MY MEMORY WAS JOGGED YESTERDAY BY THIS IMAGE. Yesterday my creative friend Erin shared a photo she took of a young couple near some graffiti. She captured the perfect combination of fun and personality in the shot. That reminded me of a trend which is spreading across Pinterest right now – photography using sidewalk chalk. A few months ago I followed a Pinterest link to the Modern Parents Messy Kids blog and fell in love with her design ideas. You’ll enjoy her initial post explaining the trend:

Balloons always make me happy…especially when they are part of an imaginative photo:

Kindergarten photo? Year by year school photos? Yes, please!

Isn’t this a cute way to send a Save the Date card for a wedding?

On Pinterest you can search for things like “sidewalk chalk, photos” and come up with an interesting amount of theme ideas like this:

That’s where I found this adorable Three Month Photo pinned by Taylor Roberts. Isn’t it sweet? Not sure they would lay so still once you get to the One Year Portrait!

And this sweet girl full of personality that makes a lightning bolt strike mentioned by Stephanie Lynn:

And Getz Creative Photography did this adorable picture of a “strong man” using chalk and some imagination:

And finally, I found this neat idea from ArtrageousAfternoon which details a nature hunt you can do by taking collections the kids have gathered on a pretty day and composing them within sidewalk chalk frames. Once you make the photo then you can preserve the day forever. I want to do this soon with my crew:

The spring weather is perfect for creating fun photos. Spend the sunniest part of the day getting set up for the photo and when the light softens in the afternoon you will be able to capture your own masterpiece!