Life is like a box of chocolates...

When Trish Tobin woke up on Saturday morning, her only plan for the day was to pack up the baby and head to the mall for the second-ever Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra Chocolate Festival Fund-raiser (that's a mouthful!). After attending last year, Trish wanted a return trip to discover if the chocolate samples tasted just as good as they did when she was pregnant. They did. Little did she know, that I'd be there to catch her in her moment of discovery.


My next stop was the puddin' eatin' contest. The young gentleman to the left is Mason Caraway, age 5, and he's wearing that victorious expression because he has just completed his bowl of pudding in the fastest time. You'll notice Kaitlyn Hathorn, age 5, and Zeke Mendoza, age 4 and the most proper eater, checking out Mason's empty bowl. At the end is my favorite, the oblivious messiest eater, Antonio Guerrero, age 4, still plugging away at his bowl of pudding.


My last stop was the Godiva Chocolate station outside of and sponsored by Dillards. I wanted to get more of an interaction shot, they were passing out chocolate and giving free samples of lotion that smelled like chocolate (I passed on both for fear of addiction), but I got distracted by Cameron McCay, a Dillards Employee. I really liked the way the blue drop cloth brought out her blond hair and skin tone. Also, I liked the way she was moving and the composition of her body with the trays with the background sign. So far as a journalistic shot, it's not so great, but for publicity or as a portrait it's maybe not bad. Tell me what you think.