Easter Egg Hunt
A young child finds another Easter egg at Sunrise United Methodist Church Easter Egg Hunt in Lewisville, North Carolina.
Eggs, Eggs and More Eggs!
I dropped by Sunrise United Methodist Church this past Saturday morning (April 11) to photograph their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Oh, what fun it was!
With every child that arrived, I could feel the energy and excitement level building! And when the signal was given, children and parents scurried outside to find the Easter eggs that had been so profusely placed on the property.
Everywhere I looked, I saw multiple brightly colored eggs, and I could just imagine the children’s excitement. (Wisely enough, a color-code procedure had been introduced during sign-up to ensure that every child could find enough eggs to fill his or her basket.)
Photo Strategy?
As far as photographs, I decided to concentrate on the younger children, thinking it would be somewhat easier to anticipate their moves and to get into position for some good shots. Well, they moved faster than I expected! But I just kept darting here and there as I saw children constantly moving toward unclaimed eggs.
It seemed that in no time, though, the hunt was over and everyone headed back inside the church building. That’s when the eggs were opened, and the goodies were retrieved. Kids and parents alike were opening eggs with such concentrated zeal that most of them seemed oblivious to me and my clicking camera!
More Fun and Food
Next, everyone headed outside for a group shot of the children, followed by games for the various ages, with parents and other volunteers assisting. Wrapping up the fun morning was a hotdog lunch provided by the youth.
Photo Gallery
Be sure to check out the Sunrise UMC Easter Egg Hunt photo gallery. You’ll get a real sense of the enthusiasm and fun that marked a very enjoyable morning.
Please share any thoughts the photos may evoke by clicking on the Comment link below. I hope you enjoy them.
These are great pictures of a happy time in their lives. I love Numbers 10, 29 and 140. Good work to catch their expressions~you could do a calendar with these!! You are GOOD with your camera. Polly
Thanks for the compliments, Polly. And thanks for taking the time to go through the gallery so thoroughly and pick some favorites.
Just to make it easy on anyone else reading the comments, it looks like the photos you’ve picked out — if I’ve counted correctly — are the file #s shown below. (The files #s are under each photo. The first part of the file # is the date shot, followed by a sequence #.)
Although I do not always display gallery photos sequentially based on the file #, in this case, the photos are indeed displayed in the order in which they were shot. So…
Your selected photo #10 is 090411-0053.
Your selected photo #29 is 090411-0208.
Your selected photo #140 is 090411-0802.
Let me know if I miscounted and got any of these #s wrong.
The young lady with the dog was a fun few moments. By then, the kids were pretty used to me being there, so everybody was pretty loose — which was great.
Thanks for jumping in with your usual upbeat comments, Polly.