Grace's 6 year old pictures

Since the nearest Sears Portrait Studio (where I normally have the kids' pictures taken) is online, I decided to do Grace's 6 year old pictures myself.  There are a few photographers around, but I figured that I've got a nice camera that takes really good pictures, so I was going to give it a whirl before I forked out a bunch of money to have someone else do it.  After all, a good camera plus a beautiful subject can only equate to wonderful pictures!

There is a little park on post that has a fountain and a "river" along with some bridges and benches, and since it was right across the street from where she had her soccer game later in the day, we headed there.  I only took a hundred or so pictures, so I whittled them down, and here are some of my favorites.

I think she enjoyed having me take the pictures, and I know Tristan had a good time because he got to run around in the "forrest" and play with sticks and throw rocks into the water!  I think I will continue to do the kids pictures now that they are at an age where they follow directions pretty well and can smile decently on command.  A professional may be able to do some better, but as long as we're happy with the end result, what does it matter?