Client Vs. Friends.

I have a hard time keeping that line drawn. Especially when there are children involved. I fall quickly in love. I have to...right? So if you ever catch me stealing a quick smooch from your little, don't be surprised ;) No seriously though- I struggle with keeping a professional relationship with most of my clients, and I am unsure if that's a bad thing or not (SO feel free to leave your comments below and give me your opinions please!) because, I need your children to be comfortable with me, right? And that requires a lot of close contact and playing and loving. And I also need my older clients to feel at ease with me as well, so that your sessions aren't stuffy and boring, it's like we're hanging out and I'm just snapping some pics while we are at it. Now, with that being said, most of you who know me well, know that I am sort of a strange person. I talk to myself, I crack up at my own jokes while you are looking at me uncomfortably, unsure of what I'm doing- I'm a very touchy and hands on person. I try to feel out my clients before I mark my boundaries, but 90% of the time, I forget, and I'm all up in your personal space again. So, the point of this blog is to get people's opinion on where the boundaries should be drawn. The OTHER point is to chat about on my fav repeat families, who I feel like I consider my friends almost, and not clients, although we only ever talk when they have a session coming up. I met them because mom is a friend of my sister, who recommended me to them, and we met for the first time when their little lady was just 7 weeks old. I.was.SMITTEN with her. She has these big chocolate eyes that just melt my heart. And they have been to see me 3 times since then. I have lost all personal boundaries with them for sure! (I don't think they mind though ;) So they came to see me yesterday for baby girl's 6 month portraits and some Halloween shots (re scheduled since we got hit by that Pesky Sandy)and I'm not even sure if they were in the door before I was reaching for some baby snuggles! So they handed her over, mom and I did our thing with the playing dress up and picture taking of baby, I got lots of snuggles, and most importantly, lots of adorable shots. So i wanted to share one! Such a simple shot, but I love those the most. <3 On another note- I want to send out good wishes for anyone who was affected by hurricane Sandy this week- so horrible :( xoxox