How incredibly beautiful are these sisters? These portraits are from one of the families I had the pleasure of photographing this last weekend. It was a refreshing change working with older girls- this month seems to have been filled with weddings and newborns. The older sister, Sarah, just had her first holy communion and is wearing a dress fashioned from her mothers wedding gown by her aunt. What a gift to have someone who can do that sort of sewing in the family.
Here is a little slide show of some of the photos I have been looking through…
One of the things that I love about capturing siblings is seeing how very, very unique children are. I have to admit being more than a little surprised at how my own two children have such completely different personalities and ways of interacting with the world around them. These sisters were so sweet and funny. As the session went on they took me back into their play area in the woods and showed me where they thought all of the good areas for picture posing were.
Archive for July, 2009
Little ladies
repetition
Have I mentioned that my children can repeat patterns of play? Perhaps you noticed the last post where they had been practicing multiple versions of the same script. Here the genre is the same, one child in container, other child decides to join, Cuteness squeezes in but finds there really isn’t room for 3, skirmish ensues, repeat.
Announcement cards
I love doing announcement cards. I love receiving them. They make me happy. I love knowing that a parent’s chosen photos hang on family and friend’s fridges across the world.
Here are a few samples I worked on today.
Hours and Hours.
This is what D and G can spend hours doing. Climbing in and out of this wagon. Over and over. Again and again.
The script is always the same:*
“Hey! Look at me! I’m in the wagon!”
“Cool! I’ll join you!”
“Yay!”
“Now that I am in here, it occurs to me, your leg is in my space.”
“Funny, I was just noticing that your elbow was in my face.”
“Uh-Oh! Mom’s coming. Quick- hug me really hard and look cute or she might make us both get out.”
*note: They take turns with the parts. One part of the script is often read with shrill cries and grunts- we will have to work on diction… As the script continues both actors work them selves into a squealing frenzy preparing for their Oscars.
babies growing in trees
Baby M was a particularly good sport about posing for her photo shoot. As you can see her loveliness requires few words.
