For the past six years I’ve tried to get my daughter in the studio to pose with a the same camera, an old Nikon F3 I once used for work, and make her portrait. It’s been a great exercise in documenting the growth of my daughter. It’s amazing to see her change in relationship to the constant size and shape of the camera.
So when my son was born last year I knew I wanted to keep the tradition with him as well. I just didn’t know with what. I wracked my brain for what to pose him with for a long time. During that time my parents moved to town. Of course all of my ‘junk’ that I left with them arrived as well. One day we found an old surplus military jacket I use to wear a lot in high school.
We thought it would be the perfect fit – in 16 years or so. Why not photograph him growing in to it?
How are you documenting your children?
I like the jacket idea. BTW Gavin is now over six feet tall – I am afraid he will not fit into his football jersey by the time he has grown up.