Entry for May 18, 2008

This past week was awesome.  I had two fabulous sessions and I also got to go on vacation with my family to Dollywood!  I can’t believe how much was accomplished last week. 

Ella has been a super trooper lately and has been so well behaved.  When she saw me setting up for my session Wednesday, she stood aside and didn’t touch anything.  Then when I was all set up, she asked very politely if I would take a picture of her.  Of course, I had to after that!  I had plenty of time before my client showed up so I snapped a few of her that turned out so cute!  I am so glad that my little girl loves the camera again.  Now I just have to get her to follow directions while she is on the set.  She loves to call out “Smi-ule” but it is never followed by an actual smile.  We will have to work on that!  Here are some pictures of my little flower.

 

When my client arrived I locked Ella upstairs with her Daddy so she wouldn’t be in the way during the session and got on with the serious work of photographing a 6 month old.  Ellaina was a wonderful subject and even though she wouldn’t smile, we got some great faces.  I got to try some new things with her, including my brand new brilliant BLUE backdrop.  Unfortunately I ordered the backdrop so big that it doesn’t fit in a car so can’t travel, but I am so happy that I can offer it as an option to my clients who choose to come to my home studio.  I was thrilled with the results of all the pictures, especially my flowerpot idea that Ella tried out earlier.  There was another picture that I wanted to try but Ellaina was not interested in sitting up on her own so we skipped that one.  We will have to try again in 3 months when she comes back!

 

Also this week I got to shoot the newborn baby of the maternity session I did 2 weeks ago.  Little baby Juliette was only 5 days old this Saturday.  She slept almost the whole session, but was awake long enough to look straight at the camera and give me a big, beautiful SMILE!  I know that you are all thinking that babies this young don’t smile, but when you see the picture you will not be able to deny that she is indeed smiling at me!  I got lots of lovely shots of baby J sleeping, and some fun family portraits where you get to see the whole family together, with no faces involved!  Little Anne-Sophie was a doll the whole time and was very eager to have her picture taken with her new little sister.  She was so loving and gentle.  I can tell she will be a wonderful big sister.    I think newborns are my favorite things to take pictures of.  They are so pliable and easy to move around.  Also, they are cute no matter what, so that makes things easier!  This week was truly wonderful for me.

 

I feel so blessed to be able to share these moments in time with such wonderful families.  It makes me happy to know that the pictures I take will hang in places of honor in people’s homes.  I can’t express how lucky I feel to do something I love.  Thank you to all who have shared your lives and families with me!