About Left of Center Photography
Left of Center Photography is simple, relaxed, fun photography that captures clients being themselves. The studio comes to you so that your photos are in the places that are part of your memories.
While Madison doesn’t go to school out in Vermillion, it’s where she spends a lot of her summer and with family and friends so it made for the perfect spot to head to for her senior portrait session. We spent a bit of time down on the beach and then strolled through town stopping when a spot looked interesting. I have to say, I think things turned out pretty good. I’m a little biased, though, she is my niece!
Congratulations Madison!
So it rained on their engagement shoot day and beach pictures were really important to them we got together just about a week ago to hit the sand. The sunset still didn’t cooperate with us, but it was nice enough to stroll in the water and let Maverick play in the sand!
Cassi sent me an email about a month ago and called me as “Picture Paul”. Right away I knew she was sent my way by Austin and Oliva’s parents! O always calls me “Picture Paul!”
She said she wanted some shots of her young twin sons and a few of the whole family. We picked Mentor Headlands and planned to meet up last Wednesday – which turned out to be one awfully hot and rainy day. That meant I had to wait one more day, until Thursday, to get to meet two of the cutest little kids I have ever seen. Together with their parents, the family looked like it stepped right out of a magazine shoot!
Every year, just before the Fourth of July, we get our kids and our nephews together to take a pictures of them all for the grandparents. It’s tradition. You don’t mess with that, right?
The whole group is six kids all under eight years old – ranging from two to eight for realz (my wife just told me I was using “actually” too much). How hard is it to get eight kids to look at you?
Actually (doh!), it’s not as bad as that looks. I was testing out the lighting and told them to relax.
Here is what’s cool about photographer’s kids. I just put mine on the log and got it one shot.
For me, the best shots came at the end of the session. I told them to just play. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – nothing beats taking a picture of a child just being a child.
And, ACTUALLY, that’s all I have to say in the post.
Actually, I wonder what I was thinking heading out to the beach with wind chills that had to be in the single digits if not lower. Of course, the guy that was windsurfing one up’ed me in the dedication department.
Like the video said, I made it to the lighthouse without freezing to death.
The most interesting find of the day was this dried up bouquet of roses along the lighthouse breakwall. If anybody knows the story please leave it in the comments or email it to me. If you don’t know the story, make up what you think it might be all about! 
Then in the car and off to Mentor Lagoons for a quick walk. It was my first time there and I’m glad my good friend Andi (also crazy enough to make this trip with me) introduced me to the place.
Let me know what you think of the video. I’m planning on including them more with the posts this year.
