I have a hard time teasing apart artistic photography and portrait photography. I want my portraits to look like art. I’m more interested in capturing the essence of my subjects than a posed mug shot.
This group of children were fun to shoot. They are so friendly and they willingly sat for quite a few photos. We did devide the shoot up though and got the boys' portraits done a couple weeks later.
One thing I've learned is that kids need something to play with if I want to get their real joyful personality shining through.