This is my tiny little contest winner! Amanda (the mom) and Dawson (the babe) and family were great to work with.  This guy was SO little.  I already forgot how little a newborn is!

Yeah, working with kids is unpredictable, but also so fun.  As little Dawson was wriggling around, being more wakeful than what she had planned, and moving out of his positions, Amanda asked if newborns were the hardest to work with.  I said, ‘yes and no’.  Yeah, you can’t ask a newborn to hold that pose, but on the other hand, it’s way cuter when a baby is screaming his lungs out or ‘misbehaving’  than an adult – pretty much no matter  what I do a sweet baby is pretty photogenic.  So it’s a trade off, but a good one.

Danelle actually got married awhile back.  While we were taking her real bridal pictures I  mentioned how cool it would be to get a bride IN the water, after the wedding of course.  Well we all know brides can be somewhat attached to their dresses, but Danelle thought on it and decided that she was actually interested in something like that.  She said she’d rather have cool pictures than a dress in a box somewhere.  So we did it!!!  I thought it was really fun and different, and all the people walking by who were totally shocked at what we were doing were priceless!  Also, we froze our butts off.  Me just my feet and legs… Danelle, well, she more literally froze her butt off.  What a fun model though.  When you tell her to go for something, she really will.  Thanks Danelle, I’ll get you the prints real, real soon!

It’s my opinion that bridals and portraits are the hardest things to pose for.  Being all alone without your fiance, or family, etc to share the spotlight with you is a bit intimidating.  I find people to be the most hesitant and nervous at this type of shoot.  They often worry it’s not going well or they’re not doing a good job, when in fact it’s fine.  Heather was a bit worried.  She kept saying, ‘I’m not doing very well’.  I kept assuring her she was doing GREAT, and I am tooting my own horn in several ways here, but I think the photos below prove that I was right.  She’s beautiful and she did do great!

Angie and I are BFF’s.  Or so said our friendship necklaces when we were like 8.  Her cute little family and I headed out for this session on a nicely overcast day.  I’m not sure little M thought this was what she wanted to do with her day.  She also found me frightening.  When I tried to make her smile, she screamed.  Ha, that’s what I get for thinking I’m funny I guess.

(LOVE this pouty face!!! HA!)