Why kids are so photogenic!

Up at 5:30 am today! Now, why would anyone do this on a Sunday morning? Well, to meet the kids and grandkids for breakfast in Birmingham! Why else?

Aria and Trent left this afternoon with my son-in-laws parents for a week at the beach. Now there's two smart kids! They go to the beach and leave their mom and dad at home! I like that!

So we all met for breakfast and afterwards we took advantage of the beautiful morning with a photo shoot! I shot 85 frames and after viewing them on my computer screen I realized that kids never take bad photo's. I sat there for a few minutes, staring at my screen, in amazement. This has never occured to me before! Why are kids so photogenic? As I browsed through todays pics I realized that kids take great photo's because they're care free. They don't worry about how they look or what they're wearing. They're not concerned with whether or not the angle is going to make them look fat. They don't try to be something that they're not.

Kids take great photo's because the world hasn't had a chance to tell them that they're not good enough. Kids don't worry what other people will say when viewing their photo's. Kids have an innocence, that unfortunately, doesn't last very long. It's such a shame that society will eventually change them. It won't be much longer before they're dodging camera's and begin noticing flaws that no one else will notice.

We as a society put so much emphasis on beauty that we try to live up to an impossible standard. It's been said before, but bears repeating: Even the most beautiful models, actors and actresses don't look like themselves. It's a photographers job to make them look the way, we as a society, expect them to look! We airbrush them, we photoshop them, and voila... Perfection!

But kids... we don't have to do anything! They're perfect just the way they are!

Aria and Trent

I thought I would share a glimpse of my personal life today. These are my grandchildren; Aria and Trent. It's simply astonishing how quickly they grow!

I had always heard that being a grandparent is completely different than being a parent, and the love that you have for your grandchildren just doesn't compare to the love you have for your own children. In my mind I thought "Uh huh... blah, blah, blah..." But, since becoming a "Grammy", I completely understand that!

I was in the delivery room with my daughter and her husband when Trent was born, and I instantly fell in love with that little guy! There's just something that happens when your "baby" has a baby! That was the first time in my life I cried tears of pure joy!

I absolutely love my grandchildren with every fiber of my being. There is nothing that I wouldn't do for them. I find myself worrying about them in a way that I never worried about my own daughter; it's impossible to explain.

I am so proud of the parents that my daughter and son-in-law are! Their world revolves around their children and I have no doubt that Aria and Trent feel how very much they are loved.