The next client I took on was another wonderful woman from the mom’s group. Her daughter was, at the time, 16 months old, and one of the most photogenic little ones I’ve seen in a long time. This time the mom wanted some indoor and some outdoor shots, and I was glad to hear it. My intention all along has been to deal mainly with outdoor light – so I was excited to finally get to shoot in the arena I love.
We decided to do it at their house, which could not have been more perfect for this type of thing. There were trees in the front yard, lots of interesting levels and landscaping, a beautiful two-toned fence and a very high concrete wall on one side of the house. She also had nice hard wood floors in her dining room and so that is where we started. This little one was much harder to keep in front of the backdrop, so we took a few shots and then decided it would be best if we moved out side.
This was one of those magical shoots. The weather was perfect, the lighting was perfect, the location, the mom, the child, everything just fell right into synch and worked beautifully. I shot about 200 images (gotta work on that) and was already worried about post processing before I even got home. The thing was, there were SO MANY great shots that I had an even harder time in pp because I couldn’t weed out the “bad” ones! What a problem to have! This baby has THE most amazing blue eyes – I just couldn’t get enough of them.
I probably made a big mistake in showing Mom all the proofs (there were tons, and it makes it overwhelming for people trying to place an order), but she was over-the-top excited about how well they turned out. I keep telling her I’m going to have to put her on my payroll as a marketing director because she must have told every single person she knows about me and sent them a link to the pictures!
I think what I loved most about the shoot is that it really lent itself to artistic type photos. Mom was very open to everything I suggested, and I really felt a connection with her little girl. She even gave me a big hug! AWWWW! 🙂