Well, hello there!
I’m Christine and I’m thrilled to be working with Stepping Stones this spring to photograph the amazing students at this unique school.
When I asked Director Maren about what kind of photography she wanted for the students, she suggested going straight to the source. That’s you! Please help us out, speed-read the info below and answer the super short survey. Thank you much in advance!
P.S. Class pictures will be available too. Years from now it will be great to reminisce about those early classmates. . .like when my daughter cut another girl’s hair in preschool and brought the clippings home in her lunchbox. Immediately after that the school changed student access to scissors.
school pictures
at school!
YOU WANT THAT PERFECT SCHOOL PICTURE. I hear ya.
listen. . .
Traditional school portraits are a rite of passage in some circles. And they are often good for a chuckle if nothing else. But let’s just think outside the box and dare to imagine something. . .different.
An honest-to-goodness REAL smile
Jumping up and down, running at full speed, hugging a teacher
A look of engagement and wonder when discovering something new
A Laugh Out Loud
Interaction with peers
Quiet contemplation
Relationship with the environment
This is made possible with
documentary school photography
Think of it as a photojournalist at your kid’s school with the end product titled
“Jane’s morning at Stepping Stones Nature School”
that’s great, but i want to at least try to have my kid looking at the camera
i hear you and i got you
More directed portraits are totally doable. At Stepping Stones Nature School these will occur outdoors with nature as the backdrop. My approach to making portraits of children involves having a conversation, learning about their favorite things, and telling some silly jokes.
I don’t ask them to say “cheese.”
We get organic and natural expressions.
Sometimes they giggle. Sometimes they are more serious and reserved. All these expressions are equally beautiful.
This is made possible with
personality portrait photography
Otherwise known as, Christine being very silly and sometimes making fart sounds with her arm.