Tuesday, April 01, 2008

All Swaddled Up


I'm so lucky to LOVE photographing infants! There's not a session that isn't filled with laughs and when you laugh, the infant laughs. What a great way to spend the day!

My nephew's baby is pictured here and I have to share it with all of you. It was nap time and mom got him all swaddled up and looking like a fine cigar. So there he was, this little blob of protoplasm, just lying in this large sea of space known as his crib.

I saw the image and moved to be where I wanted to be and his eyes followed me. I couldn't believe it! I felt like I was being watched by a guard dog. It was if he was saying, "don't you get to close to my crib." The shadows of the crib bars gives it a little something extra.

Click! I had the image. An infant cigar!

Sunday, March 30, 2008

My Family of Feet


Two year old Addie arrived with her three "siblings" to the Creative Session. All were excited to have their portraits made! I was excited to photograph them as I had a couple of ideas I wanted to try out. Addie was well behaved for a 2 year old and we kept her busy with treats and sniffing around the studio yard.

After a while, I decided to test the "feet" shot with the kids that I had in mind. Then it hit me - "bring in Addie!!" Oh my God - I could hardly contain myself because I could visualize how it would look with her in the image. She gave me a nice sit-stay to tell the story of her family of feet. You should have heard the kids laughing! Wait until the see the final result!!

So I'm asking for input on titles for this image - something along the "smell/scent" line. Pitch your ideas my way and we all can enjoy them!