We took a family vacation to Utah a few weeks ago and I got to photograph my nephews, Harrison (5) and Bennett (3).  I love these boys, and it’s always a ton of fun to get our kids together with them since they are the same ages.

Bennett is a shy boy….  This shoot was towards the end of our visit, so I had been around him for about 5 or 6 days by this point.  He still didn’t want anything to do with me.  It didn’t help that he had been sick, either.  He loves his Mommy, his daddy, and especially loves his “dampa”.  He’ll sit with Grandpa Wilcke every chance he gets.

His mom, Beth, and I took the boys to the Outfitter’s cabin in  Promontory Ranch.  It’s a very neat building, as you will see, and it’s surrounded by beautiful trees, flowers and amazing light.  I even saw a few deer there when I had first gone over there to scope out a location.

Harrison was totally up for cooperating with his Aunt Meredith, but Bennett was a different story.  Beth would put him down in the flowers and he would CRY huge tears and look at me like I was going to take him away forever.  Poor kid.  We decided to implement “Operation Hide Mommy” which is a wonderful tool I use when photographing kids that are dealing with such things as separation anxiety.  Within two minutes of Beth “going to the car to get something” and staying away, he was perfectly fine.  Such a silly boy!

Anyway, I’m just delighted to have captured Bennett’s true personality and Harrison’s zest for “dancing”. :)   Take a look!

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