Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the L family. Mom, Dad and their 3 month old darling met me out at the Arboretum for an early afternoon photo session. I had originally scheduled two sessions last week, one for Wednesday and one for Thursday. The Wednesday had to reschedule due to illness and I thought for sure I was going to have to reschedule the Thursday one for weather. Fortunately, the Mother Nature changed her mind and gave us a beautiful day for photos! I had never shot at this location before, but remembered a scenic pond and beautiful, tree lined trails. The park area was as I had remembered, but it is funny how different things look when you are viewing them from a photography perspective. Suddenly the lush landscape was littered with mottled light (lovely to look at but not good in photos) and narrow walkways (again, lovely for everyday things, but restrictive when trying to take pictures). We managed though, and I think our creativity paid off. We shot a few poses on a nice little curved bridge/scenic look out point. This is one of my favorites from there…
Isn’t she a cutie?!?!
Then we decided to head down to the pond area. WOW! I didn’t know I was going to get such a work out! A very long, very steep and twisted cobblestone walk way was the only way we could see to get down to the pond. What a sight we must have been; me carrying my camera bag and all my stuff in a big rubbermaid tote and Dad basically carrying their jogging stroller the whole way down. (does anyone watch America’s Next Top Model? Remember the cobblestone walk way challenge? – that was me!) I was wearing my standard high heeled boots (they give me the best balance when I have to squat down a lot) and I was sure I was going to break my ankle on the way down. Thankfully we all made it down safe, and we were able to get some terrific shots in that area. After about an hour, little Miss was getting tired and cranky so we wrapped things up. Overall it was a great afternoon for me, and I am excited at the images I captured.
I am almost done with post processing; conversions should be done tomorrow and I will be able to show the family their pics. Here is another favorite before I go…
Such a sweet family!
Until,
D 🙂