The afternoon shoot that hot Saturday took place in a beautiful neighborhood about 30 minutes from the location of my morning session. I opted to stay with my oldest and dearest friend for a few hours between the sessions, so I wouldn’t have to drive all the way back to my inlaws house only to have to drive 2/3 of the way back. Does that make sense?? No? Oh never mind! 😉
So the shoot was in the mom’s house and involved a spectacular little boy, L. I have known L’s mom since high school, but had yet to meet him and he was already 10 months old! And oh was it ever worth the wait!
Little L is the most adorable, squishy, beautifully happy child I have come across in a while and I fell instantly in love with him. When I got to the house, L’s mom left he and I alone to get to know each other for a bit. We played on the floor with their lovey Siamese cat and talked about the weather. lol!
Ok, so we didn’t talk about much of anything – I talked mostly, and L grabbed fists full of hair out of the kitty and crammed them in his mouth. Well, when the paci wasn’t there that is! The room was perfect with soft light and sparse, elegant decor. The carpet was great for simple, on the floor shots. Of course, getting down on the floor put me at risk for getting attacked by a love starved cat, but it was worth it!
After a good 20 minutes or so with Little L, I left him so I could set up my lights in the living room. He happily played on the floor, whimpering only when he remembered his mommy wasn’t right there. He is such a happy little guy!
I recently read an article interviewing a well known photographer (the name escapes me now) who said that whenever she does an in-home shoot, she always tries to get a shot of the child in a door way. The examples they showed in the article were stunning – something about it really captured me, and so when I saw Little L sitting in the door way to his mom’s room, I had to grab the opportunity. 
Immediately after the above image was taken, he promptly shut the door on us! Stinker!
We did some family shots in the living room, and then when Mom went to change clothes, I managed to sneak in some sweet moments between L and his Daddy. The light was extremely low, but I held steady as best I could and got a few really nice, intimate images.
We then moved outside for a few more family shots. The back yard was a gracious host – providing us with ample light and a wonderful brick wall for a splash of color. My absolute favorite image of my dear friend and her baby came from here. Isn’t she stunning?
She looked at me funny when I said I wanted to take some shots against the wall, but after having a look herself, she realized it wasn’t such a bad idea. I am so glad she agreed!
We went back inside to cool off and shoot one more little outfit for L. Mom had a baseball and a bat and wanted a shot of his little tushie in this outfit. I was so excited when I saw the words “little slugger” stitched across the bottom! How ADORABLE!! I am probably going to print this one BIG and use it as a display image. I am so in love with it! Look at those chunky baby thighs!! eeeeeeee!!! 🙂
And of course, no baby session would be complete without a close up foot shot. I had already taken a few at the beginning of the session, but Mom specifically requested it so I captured a few more at the end. Gotta love those toes!!
All in all it was a wonderful session! I wish I had more time to spend with this family; they are such a joy! I can’t wait to see them again.
Thank you H and M family for another wonderful experience!
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D 🙂