I failed my way to success. -Thomas Edison
Sometimes, I have big ideas that turn out great. Sometimes, I don’t. This was a “sometimes, I don’t” time. This shoot was rushed, unplanned, and a complete failure… in my head anyway.
So here was the plan. Ryan Kate was going to shoot with a boy tot to make it look like she was cupid and he was a dapper little boy. Mistake number one was planning this the day of. Most of my themed shoots have at least a months worth of planning behind them. Nevertheless, I got up early and started searching for outfits. Luckily, Danielle, Kutter’s mom has just about anything I could have asked for. AND Ryan Kate is the size of her 6 year old daughter. Shocker. So from the outfits, I needed props. I wanted to make Ryan Kate a bow and arrow I had seen on Pinterest. This may have been the easiest part of the whole day.
I wanted Kutter to hold roses, but if you didn’t know… all florist shops in North LA close on Saturday’s at 12pm. Okay, I haven’t really checked into this, but it sure felt like it this day!
We planned to shoot right at sunset. It is the absolute best lighting of the day, but it was definitely the coldest part! BUT I have found the key to get good picture of Ryan Kate easily… You just add in a little Kutter! She is kind of smitten with him, I think. They’ve grown up around each other and are only a month or so apart. They have always played so well together, so he is my go to guy when I need a boy tot model.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t still get my share of mean mug and eye rolls. They just happened to come from Kutter this time!
We had to tell them that there were deer out there and they like to eat roses! RK has been talking about shooting a deer with a rose since that shoot. You can’t take the tomboy out of this silly girl.
You see that smile on Kutter’s face? That might be the only one I got. It also could have been because he was being smothered by loving’s from RK.
She sure loves her some Kutter.
So maybe I did get some cute shoots of them, not what I planned, but sometimes those are the sweetest shoots. To view their whole session, visit here.
Raising Ryan Kate 