The Scottsdale Railroad Park is a great place to photograph children.  They hardly know that the photographer is there, which is perfect for my style of children’s photography.  I prefer them to be busy and having fun and these two twins were very busy and having lots of fun.  Here are a few of my favorite images from the child-life portrait session.

It’s all about the leggings!

Their mother works for Wells Fargo, so this stage coach was a perfect fit.

I love the sense of height here.  I seems like the kids are making an incredible leap here.  And who can resist a carousel in the back ground.  Although, you will note that when you do have a carousel in the background, you must shoot at a wide aperture, otherwise, the background would be far to cluttered and would compete with the kids in the foreground far more.

This next set reminds me of a Norman Rockwell painting.

I had to include this shot.  This was toward the end of the session and the little boy was being a bit challanging and there was this little moment between father and son.  If I were to make one of those one word motivational posters out of this, it would be titled: FRUSTRATION.  I thought it was a perfect little story of its own.

Now for my favorite part.  Ice-Cream!  There is a little ice-cream shop there at the park, so we went in and got a few cones.  Ice-cream equals joy!

Photography Session Information: Children’s Portraits

Photography by Jared Platt, Platt Photography

Location: Scottsdale Railroad Park, Scottsdale, Arizona