My dear friend Julie of ZozoBugBaby is doing an awesome CHARITY giveaway on her blog for one the most coveted new "goodies" out there in the world of Photography Accessories, yup, that would be the Kelly Moore Bag! I met Kelly last year during a private "Give Me Moore" session in Louisiana and she is a really cool chick. The bag was just in the beginning stages of its creation then so for me to watch her pursue this dream and make it happen makes me so incredibly proud of her. These bags are fabulously stylish and yet completely practical and sturdy. A MUST HAVE. 100% of the proceeds of this raffle giveaway are going to the Red Cross. Every last penny. SO, you can feel good about knowing the funds are going to those who need them most!
And to help showcase these awesome bags I enlisted the help of my little Ellie Bellie. It was 6pm and the boys were gone at the weekly puppy training classes and it was pouring rain and pitch black outside and I was racking my brain trying to think of a way to creatively support Julie's raffle while also showcasing my new purple to-die-for KM Bag and suddenly it occurred to me that I, duh, have this whole, duh, indoor light set up! SO, I put up my white backdrop, slapped my 580EX into my softbox, geared up my wireless triggers and BAM! We were good to go.
Ellie picked out the dress she wanted to wear. She was DYING to get her hands on that purse of mine so it was an easy sell to get her pose with it. I even painted her little toenails purple to match the bag! I put some fun hip hop tunes on and she was rockin' it out like she always does. That child is just *too* much.
So, without further ado, here are some pictures of Ellie showing off my brand spankin' new purple KM Bag which is the exact same one that is being raffled off in the giveaway. Your next stop should be Julie's raffle site which is linked below! GOOD LUCK!!!
I'll post my favorite shot first because I am just so utterly and completely crazy about it. Ellie has this "please don't take away my Kelly Moore Bag!" look to her. It's hilarious. I love how she is totally clinging to it! Hilarious!
Yes! A real post! With real pictures! Wooohoooo!
I surprised Ellie by picking her up early from after care at school today and taking her out for some 1 on 1 time with me, including a fun shoot photographing two utterly irresistible dresses by the always innovative Courtney Courtney Designs. I just ADORE these two new styles! One is the necktie and the other is the pompom. Just beyond stylish if you ask me!
Ellie was in rare form just posing up a storm for me and we got both dresses whipped out in about 30 mn of shooting time. She is SUCH the little rockstar that girl! Then, off to our Starbucks reward which consists of a highly caffeinated hot drink for me and a hot cocoa with whipped cream for her. She was DELIGHTED to say the least and totally earned it!
I found this stage with these awesome wood boards as the backdrop and decided to use it for the plaid pompom dress. I liked the way the stripes and boards all worked cohesively together. I just let Ellie do her thing. My job is just to snap the pictures basically. :) I had a final tally of about 80 keepers but narrowed it down to these few for the blog post. ENJOY!
Then we decided to go for a Little Parisian Girl look for the next dress and I picked this staircase in the hopes of emulating a stairwell in the streets of Paris. Yeah, I know, I wish... anyways, that was the goal. Ellie was cracking me up with all her moves and poses. She is such a riot that girl!
Then we picked up Gavin from school and off we went to their once a week Tap Dancing classes and as we pulled into the parking lot Ellie reminded me that we had forgotten to get shots with the sunglasses we had set aside specifically for the second dress! EEEK! So, we quickly went to the nearby hillside and grabbed about 10 shots of which I loved every single one. I kinda like the "technicolor" feel to these as well. We weren't even late for class that's how efficient this girl is! :)
