, little grasshopper).  We had fun, we played and we got some really amazing images.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the level of ease for which it was to photograph I enjoyed working with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nanettegerrits.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wisconsin&#8217;s Nanette Gerrits<\/a>, her wonderful (and funny) husband and her two gorgeous boys.   A big thank you to her for venturing out up to the Chicago area for an Urban Decay session.  I loved meeting you guys, I had a blast (and more importantly I hope you guys did too) and I think you are going to be VERY happy with the images from your session.  There is nothing like the spark of creativity I get when met with a new place and a family that *gets* the process.  So thank you on that level.&nbsp; And also, thank you for entrusting me with your confidence in obtaining something truly special and remarkable for your family.&nbsp; It means the world to me that you allowed me to capture this time in your lives.<\/p>\n<p>So, enough blabbering.&nbsp; Go. Enjoy the sneak peeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Sofa Antics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7295bw.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Love Mom Style\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7424.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Blue Eyed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7380.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"With Dad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmaladephotography.com\/blog-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/_D2O7503texbw(2).jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks for stopping in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Namaste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ooooh, P.S. as I almost forgot.  Thanks to my wonderful husband who drove out to help us out with the sofa.  Thanks D!  Love you much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographing another photographer (and more importantly the children of said photographer). Sounds like an easy feat, doesn&#8217;t it? In theory the children of photographers are used to having their pictures taken. Used to seeing their mom or dad&#8217;s face transformed into a black box with a circular piece of glass. Right? Easy peasy&#8230;Ha. 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