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Portraits: Sisters take on the beach

8/28/2013

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Toddler playing in sand at the beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
My girls can come across as quite docile when they meet someone new. Let me assure you, however, they are far from calm and quiet. They're nuts! And now I have evidence.

I have to admit, I envisioned this beach photo session in Corolla, NC, with the docile, I-behave-like-this-only-when-I'm-shy version of my girls. They would be sitting together, offering up huge smiles as the sun set over the dunes. Yeah, right. I didn't get a single shot of them sitting together with both looking at the camera.

But what I did capture was much more exciting and natural: two sisters finding a deserted sandcastle, playing and jumping and tackling each other. These photos are exactly how I want to remember them—perfect in the way only two wild, curious and sweet (and disobedient) toddlers could be.

Below: Cricket in mid-air, using her full body weight to shove Nora face-first into the sand. (Yes, she succeeded before I could stop her.)
Shove: Big sister leaping into the air to push little sister into the sand. Beach with waves in background. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Tiny toes in the surf.
Portrait: Tiny toddler feet in the sandy surf. Beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
We can't keep this one out of the water; she literally runs straight into the waves.
Portraits: Toddler girl running toward water at the beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
The closest I got to traditional portrait.
Two tiny sisters playing in the sand at the beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Jump!
Jump! Little girl jumping into the sand at the beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
A little bit of cooperation from Nora.
Portraits: Tiny toddler girl at the beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
This photo of Cricket was one of the last frames I took that evening. She was finally exhausted enough to pause for a moment and let me take a non-action shot as the sun dipped behind the dunes.
Portrait: Little girl climbing on a sandcastle in front of the dunes. Beach. By Calm Cradle Photo & Design
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