5 years!!! For a few weeks now I’ve been trying to get Biggest Brother out to get his 5 year pics…he wants to head downtown Tulsa, but we just never seem to be able to make it down there. We usually do birthday pictures with sign showing the age, but I forgot it so we’ll have to do those downtown later. I convinced him to go for a walk to a nearby concrete company for some pics. I drive by it all the time and have always wanted to shoot around the site. It is actually shocking that he did a normal smile, it is usually a goofy grin. He also wore his holey jeans to show off his scabbed knee – such pride in flesh wounds!
Every night he prays for all the kids in the world who don’t have mommies and daddies. Last night he prayed, “God – all the kids who don’t have a mommy or daddy, will you please give them a mommy and a daddy. BUT save one little girl so I can ask her if she wants to be a part of our family and if I can be her big brother.” Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE BEING A MOM!
PHOTO TIP: Cool places can look really ugly until you get behind your camera (that is a funny sounding tip!) To demonstrate, I thought I’d share some wide angle shots of where we were at to give you a better idea of the setting.
The view from the street that compelled me to go explore with a handsome boy and a camera
Our first location…a pile of rusty containers. Funny that his shirt says “Be cute and don’t pollute” with this as a setting…
Spot two: a pile of metal beams
And naturally if you are a five year old boy and you see an old tractor you must show off your muscles and your mad jumping karate skills
by AshleyAnn
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Jenn - Corbett – What a handsome and cool guy you are!!! Oh, and nice shirt. Ash – These pictures are amazing and some of my favorite of Corbett. He looks like a tried and true model.
Tracey - As always, this is extremely eye opening. I would have never thought to look at a place that looked like that from the road. Thanks for taking a step back.
Sandy - Great pics, Great location and best of all, Great subject. Hard to believe Corbett’s 5. Time sures seems to go quickly. I love his prayer. You and Chris have raised three FANTASTIC boys. Very, very proud of you and your family.
Jesse - You really are so blessed! What a handsome little man!
amanda torres - so cool…it’s really neat to see your boys grow up on here. Ready to see a little girl Campbell.
bopha - Those are great pictures of a very handsome guy! He is getting so big and very mature looking
Carol - He just gets more handsome everyday and is becoming such a caring boy. I have my pictures picked out!!!
Angie Brooks - 5 years old! I remember when he was crawling around as a little skunk for Halloween when we first met you. Crazy! What a handsome young man. What a perfect spot for his pictures. Jaxson was looking at the pictures w/ me and he noticed his hurt knee without me even saying anything. I guess it’s a guy thing.
Christina Larsen - I love how you can take an unasuming location and make awesome pics out of it. You are amazing. However, you have a cutie for a 5yr old, as well.
meg duerksen - so true.
i have been driving by these two rusty green dumpsters every night for soccer practice and every time i think “i have got to do pictures there!” funny.
great shots of your handsome little man.
what a big heart he has.
Jeannette - Ah, I love them!! I’m looking forward to trying out my new skills on Jordan’s 6 year pictures in the next week or so. I need to scope out a fun place to take them!!
Ari - Ashley, I wish I could take pictures like you! I better start practicing more!!!
Ari
Lauren Roberts - Corbett is such a GREAT looking boy! I love it when I find pictures of him in diapers running around our front yards, to this. Way to go guys!
Jamie - I feel I need to re-word my earlier comment. I meant that it’s a cool location for a little boy’s pics. It kinda sounded like I was saying that the pics were good pics considering Corbett is a boy. Maybe I’m paranoid, but I didn’t want you to think I was being critical of him! He is very handsome!
Lesley - Corbett has some serious karate skills! These are all so good.
Shannon Phillips - What a little stud! These are definitley some of my favorite Corbett pics. I am loving the location too. I know what you mean about a place looking ugly. My clients sometimes look at me like I am crazy from the places we go.
Jamie - Get out! Those pics are awesome — especially for a boy. Thanks for the great tip; I would have never thought of looking at somewhat “grungy” places as great backgrounds