Here’s a senior I met back in July. Actually, by this point, she was already a graduate- and on her way to Tulane. Look out New Orleans- you are in for something special!
She’s got quite the interest in photography herself and her mom says she has done quite a few sessions with friends. So it was fun for her to be on the other side of the lens. I’d say she’s a natural.
Best of luck to you! I hope college life treats you well!
I have seen this special little man on more than one occasion. He was a complete crack up for his studio mini. Unsure of the new environment, he was a bit “busy” and not entirely interested in being corraled into the area where my lights were set up.
He was, however, interested in the “pipes”. Yes, folks, you heard that right… he’s a pipe man. Now, I am not sure what special meaning pipes have for him and mom couldn’t explain the fascination either, but he most definitely was intrigued. In fact, we used bribery to get him to do what we wanted (i.e. “I’ll show you more pipes if you come over here…”) And by the way, pipes don’t even necessarily need to be real pipes, but can be a paper roll than resembles the shape of a pipe, or cords going into a computer.
So here’s the little engineer then as seen in the Big Book of Babies:
And now:
And because I can’t resist showing you his big, huge, gigantic, blue eyes…
May you find many pipes in your travels!
It’s always fun for me to get to photograph little girls- since I am usually surrounded by testosterone in my home! These girls were no exception to the fun. I loved their pale yellow dresses and bare feet on a warm summer evening.
How about a little swing?
Love baby fingers…
Earlier this summer, I had the privilege of photographing two USNA midshipmen. As my husband used to work on the yard, I was lucky enough to know K. She’s going into her last year at the academy. I wonder if it’s flown by for her as surely it has for her mom? And now her brother will be joining her for his plebe year. I know their mom is so proud of her children!
Only a few more children to share from The Big Book of Babies
I have to say I have really enjoyed getting to see these children again and consider myself so lucky that they’d come back to see me. I’ll be seeing this little guy and his family again in the Fall- to include his new baby brother.
Here he was then:
And now:
The biggest mess my child ever made was… painting the floor!
Photographs are important to me because… they capture forever my favorite moments.
Where do you go when you want to be pampered? Spa! Any will work.
One thing I hope to always remember is… when my boys still snuggled with me, which only lasted up until they were 6-9 months old.
What is your favorite kid-friendly restaurant? Chevy’s and California Pizza Kitchen
What is your favorite family tradition? Gelato in Annapolis with my husband and kids on the anniversary of my husband & my first date (July 25 each year)
An awesome, child-friendly place that others may not have heard of is… Sakura Japanese Steakhouse
Here’s another fella who appeared in the Big Book of Babies. He was about a year old when we met and incidentally his parents loved this image as much as the publishers apparently did! He’s holding a little turtle in front of a boat planter- quite appropriate for Eastport- dontcha think?
And here he was in March… Still with those big baby blues
What is your favorite children’s boutique? The Little Lamb Shop
The biggest mess my child ever made was… painting his face with magic marker.
Photographs are important to me because… they remind me of the fun memories our family has had!
Where do you go when you want to be pampered? David Alexander
One thing I hope to always remember is… making pancakes on Saturday mornings with my two year old.
What is your favorite kid-friendly restaurant? The Boatyard in Eastport, Maryland.
What is your favorite family tradition? Picking pumpkins at the pumpkin patch for Halloween.
An awesome, child-friendly place that others may not have heard of is… Davis’ Pub in Eastport- smoke free now!
Do you have a local business or charity you’d like to share? Partners in Care.
A good friend of mine, Marianne Drenthe of the fabulous Marmalade Photography, shared this very cool tool with me. It generates what it calls “word clouds” from your source text. You can either enter a bunch of words yourself or it will pull from a source, in this case I pulled from my blog with RSS feed. Then you can play with different fonts, colors, and layouts if you like (and have spare time).
It gives more prominence to words that are repeated most frequently. So, I suppose you can figure out if you say the same thing over, and over, and over… as I apparently do with the word “session”. Oh how I must love that word.
Here’s the link to Wordle if you’d like to try it yourself
I had the pleasure of meeting these three little guys recently. Their bond was quite apparent- in fact getting shots of each of them individually proved to be a bigger challenge than a group shot (the opposite is usually true). They really wanted to be near one another, which was so sweet. But we still got a little of each. I think you’ll agree- they are some cuties!
Boys, I hope that your kids’ night out was fun and that your dog is feeling better!!!
Here is another star from the Big Book of Babies. I photographed her along with her family when she was only toddling.
Now she’s a big girl. Completely adorable. She did come in for my studio mini sessions in Annapolis, but then we also got together this summer to do a full session along with her brother. Here she is in studio:
Doesn’t she have the prettiest big brown eyes?
So, like I said, we also did a full outdoor session this summer and I got to see how her brother has grown.
And I of course have to show at least ONE in color! Aren’t they the sweetest?
Here are the answers to my Q&A:
What is your favorite weekend activity to do with the family? Alternatively, where do you like to take the kids to burn (their) energy? Visiting friends and family
The most requested toy in our house right now is… her baby doll named “Ga-Ga”.
One thing I hope to never forget… the giggles!
If there were 25 hours in the day, I would spend the extra hour… reading books
Which do you prefer, black and white or color (photographs of course!)? black and white
The most important thing a parent can do for a child is…give them the confidence to try new things.
How do you pass the time on long trips? watching and listening to funny movies
What I am looking forward to most in 2008 is… moving into our new house
Do you have a local business or charity you’d like to share? We support the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
I got a call this past spring from a client who I’d previously photographed letting me know that they were returning to town (family lives in Eastport) and would be visiting from Florida in June. So, we set up our session as their newest son was about the same age as their first when we did his portraits!
Of course, even better, as the big guy was also featured in The Big Book of Babies from our first session together.
So this was exciting on many levels, not only getting to see how their first son had grown, but also meeting the newest member of their family.
So, here’s the image featured in the book, from our first session together
And here he is now:
But, in fairness, our focus for the session was really on his younger brother. In their words, he was “the star” for the day! And he deserved that attention as well. He’s just as adorable as his big brother and did amazingly well considering they’d had such a busy travel day the day before!
A sweet, tender moment with mom
It was such fun seeing you all again!
