Owen

I have been photographing this family since their toddler Louie was a newborn.  Although to call him a newborn is a bit of a misnomer since he was over TEN POUNDS at birth and practically 11 lbs when I photographed him.  I kept laughing because he was not the typical itty bitty little newborn I usually get at a mere 4 days old...  I've been able to watch Louie grow since then and he is such a vibrant little guy.  I love this family and was so honored to be able to continue the tradition by photographing their latest arrival Owen.  Our shoot was rescheduled three times due to Owen having a serious case of Jaundice, me catching a nasty flu bug and us getting a dark storm on our last scheduled date.  But the third time's a charm because Owen was a CHAMP during our shoot.  A total mellow lover-boy.  I just couldn't get enough of him.  And so tiny compared to Louie at that age!  Louie was feeling under the weather but we still managed to get a few fun shots with the whole family.  I'll be seeing these guys again in the fall and can't wait to see how much they have changed and grown between now and then!

Allison and Louis, ENJOY your images!!

Note: I walked in and saw this spot in the living room with PERFECT light so I moved their dining room table out of the way and moved this leather chair into my chosen spot.  Set up my reflector where I needed it.  Allison didn't even bat an eye, love her!  They know me by now and just let me do my thing... :)  Louie was hesitant at first with the camera and gave me some choice looks that had me in stitches but quickly overcame that with a lively little game of peekaboo.  

i'm really loving these "feet while nursing" shots.

These next ones were fun!  There was not nearly enough light in the bedroom to do these without supplemental lighting so I put my flash on my camera, pushed it to +3 power, swiveled the head and had it bounce off the wall behind me to create a huge burst (with good spread) of light in the room, softened by the bounce effect to reduce the presence of shadows.  With a sync speed of 1/200 it was able to, for the most part, stop the motion in the throwing in the air shots.  Totally worked!

Back to my favorite little spot in the house.  I just really like the clock in this set up, it adds that element of "time", that reminder that the clock is ticking and these moments are all too fleeting...

so lovin' these