Photo Story Friday
Bink’s first birthday was Wednesday. I’m working on a few posts with all the details and fun (there was a giraffe involved!), but I had to share this one picture. I had hoped to take Bink for some birthday portraits, but we didn’t have time to squeeze it in. In between the zoo extravaganza and heading to Grandma’s for a party, I took a few pictures of Bink at our beach. It was a spontaneous decision, since it was 90 degrees outside and Bink should have been napping.
I took a few hundred pictures, and a few others are pretty good, but this is my favorite. It’s the third one I took and Bink was fascinated by someone riding a jet ski.
He looks so small and so big at the same time. Like we’re right on the cusp of something amazing. My birthday boy.
Cecily R
June 3rd, 2010 @ 9:43 pm
That is a WONDERFUL shot!! A framer to be sure!!
Happy birthday Bink!!
Chris
June 3rd, 2010 @ 10:38 pm
I’ve had almost 38 birthdays, and not ONE has involved a giraffe. What a gyp!
You combine so many of my “rules” for shooting good pictures of kids: You got down into his world. You shot him from behind. And your horizon falls nicely into the rule of thirds.
Well done — it’s a great picture!
Lisa @ Boondock Ramblings
June 4th, 2010 @ 7:59 am
this part is awesome: He looks so small and so big at the same time. Like we’re right on the cusp of something amazing.
So true….so true.
Great shot. Truly.
Serline
June 4th, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
Very powerful image and message indeed. The world is his oyster… have a blessed weekend!
Carrie Keiser
June 7th, 2010 @ 10:58 am
happy birthday to your little man! They grow up so fast.
Christina
June 7th, 2010 @ 10:25 pm
That is precious! I love pictures like that…that capture such an important moment. Very simple, yet profound.