Bringing out the big kid in me

Jet streaming into 2011, I encountered something that will definitely bring out the big kid in every photographer. I have a friend who is a hobbyist photographer name Green Mile. Honestly, he looks just like the character; huge, muscular and the kindest heart you can ever come to know. But he has this annoying problem of constantly reminding me that I don't have kids so I don't understand things. According to Green Mile "You need some kids in your life". Well, all of that has changed suddenly do to my new friends at Kid N Play (http://www.kidnplayinc.com/) located at 406 Baker Blvd. Suite 160, Tukwila, Wa 98188, where I am contracted to shoot their family & special events. It was an amazing time, and I had no problem falling to sleep at the end of that day. This place is huge, and inviting, and just what every parent need. I recall sometime last year at another family center, whom name I will not mention, where the child celebrating his birthday went into an area where only the parent and the child was allowed in, and were suppose to exit in that same fashion. However, the child had gotten off the ride and exited with a completely different family. Someone who had attended the birthday party and was departing early happened to notice the little boy about to exit the building all the way on the other side of the premises from where his parents were, thinking he was still inside the gated area where they were seated. The father, outraged asked for a manager, was met by a young man not much older than the young teenaged girl who was in charge of the gate where the boy had exited with the wrong family. What came out of this young man's mouth only made matters worst. The young manager told the father "this sort of thing happens from time to time here". The father was speechless and gathered his family and guest, and exited the establishment, vowing "never again". This could never happen at Kid N Play and what really makes it great is that when you book it for your child's event and elect to have the occassion photographed, you are not going to see strangers or other people you don't know in your photos because the entire place is booked to only one family at at a time for a very reasonable rate. Why do I blog this, you ask? Because this makes life extremely easy for the photographer and puts the parents mind at ease, and the kids.... They love it, because their only limitation is their imagination and I have the honor of capturing it one frame at a time. Kid N Play is simply good, safe, family fun. Now that's Bluestilling 101.