It's been a while since I've posted any portraits of children on the blog, and if any deserve the exposure, it's these handsome triplets. I visited a past client for a follow-up shoot, a little over a year since their last session, and wow, had the boys grown! They'd gone from infants we needed to prop up to exploring, smiling, curious fellas who paid virtually no mind to my clicks and flashes.

With kids under a certain age, you're best off if you hang in there for "the shot" where you can at the very least get all their faces, even better with smiles. Frustration can never become a part of the shoot - you have to know going in that you're looking to capture the personality and moment more than a formal portrait (well, we made those, too!). Pays off every time if you just keep shooting, and stay low to reduce the angle on your little, ever-moving subjects.

While the above shot was styled to be a classic, black & white shot of the boys and their surroundings, I was thrilled to have a few shots such as this one, at left. Three's a charm in my book, and more importantly, my photographs. With three, your composition is balanced, and the eye moves through the frame from each person or object, exploring the entire frame. A fluid composition such as this one doesn't offer any bumps or erratic stops, until you get to the closet subject, who is looking to the lower-left...notice how when looking at the shot, you start in the back, and end there in the front? Love that.

So while we can't see our third subject's face, we still have an awesome composition, and a little story is told by their positions and cast of their gaze. I'd love to see this one blown up to -over-the-sofa dimensions, and framed in a contempory manner - maybe even printed on acrylic, or canvas. Artsy!

Also, a quick note to check out this month's Hamptons magazine, with our shot of Beth Ostrosky Stern printed as a full page on the table of contents. Beth's captured here with a North Shore Animal League America puppy, who by now I'm hopeful is long settled in its adoptive family's home. The shot is from a fundraiser luncheon at Savanna's restaurant in Southampton, the event mentioned a few posts down.

Keep your eyes peeled, too, for Beth's upcoming book from Simon & Schuster. Oh My Dog will be released in Spring of 2010...can't wait to share the cover photo we made with you folks!