Day 294, Part 1: Practice at the park

A friend asked me take some photos for her daughter’s 2 year pictures, since she loved the photos I took back in April.  I went to a new park another friend told me about to see if it might work.  Besides being a really cool park for the kids, there are tons of photo spots.  I had a lot of fun, but it’s a big park and Cooper was in full exploration mode, while Charlotte just wanted to sit and focus on playing.  Here are the tons of photos, to help make up for the missed days!

She wanted off the horse, but I couldn’t resist getting a photo of her like this.

I love the smile on her face and I haven’t done many vintage edits lately…I think I’m liking clean edits right now.

I struggled to get the exposure right on this because of the backlighting.  He was so proud of himself that I was at the bottom of the ladder and he was at the top.

Haha, love his crossed arms!  And of course the fall colors!

Running away from mommy. 

A bit blown, but I thought this climbing bridge made for an interesting photo.

I love this one.

This one is great too because they are faced in opposite directions.

Check out the giant hand!  There are two of them ‘holding up’ a rock.  Makes for great photos! 

Charlotte played in the sandbox with other kids’ toys for at least 20 minutes.  Check out the giant globe in the background!

There was a cool faux tree that Cooper loved climbing, until he got stuck.  

Large open green area and a great fence to use for photos as well.

I couldn’t get this photo edited the way I wanted at all.  This is a bit too warm and contrasty for my tastes, and the backlighting created too much of a glow on him.  There were other people playing catch with a baseball and gloves, so Cooper was letting them know he wanted join in.

He loved being under the bridge more than on the bridge.  Charlotte kept saying ‘scaiwed’ (scared).

He was telling me to listen for the crickets.  

Charlotte sat on this drain while Cooper ran around under the bridge.  So cute!