Last weekend I had the opportunity to photograph Crofton's Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the paper that carries the column Liz Forbes and I write. I love our little community's annual events - the fishing derby, the Christmas parade and carol singing, the movies in the park, the Easter egg hunt. Aside from the laughter, meeting new people, chatting with old friends, and chowing down on tasty refreshments, I have a chance to photograph one of my favourite subjects - kids having fun.
In the course of three hours, I took nearly seven hundred photos. My co-columnist Liz had the task for following along behind me getting names, children's ages, and parental permissions. Since our deadline for publication had actually been two days before the event and the publisher was holding a front page spot for a photo, I spent a long night looking through all those shots for the final six or seven to send him.
So many activities! So much to choose from! Scavenger hunts and guessing games, blowing bubbles and skipping rope, face painting, stuffy tosses, music and dance and games with Daisy the Cow and Farmer Vicki, women in Easter bonnets, children with balloons, toddlers and grandmas, the Easter Bunny, the egg hunt, and over three hundred happy faces.
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| Bubbles! |
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| Concentration |
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| Tracking the flight of the bubble |
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| Skipping! |
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| Face Painting! |
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| Colour co-ordinated mouth and vest |
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| Painted face and free juice |
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Farmer Vicki and Daisy the Cow
(from Island Farms, whose Caramel Sea Salt Ice Cream
rivals anything by that other famous company "HD") |
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| Riding an Island Farms cow |
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| More cow riding |
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| The Easter Bunny! |
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| Chasing the bunny and scattering the eggs |
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| The Easter Egg Hunt! |
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| Gathering the eggs |
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| Running for eggs |
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| Running for eggs |
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| Scrambling for eggs |
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| Happy Faces! |
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| More happy faces |
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| Happy baby in his grandma's arms |
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| And more happy faces |
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| More happy faces |
I think this was my favourite series - I loved watching this little girl so carefully pick up a little egg and drop it in her basket:
Liz and I had a hard time choosing the final submissions for the paper, but eventually narrowed it down to these:
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| Carter, age 1, following the bubbles |
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Mrs. G in her Easter bonnet
A long term Croftonite and business owner
Always a contributor to local events |
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| Leila, age four, at the face-painting booth |
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| Mersadies, age 5, playing games with Daisy the Cow |
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Thea, age 2, shares a hot dog and
quiet moment with Grandma |
But I'm betting this one will make front page:
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| Danika, age 16 months, finds an egg just for her |
All photos (c) Jean Ballard 2014
Do not copy without permission
4 comments:
My favourite is also the one of the little girl picking Easter eggs.
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They are just wonderful, Jean! I love the bubble that was directly in front of the little boy's eye. And, yes, your front page choice definitely works for me!
I would not have been able to pick a favourite!
Amazing pictures, each and every one of them!
Wonderful photos, Jean! So nice to see so many happy faces. I would have a hard time picking just one for the front page, but I love the series of the little girl picking up the egg.
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