Astrojumps. The supreme toy for any child’s birthday. A great way to keep kids occupied and happy simultaneously.
As a kid, I don’t think I’ve ever had an astro jump for my birthday but I remember wanting one. They have a method of pulling you in. Kind of like how the Moon gravitates around the Earth.
I’m fascinated with today’s astro jumps; more elaborate and built for ultimate child satisfaction. Like the one pictured here at Nathan’s birthday party. The little kids love Sponge Bob and he says, imagine in Sponge Bob’s voice, “Come children! Let’s play!”.
They’re almost like amusement parks stationed at Mission Valley mall and Otay Ranch mall. It’s a growing trend. Has anyone been to these astro jump parks?
This happy kid here is Riley. He’s a child photographer’s dream; happy, smiling cheek to cheek, and random acts of posing for the camera. The key to keeping Riley very content is to let him loose in the biggest playground in the world! It was probably really big in his eyes, as if someone combined three different playgrounds together. Ideally, I love to photograph portraits close to sunset. In San Diego, the light from the sun makes portraits look natural and awesome.
Riley looked overwhelmed with the yellow slides, wiggly bridges, peep holes, musical thingywigs and distracted with other kids playing with toys he wanted. He reminded me of how I needed to hit the gym because I never thought that being a photographer would mean I had to be fit! I had to run after him a couple of times, cross bridges, slide the slide, etc.
In the end, I captured some lovely shots of Riley ;]
I love photographing cute and happy children! Being a child photographer can be very rewarding. There’s nothing like bringing a child to the local park and capturing them in a state of complete happiness.
In San Diego, the whole city is my backdrop. There are so many different areas of San Diego that make a picture perfect backdrop for any child. The photos I took here of Nathan were taken at a local park in Otay Ranch. The park is only a couple of years old but the city maintains the area to keep it in tip top shape.
Nathan was ecstatic to stretch his legs in this large fun-filled park. Having him in such a great mood enabled me to photograph him in nonchalantly. I’d say that I am very good with children. I’ll do anything to make them laugh. Nathan was shy when we first met but after he got used to me he opened up.
I believe the key to great child photography is being able to turn yourself into a child. Think like them and act like them. Child photography isn’t easy because many children do not stand in one place.
To get the photographs of Nathan I was practically running around on the playground. I followed him down the slides, over the bridge and down the poles. So here it is, photos of Nathan:
November is right around the corner and I’m posting an update on what Photos by Rowell is working on. At the top of the list is Sheree and Scott’s wedding photos. I’m going through each photo and they are turning out really well.
I’ve booked two other photoshoots:
Nathan & Riley Child Photography Portraits
I’m looking forward [...]
Many times I have done wedding photography and portrait photography against the sun and depending on how you see this situation you can either get bad pictures or succeed and get creative pictures.
1. Use a lightmeter..
To get a sense of what exposure you will need to properly light your back lit subject
2. Use your on-camera [...]
My new wedding photography and portrait photography site is up and running on the internet! I am now booking winter and summer weddings and portraits right now. My site is composed of html, css and flash. On the home page you will see a flash sequence of wedding photographs and portraits. If you scroll down
I’ve started to produce higher quality image CDs for all the paid assignments I’ve come across. The process is fairly simple. In photoshop I set up the images I’d like to use for the front, insides and back covers.
What’s really nice is that I also have a template for the actual cd that sticks right [...]
As I promised, here are five awesome photos of Eli during his celebration. Isn’t he the cutest little baby you’ve ever seen? He has those large wondering eyes, looking at me and wondering what in the world I was doing with such a large device in his face. Luckily, he did not cry and just [...]
On July 26 2008, Eli Conner OCon was baptised at St. Gregory the Great in Poway. The church itself is absolutely beautiful, at least one of the most beautiful I’ve seen in San Diego. Upon entering the church you approach the Holy Water in a large stone bowl. It’s slightly over flowing with Holy Water [...]
