I promised this mom that I would have something up this week. I have been working hard to get the new blog up so I could feature them there (especially since you can only imagine how many awesome pictures that I have of a gorgeous family of 4 sisters!). So I am only going to share a couple here right now and hope that I can put together a much better presentation by the end of next week. Anyway, I know that this little sneak peek will make mom cry (there were a few tears during the session). This is their eldest daughter's last year before she graduates and I think that we captured some awesome memories for them. M, I am sorry to make you wait a little longer for the rest but it will definitely be worth it!
This client received a gift certificate from her co-workers for my services and I was so excited to get the opportunity to shoot this little one so early - one week new! He was so alert and strong - it was very impressive! And look at all of his hair! Gorgeous!
I wanted to post a quick sneak peek for mom and dad as this is the end of a year with this little one. This definitely deserves a bigger and better post than this! I have been in the process of looking at new blogs and purchasing a new one...only to find that my website is so old it may not work with it. Thus opening a whole other can of worms! So you may be seeing a ton of changes over the next little while. I promise to get a lot more sneak peeks out asap. I had a ton of fantastic shoots over the last week that I am so excited to share...but would love to be able to present them on a new blog. Probably a little ambitious!
This is a phrase that a few girlfriends and I have been using this summer (the phrase is borrowed from a tv show that I don't watch). As I mentioned earlier in the summer, I have only been taking a set number of clients each week to ensure that I have more time to spend with my children before my son starts attending full days this September and before my insanely busy season. So we have been doing a ton of fun things. A few weeks ago we went to the bird sanctuary. It is a very nice peaceful place. I think that the three of us shook the place up a bit - I am not sure if quiet and peaceful is in my 5 and almost 3 year olds vocabulary. Anyway, we did not see many birds - might have scared them off. We did, however, have a deer follow us along the path (so we are not that noisy). We also found that the bird sanctuary is right in the middle of a flight path on the way to the airport and it seems that my children may share my husband's love of planes more than birds.
I had mentioned in an earlier post that I captured a bunch of series of this little one. I wanted to share one series. I was having trouble deciding which to share...a peek-a-boo series, a YMCA series or a melt-down series. I had to choose this as it is real...the others were adorable and technically better but I liked that this was real and still adorable. Especially since you know that at 2, this "melt-down" does not last long and is easy to "fix".
So it was round 2 of the photographer challenge this past weekend and the topic was Self Portrait. I was not certain if I was going to participate...as I am sure most photographers can relate...we are more comfortable on the other side! It is extremely hard to take a self portrait and have it really show what you want to capture. I pride myself on being able to capture moments for everyone that I shoot but it is extremely hard to be on that side of the camera and capture what you want without feeling like a goofball! Anyway, I decided to try to take a picture after my session on Saturday as I had wanted to try play around with flare in the studio. So that is the first picture. The next picture was taken on a road trip yesterday as we were heading out to a U-pick strawberry farm for the morning - super fun BTW! This one is how a lot of people have to look at me/my camera. The story on the last picture is that I have been wanting to take a new picture for my website (my hair has been short for six months now). However, it seems that 10pm Sunday night after spending the day in the sun with two young children is maybe not the best time to capture my authentic self or maybe it is! Yep, I was tired and could not even muster up a fake smile - you would have known it was fake anyway. So this will not be the picture for my website...fortunately clients do not have to see me at 10pm. I do however like the light and will try this with my children and myself to try to get the new picture for my website.
I purchased a new backdrop the other day for a session coming up this weekend and then dragged my daughter up to the studio after dinner to help me take a few sample pictures for the client. We only took a few pictures but they are hilarious! She has so many expressions - she was making faces in the front of my lens - the portrait format pictures are exactly as they were shot! I was not sure if I should post them...especially when we know who the frown comes from! But hey, why not...the huge smile comes from me too! Wow, I love my kids! I do love the backdrop too...should be fun for Christmas! I will share some of the shots that I took of my children last weekend that are being blown up for above my desk - it has only been a year without art there!
with this little one! This little man decided to make an early entrance...cutting into mommy's maternity session:(. Too bad, because I know mom was super excited and it would have been so nice to capture that - oh well, next time;). I am very excited to finally meet the family and to begin a year shooting this little guy. As we were shooting his mom realized that her grandmother had taken a shot with her on a rug similar to mine (probably not as washable as mine) so we had to try to replicate. And then I had to get my own spin on things. Also caught these little toes sneaking out of the blanket. Too cute. R & R looking forward to the upcoming year! More soon!
