First “paid” Awkward shoot..

I’m not using the term awkward lightly this time. When I say awkward, I mean really awkward….

Sunday was the day I wanted to go to a pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins and hopefully get some cute pictures of Seth. Seems simple enough, right?

So, in order to support our local community, Brian decided we would check out the Pumpkin Patch close to our home. This was in someone’s front yard, which had a farm. They seemed to have a very nice display, with lots of pumpkins, gourds, mums, and straw bales. There was even an area for kids to paint a small pumpkin.  But, by the time we left I was wondering what else might be growing and… um… consumed on that farm…..

The couple that lived there was nice enough, but most people in the area are.  The wife seemed to be close to my age, and her husband(?) a tad bit older. That lady was all over the place, talking a million miles a minute.  When she saw my camera, she asked how much I charged to take pictures. I told her that I am not a professional, I just like to take pictures of my boys, and for hobby. She started showing me around, so I told her we just wanted to get a couple of pumpkins and I wanted to take a few pictures of the baby with some they had out.  She left us to look around and pick out what we wanted. About 5 minutes later she came back over and asked me if I would take some pictures of her and her husband, using their own SD card. Trying to be nice, I said sure. She goes into the house to find the card. We make our selections and are waiting for her to return, when her husband starts talking to us. We pretty much heard all about his recent car accident, the damage to his foot, how they started this “farm” and how much money they were bringing in with it. We are patiently waiting, when his wife FINALLY returns 2O minutes later.  She has grabbed their dog for the picture and messing with him, then grabs something else. When she finally makes it over to us, I get her set up in the shade in front of one of the nicer displays. I ask her for her SD card. “My what?” she says. “Your camera card,” I say. She looks confused at this point.  Her husband speaks up, and tells her I need the camera card that she had gone into the house to find. Ah, we have a light bulb going off!! She starts digging through her pockets, purse, etc. Guess what? No card!

To save us all a little time, I told her I would take the pictures and email them to her. I got her email address, Brian paid for the pumpkins and we started loading them up. Since I was so nice, and took pictures for them, they even threw in a free mum! My first “paid” photo shoot, awkwardness included!~~~~

Just for the heck of it- here is my first "awkward" people photo shoot. Faces disguised with Picnik, of course!!!