Do you remember Sam from one of my shoots last summer? Well, he’s a lot bigger now, and he’s got quite the artistic streak running through him. I love shooting with the paint set up for a couple of reasons. First, you are almost assured a ton of smiles. Secondly, it keeps your subject still long enough to capture some images. Studio shoots are notoriously hard to do with two year olds, because all they want to do run around. Really, the only way to combat this is to have a large studio and powerful strobes that allow for some wiggle room in terms of a lighting sweet spot. (Both of which I have neither of) When we first got the paint out Sam was a little hesitant to make a mess. I get why; it goes against everything he has been told for the last 12 months. But it really didn’t take much coaxing to get him to overlook the rules and go for it. In fact, he got a little too into it, and slung paint across the kitchen onto the blinds. It was washable paint, but I don’t know if it was coming out of the blinds any time soon. (My apologies to Mom and Dad) I guess I would classify this as Post Modern/Abstract Expressionism…. Oh who am I kidding, I got a D in Art History. What ever it is, nice work Sam!