This was a shoot we did on Mother’s Day. I bought Patti her own, personal Canon Digital Rebel XT (which is nicer than my own camera) for her birthday — even though her birthday was in July. I found the camera on clearance at Wal*Mart. It eludes me why I was in Wal*Mart. I offer no excuses. I bought it for her birthday, months away, but I only had a 30-day window to return the camera if it didn’t work or she didn’t like it. So she got her birthday present on Mother’s Day.
We went downtown and shot photos in front of the old ice plant. It was a bit of a disaster. The location was dangerous and the kids decided to display their very real death wish by running towards drop offs, broken glass, rebar, etc.
Out of that mess came some photos I like. Anya was quite done having her photo taken by this point, but I wanted to get a few shots with that dark green moss growing on the brick as a backdrop. She complied under duress and it shows.
I like it anyway.