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Relatives & parents were in town, surprise newborn session, and a VERY lavish Indian wedding with all of my high school buddies. I'm still recovering from all of the excitement.
I promise to post more in the next few days. Here's one of me and Kyu gettin' it down to Indian techno music on Saturday!
Jacob and his mom flew all the way up from Miami to spend a morning with me in a park for his 1 year photos. Amazing how this little boy has grown up before my eyes.
This has been a crazy week (and it gets crazier the later half), but I wanted to share a favorite from my shoot yesterday in Columbus. This is Knox. He has the most addictive laugh.
I love profile pictures because they're so subtle, but speak words.
...that make a little girl.
It's the books you read her, the toys she plays with, the friends she sleeps with at night, and the SCC team you insist she have monogrammed on her bloomers and everything else she owns, that shapes her and makes her your very own.
I love shooting the details parents spend exuberant amounts of time surrounding their children with.
Kyu and his friends of 15+ years competed in Calloway Garden's Sprint Triathlon over the weekend, and lucky for them - I brought my camera along to document all of it. =) I was so proud of each of them! The camaraderie, sportsmanship & friendly competitiveness came out in each of them. But I would not expect less, because they all finished so strong.
Aiden's dad is going to kill me for publishing this image - but seriously, how cool is he?! He knows exactly how to get Aiden to smile & laugh!
For an 18 month old on a very hot day, a sprinkler can be Godsend. I just loved Ryan's expressions in these.
Poor Crawford was running a fever this afternoon, so we'll continue our session in a week or so. But I just had to share this one. A favorite of mine for sure.
This weekend, I went to visit a very special family. I photographed these 3 munchkins in 2006 when I was starting to build my portfolio and make sample folio books to market. It was a very scary time in our business, and I am so grateful that this family trusted me and allowed an unknown photographer to come into their home and document their family.
A spread from their book over 2 years ago:
Now, each of them have grown into 3 very different and beautiful little people, and it was such a treat for me to revisit! TJ (the oldest) is the leader of the pack. Whatever he does, Ethan & Emma follow. Ethan is into his scooter and Thomas the Train. I remember when that was TJ's most favorite toy when he was Ethan's age. Emma is just....so beautiful and so sweet. In the midst of all of our crazy session fun, she looks at me with her big brown eyes and my heart melts.
My favorite images are often the most simple ones. Black & white. A slight smile. All of the baby rolls I can get.
Meet Evan at 6 months. Simple. Classic. Perfect.
At 3 and a half, she loved saying "fabulous." She loves musicals, the opera, fine dining, dancing in her chic loft to Highschool Musical, walking her beloved Ansley, and hosting tea parties with all of her friends.
Charlie is a fabulous little girl.
People often ask me what our folio books are all about. Aside from the quality and the craftsmanship of each folio book we deliver to our clients, I put a lot of effort into custom designing each book as the child's own little story. I have a little notepad in my head during sessions, and when I'm capturing moments with my camera, I'm also recording the things they say and the emotions that are surrounding us.
Overtime, I want my families to cherish our books more and more. We want their children to pass down their books to their children, so it's very important that I accurately capture and illustrate in my designs who this child is.
Here are some favorite spreads of a recent design I created for the Patrick family. I combined photos taken from her 2nd year and 3rd year, and designed a story of Ansley growing, and maturing, and turning into the sweet and very loved, little girl that she is. My layouts are simple and clean. I love white space and making the photos pop. I also love incorporating just the right words to complete their story.
Because we could survive anywhere.
This weekend, Kyu took me and our loyal, but pampered, 12-year-old lab Sydney to the woods in North Georgia for an overnight camping trip. It was beautiful - stunning views with amazing landscape photography opportunities (of course, I forgot to bring my SLR). Everything was perfect....until nightfall. You see, for Sydney and I, it was our first outdoor overnighter. We weren't used to the pitch black darkness, all of the strange noises, and no AC. I felt sticky, hot - and worst of all, a blood-sucking target to all of insects within a 1 mile radius. Nope, insect repellant did not work on me.
Then, at 1:30 am, despite all weather channels reporting clear skies, it began to rain and thunder very, very hard. I think Sydney was more scared than me. Look at her puppy dog eyes.
Kyu was restless. He couldn't watch Sydney whimper outside in the rain, so he let her come into the dry tent with me. The two of us waited patiently as Kyu built a water-proof irrigation/drainage system around our tent. Watching him work at 3 in the morning for his 2 girls made me fall in love with him all over again. I could follow him anywhere in the world and know he would always take care of me....
After about 3 hours of hard rain & me forgetting the "cardinal rule of camping" - never leave your tent unzipped, I had enough. Kyu wasn't getting any sleep in the rain, and I had leeches, giant roaches, and slimy scorpions in the tent with me and Syd. So Kyu packed up all that he could and led me and Sydney out on our mile hike out back to our car. Sydney and I passed out in the car at around 5 am. At 6:45 am, Kyu and I gathered our bug-infested tent & remaining items, and we headed back to the city.
What a trip! Kyu tivos Bear Brylls and Survivorman. I'm so glad that he does.
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