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I have been hoping to capture some quality shots of Ava who lives next door to me almost since the day she was born, but I never had my camera equipment out when an opportune moment arose. But back in May a family of cats kept frequenting my backyard (the deck in my backyard is cat central for every feline for miles around for some reason). The pair of kittens of this newest non rent paying family to my back yard were just too irresistible to not try and photograph, so I took to leaving my camera on the kitchen table twenty four seven to take advantage of every opportunity I could get. <br />
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When I stepped outside my front door early one evening and saw Ava's mom Jessica playing with her, walking her on the hood of her brother's car who stopped by to visit, I saw the opportunity for another great candid and even better a great "two for" as I could get Jessica as well. I quickly walked back to the kitchen to grab my camera. <br />
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When I got back outside Jessica was no longer walking Ave across the car hood, and I disappointingly had to say goodbye to that potential great new shot to add to my candid gallery. But with Ava riding Jess's shoulders a great shot was still there to grab, even a candid one if I could get the shot off before they spotted my camera. Fat chance that that would ever happen with that honking 70-300mm zoom lens still attached to my equally imposing D300 in order to grab images of those skittish kittens in my backyard. But even as they turned and smiled for my impromptu little photo session, I could see I was going to get some good non candid shots that would look really nice in this my 'non candid' gallery instead. <br />
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The shots turned out to be superb, and I'm looking forward to adding many more of them and Cliff too as time goes by.

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I have been hoping to capture some quality shots of Ava who lives next door to me almost since the day she was born, but I never had my camera equipment out when an opportune moment arose. But back in May a family of cats kept frequenting my backyard (the deck in my backyard is cat central for every feline for miles around for some reason). The pair of kittens of this newest non rent paying family to my back yard were just too irresistible to not try and photograph, so I took to leaving my camera on the kitchen table twenty four seven to take advantage of every opportunity I could get.

When I stepped outside my front door early one evening and saw Ava's mom Jessica playing with her, walking her on the hood of her brother's car who stopped by to visit, I saw the opportunity for another great candid and even better a great "two for" as I could get Jessica as well. I quickly walked back to the kitchen to grab my camera.

When I got back outside Jessica was no longer walking Ave across the car hood, and I disappointingly had to say goodbye to that potential great new shot to add to my candid gallery. But with Ava riding Jess's shoulders a great shot was still there to grab, even a candid one if I could get the shot off before they spotted my camera. Fat chance that that would ever happen with that honking 70-300mm zoom lens still attached to my equally imposing D300 in order to grab images of those skittish kittens in my backyard. But even as they turned and smiled for my impromptu little photo session, I could see I was going to get some good non candid shots that would look really nice in this my 'non candid' gallery instead.

The shots turned out to be superb, and I'm looking forward to adding many more of them and Cliff too as time goes by.

semicandid parents and children black and white NYC Staten Island children Jessica Ava' sld3