4th of July-Part 2/ Tracey Dawkins Photography Senior Rep Team

4th of July part 2 is themed around a picnic at the lake.   Rollins College, located on the shores of Lake Virginia, is the perfect place for lake pictures.  There is a horseshoe shaped dock and a little sandy beach area, perfect for photographing the team.  One thing I love about Rollins is you can park pretty close to the areas where you are shooting, this is a photographer’s dream.  So,  I loaded down my wagon with watermelon, ice, Cocoa Colas, a blanket and of course plenty of sparklers and set off to enjoy the shoot with my Senior  Rep Team.

I started this group session off  by photographing the boys.  These three boys are great friends, and it shows in the pictures.   Their natural camaraderie shows through in all of the shots.  I love how well their outfits go together, and those smiles are genuine.  The boys turn any photo session into a fun event.

A must have for 4th of July picnic pictures, is all American food and drink.   For this session, I picked something easy, watermelon and Coca-Colas.  The kids couldn’t wait to eat the watermelon.  Can I just say, sticky watermelon and sand don’t mix.  Luckily, we had fresh water and paper towels on hand.

This picture with the girls and the flags is my favorite picture from this session. They are the cutest girls and those smiles and dimples,  just love this pic!

As the sun starts to set the sky turns golden so we took some more dock pictures with that beautiful sky in the background.  As it gets darker, it’s sparkler time!

We did a couple of practice runs with the sparklers, just to make sure we could light them and because some of the kids were afraid of them.  I thought this was hilarious, I had to tell them that even toddlers hold sparklers.  As their sparkler’s were being lit, they would close their eyes and hold the sparkler way out it front of them.  After a couple of times everyone was more comfortable and we were ready to go.  By the end of the session they loved the sparklers, the boys even had a sparkler duel.  To see the sparkler duel picture and some of my other favs check out my social media pages listed below.

This was one of my favorite group sessions, the theme was fun and the kids were absolutely great.  If you would like to see more pictures from the session, follow me on:

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