I know the title sounds like I photographed a bluegrass group but nope…it’s my sister’s boys (as pictured below) Hayden, Cole, and Kacen. I laugh when I think of these guys as teenagers. I can’t put my finger on why…I’m just certain it will be funny.
We shot some long overdue pictures of the boys at my parents house a few weeks ago.
These guys kept me laughing the entire time.
I actually had one of those moments of clarity that will hit me as a photographer every now and then. I was shooting pictures of three of my 5 nephews…sure…but I was also creating something that these guys will look back on one day as brothers. It’s rare that we appreciate the importance of a photo when it is being created. More times than none it takes drastic change to reveal the true value in an image.
The mailbox below belonged to Mr. Phillips who lived across the road from the house I grew up in. When I was first taking an interest in photography I would take Dad’s Canon AE1 out and shoot pictures of things around our property. For whatever reason….I shot a ton of pictures of this mailbox. That mailbox and those little California Raisins they gave away at Hardee’s.
Not long after I took the photo above I asked the boys to smile. Kacen….far left….decided that this was the smile he was going with. After I cracked up the other two boys looked over and this is what that looked like. I just thought this series was funny enough for an animation. This picture below should be moving for you….
Finally….their new Halloween shirts.
It’s always fun photographing you guys and I hope I have many more opportunities to do that as you grow up! May you never realize that your Uncle Dave isn’t as cool as you think he is now.
by David Higginbotham
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