Happy Valentine’s Day! {Children’s Portraiture | Sullivan’s Island, SC)

My poor girls . . . they are hounded by their mamarazzi.  They tolerate me and my “you’ll be glad you have these pictures someday!” tirades as I chase them around with my camera.  Sometimes they’re into it, sometimes they’re not.  But by now they know I won’t quit until I get what I need, and I know that their currency is ice cream. That’s why for their classroom Valentine’s Day cards, I told them they had free rein over what we did, where we went, clothing, poses, etc.  It’s clear they’ve been well-trained over the years, since they picked out coordinating, holiday-appropriate attire for themselves 🙂  We hadn’t been to the beach in awhile, so they decided to go down to the boardwalk and dance around a little one afternoon after school.  And this is why I love Charleston in the wintertime . . . Happy Valentine’s Day!!

See what I get when I say, “do whatever you want”?!  This was her high-fashion pose.  Apparently, it’s the cool thing to do.