28th July 2013 Fairy Ballerina by pamknowler

28th July 2013 Fairy Ballerina

We had a wonderful walk at the Goyt Valley and Finlay even went paddling in the river. He really loved it. As we were walking back to the car a young girl and her grandfather came up out of the valley and were walking in front of me. The girl was telling her Grandfather she needed a hill as she had thought of another pose for him to photograph. I watched them and caught this shot of her posing for her granddad. I then started talking to them and asked if she would pose for some shots for me. Her granddad was so proud of her and had been trying to get shots of her with his point and shoot. He was delighted that I wanted to take some shots of her. The young girl then did lots of ballet poses and leaps for me and I managed to get some lovely shots of her. I will post a couple of them in my Extras Album. I have taken her email and will send all the shots I took to her. She wanted something for her FaceBook page and I think she will be pleased.
Sounds like this was a wonderful unscheduled shoot....right place, right time. love this one
July 28th, 2013  
Wonderful! I am sure that she will be delighted. Unfortunately it isn't something that I would feel too comfortable with - asking parent or guardian if I could photograph their little girl! I'd probably end up on the sexual offenders register for even thinking of photographing them!
July 28th, 2013  
@steampowered Isn't it a sad old world Paul!! I would never have taken the shots if her Grandfather had not been thrilled about it.
July 28th, 2013  
@pamknowler Indeed. Having said that I did nab this shot of a little girl's legs the other day http://365project.org/steampowered/something-diffe/2013-07-28 I don't think that her mother minded too much.
July 28th, 2013  
Super shot and so good to get the background too.
July 28th, 2013  
Love the shot, love the story and the fact you were able to take more with this girl.
July 29th, 2013  
Lovely capture,a great unscheduled shoot!!
July 29th, 2013  
Beautiful shot Pam :)
July 29th, 2013  
Gorgeous!
July 29th, 2013  
Really surreal!!!
July 29th, 2013  
Lovely shot Pam, lovely setting! How nice that you were able to take some photos for her.
July 29th, 2013  
Very cool instance of serendipity.
July 29th, 2013  
How superb
July 30th, 2013  
Wonderful capture -- what fun to have run into them!
July 31st, 2013  
Wow - she surely will be pleased and it seems to me, that cameras, like dogs, are a great way of getting to talk to folk!
July 31st, 2013  
Great story and wonderful shot! :)
July 31st, 2013  
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