I just came across these in a toss file. My personal photos don’t go nearly through the rigorous backing up, labling, categorizing that my professional photos do. And sometimes I find them in folders they just do not belong.
These are from a trip last winter to Seattle that I took with Dunedin to visit her new cousin Aziza. She was such a great travel companion. She made for great conversation the entire multi-leg flight. I think she may have given the TSA a run for thier money, poking holes in thier security protocols. “Why are they they taking your knife, mommy?” (I had a swiss army knife riding stow away in a front pouch) “Why are they only taking out the knife from your suitcase now?” (we had already made it 2 legs of the trip)
Here she is testing out the light for me before I get to photograph her cousin Aziza.
She has decided she is going to be a photographer when she grows up so she can work with me. She is going to live downstairs and my husband and I can live upstairs and watch her kids. Glad she has childcare figured out already- I wish I was that on the ball…
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Duneslberry
Welcome Dory!
It is always great to photograph a newborn. Even better when I get greeted by the welcoming commity at the door.
This young lady and I took a yoga class together way back in our youth. She was part of the “in crowd” of younger yogis who all seemed to have a way of getting their toes in their mouths. Rodney Yee would have been impressed. Us older classmates all tried to keep up, following the cool kids to lunch and giving into all of their whims. But once the Youngers decided they wanted to roll- we were done with yoga and I haven’t been able to see much of those classmates since. But it was nice to catch up.
Dear T family. I wish you so much happiness (and sleep) as you welcome Dory into your home. Now that your pair has turned to a flock I hope your days are filled with laughter (and sleep) with puddles to splash in and warm baths to bathe in, sprinklers, races, (sleep), stories told, hugs shared and, of course, sleep. Such beautiful, sweet, kids. Thank you for letting me photograph them! 
In love | Seattle babies are cute too.
I am in love with my niece. I would argue that she was born on the wrong coast. Se is certainly too far away for my liking. I hate that I will only get to see her a few times a year. I guess that is what happens when your sister finds an awesome guy out West and they both love Seattle. Sigh. But I couldn’t ask for a better place to visit. Seattle is awesome. (In big part because it now has little Aziza in it)
I have written about this before. I do love a photo of a crying baby. Because everything about a baby this age is genuine. And even though looking at a photo like this wrenches me a little inside- there is beauty in the rawness of it. And for a parent this expression makes a lasting imprint on ones emotions. It is the face you may see at 2 in the morning.
Or when you are just sitting down for dinner.
Or after the sweetest snuggle-fest ever.
You can’t help but want to make it all better for her.
And then it does, just as fast as it came. Okay for some babies, not as fast as others-trust me, I know. Anyhow. I like to document it.
See… and then they look at you like this and you melt a little.
