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The Pittman Family was a blast to photograph!

Mama overheard me talking about how I was moving into a “portfolio-building” stage of Jenny Rain Photography and immediately scheduled me for a family shoot. Mama is personality-plus, and her husband is one of our First Responders at church for the security team and is awe-some with a capital A, so I could not wait to meet the rest of the family!

They were delightful!

I started the kids off with some jumps and gave them the assignment of running around the playground (to get all their energy out). Mama was pleased with how this worked only after she was able to re-do their hair back into its proper position pre-runaround.

I taught the kids the Rooster* and asked them to “strike-a-pose” and the littlest Pittman totally rocked the shots and gave us several classic outtake moments (more to come later!)

Mama and Daddy Pittman have been married for almost 2 decades and their love story is a consistent source of inspiration to me. They are both really involved at the church and walk what they talk, and their faith shows through everything they do.

The highlight of the shoot was when I began processing the photos and got to the “Burke Lake Railroad” building shots (second shot).

I noticed a particular “shadow” that showed up on the majority of the shots.

I looked at it… and then looked again… and then it stopped me in my tracks. It was the shadow of a Cross. None of us could figure out what cast the shadow of the cross on the building – it must have been a combination of a tree behind me and the railroad sign. When I showed Mama Ronnette, she and I both agreed that it was THAT particular shot (not greatly composed, not particularly clear or of outstanding quality) that made the entire shoot perfect because of Emmanuel = God with us.

These unexpected blessings are why I love photography so much….

*The Rooster: Nomenclature for the term that photographers use to describe the photographic technique of sticking out your chin and lowering your nose to prevent the inclusion of “double-chinnage” in photographs.