Ballito photo session aka getting in photos with your kids

The ONE thing I want from every "memorable" occasion is at least one nice photo.

 

Is that too much to ask?

 

I've spoken before about how important it is for me (AND YOU!) to get in photos with the kids. It was a journey for me in 2011 but I'm there now and I get a good haul of about 100 decent (made the cut) photos every year.

 

Isn't that awesome?!

 

Anyway, so when we went to Ballito to celebrate my 40th birthday, I wanted nice photos against the fabulous grey wall.

 

At the time I thought the photo session was a disaster.... then again, I always do.... but I got some beautiful photos and some weird ones that I LOVE!

 

Here is just a small selection of photos from the 4th day and the photo session against that wall!

setting out

 

Essence - Berry (R24,95 from Clicks) It is my "normal" signature shade.

this is actually what it's like trying to take photos with 5-year-olds - ZERO focus

unexpected great one!

Do you consciously get in photos with your kids?

(if not, let's set a goal, just get in 3 photos for the months remaining of 2014, one a month. So this is something I'm willing to do a link-up for. Will you participate? If you're nervous, start with all your feet or hands, and then profile shots, til you get comfortable with a "proper" photo)

PS I have a photo of my mother and I when I was THREE, and I made sure to get one of her now I'm FORTY! Nothing in between except wedding photos.

The fabulous grey wall in Ballito

I do think this grey wall is just the BEST backdrop for photos so when Terisha commented on my Instagram that she couldn't find it, and there was no time to meet up in person, I decided to take photos when I next went there.

(Interesting - Terisha commented on the 4th, her birthday, and I took these on the 6th, my birthday)

We stay in one of the complexes near the Granny's Pool (Terisha, I can email you - I just don't want to put it on the internet!), so out the gate and turn LEFT.

we are very close when you see this lifeguard stand

Willards Beach

it's on the back of this thing!

go down the windy ramp thing

and turn left past the outdoor showers

this is the front of that round thing, assuming you didn't go down the windy ramp

opposite the tide info, turn to look back and you'll see this road

I went onto the little ledge and peered down the railing. THERE"S THE GREY WALL from above.

if you walk around the other side, you'd turn right to get to that section of grey wall, but if you look left, you see this view

And the grey wall!

it's so very worth it!

Who's going to Ballito next?