School pics

The building I had in my mind-- couldn't find it? The building I used had spider webs on it and my son wouldn't lean against it.  The children were all less than enthusiastic about the photo shoot.  Well, my daughter was on board- but that girl! She won't look at the camera with her eyes!!!!!! I also didn't realize sunset was coming so early and was running late so a time crunch didn' t help.  On top of all that- my shadow or the subject's shadow kept getting in the way.  Pro photographers can probably anticipate that.  I didn't and amidst all the other challenges, was having a hard time problem solving it. I left the shoot feeling very frustrated.  I wish I knew if I have what it takes for this or if I have an unusual amount of difficulties.  I honestly don't know if I have what it takes to be good at this.  This isn't a pity party- just trying to make a real assessment of things.  We'll see what I can salvage in editing- and as for the school picture portion- I remind myself at my own horrible photos from school pictures.  That isn't the issue- the issue is that I want to be able to take school age kids to a location and capture some decent images.  Well, that's not true.  I am not happy with decent.  I want to get some breathtaking images.  I am tired of my mediocre to poor production. grrrrrrrr......