This is the second time I have photographed these two awesome girls. They are both so full of personality that I pretty much spend the entire time just laughing when I’m shooting them. SUCH a different experience for me since I’m used to my two boys running away from me and my camera. The girls were jumping around on their trampoline singing Taylor Swift songs, striking hilarious poses, running all over showing me stuff, and bossing directing eachother during the shoot. They had recently moved into their new home, and I was totally in love with the window seats in their bedrooms. If I could re-do my house I would put window seats everywhere! And of course, we had to bust out the American Girl dolls (also foreign to me, my house is full of trains, cars, and monster trucks!) They are just adorable, spirited, and wonderful, just like their mom.
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So this post is a little late, but since we’ve just now taken down our Christmas lights, I guess not terribly late! I’ve always loved Christmas. So much so, that when I was little I would literally throw up the night before because I would get so incredibly excited. I just about died of excitement every year. Those few short years when you really, truly, believe…well, there’s nothing quite like it. And so now, as a parent, it’s such a blast to see my boys on the verge of those precious years. Where they strain to hear Santa and the reindeer up on the roof, where they are convinced the Elf on the Shelf actually flies home to the North Pole every night to tell Santa how they have been behaving, where they get so excited about it all that they (almost) throw up. So far, they’ve been able to keep that under control!
And it’s always over too fast.
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I am excited to be participating in another blog circle this year with some photographers from the Clickin Moms forum! Each month, we will be given a shooting challenge to stretch our creativity and skills. We all will be posting our resulting images and linking to each other so that you can click through the circle to see all the variations on each theme. To kick things off, January’s challenge was close up portraiture. I love getting close to my subjects, especially with my beloved 35mm lens, but this was such a challenge this month! We were flu-ridden the first half of January, and both of my boys are so sick of my camera lately that it takes a lot of bribery/trickery for me to get them to hold still for a split second! Stay tuned for next month’s challenge: food photography. For now, here’s what 3 looks like, up close:
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Please continue through the circle and click here to check out Christi’s take on close up portraiture!
One of the very best and totally unexpected perks of my tireless pursuit of all things photography related has been that I have made some extremely talented, inspiring, and best of all – really fun and supportive friends along the way. All of us share a huge passion for photography, each having a distinct style that we have watched evolve together over the last year or so. It’s really been fun to see how each person captures their world in their own unique way. A few of us decided to start a blog circle project together this year, “One”. We will each post just one picture at the end of each month, just one of our personal favorites, and then link to the next photographer. This circle of friends is very special to me, we are scattered across the country, from Washington state to Colorado, down to Texas, across to NYC, to Georgia, and of course there’s little old me right in the middle – representing the Midwest in my sweet home Chicago.
I just love photographing dogs. A goal of mine for 2013 is to do it much more. And this time? I got to shoot a puppy! Gah! Nothing better. I recently had the pleasure of shooting my friend Jeanette’s newest addition, little miss Millie the Australian Shepherd. Of course, I am partial to Aussies, I own one and have owned them in the past. Or I guess I should say they have owned me? They are irresistible as puppies, just giant fuzzballs with no tail. When an Aussie wags its “tail”, it wiggles its entire hind end. Millie is all giant paws and fluff and energy and everything a puppy should be. And of course, she has the killer “puppy dog eyes”. How could you say no to this face?
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Please continue to follow the circle to Bainbridge Island, Washington and visit my talented friend Krista’s favorite shot of the month here! With her eye for dramatic light, I’m sure it’ll be great!
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[…] A special group of friends and I will be posting an image each month with the theme of “One”. Maybe it’s one image that signifies the month, or one that we would have otherwise overlooked. I chose this image for my One in January because almost deleted it when I scanned them and began critiquing the technical aspects. Then I stopped and evaluated the emotion and connection. Now this One means everything to me. To see my friend Jessica’s One from January, follow me there: http://www.jessicaremus.com/2013/01/onejanuary/ […]ReplyCancel
I have been playing with my lensbaby, and decided to give my plastic optic a try. Taking pictures looking through this plastic lens feels like you are either drunk, or need to be, everything is a bit blurry and funky looking. That’s all part of the fun of using lensbabies, experimenting and trying to grab focus. I never thought our playhouse could look so ominous!
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Canon 5D Mark II|lensbaby composer pro|50mm plastic optic
Having a nice soak…
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Kim Lane - Oh Jessica, I love these! Such beautiful girls and such natural emotions captured here – mom is going to be thrilled!!