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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Simon - 10 months

It's been such fun this past year watching (and photographing) Simon from tiny infant to tentative explorer at 10 months old. Up until now we've had to do all his previous shoots (Newborn, 3 mos, 6 mos) indoors because of weather, or more recently, the particular schedules of a baby. If you're a mom, you know how important it is NOT to mess up a baby's schedule if at all possible, unless you're a glutton for punishment. But this time we got to venture outdoors to a local park where Simon really got to explore and take in the wonder of twirling leaves, picking up sticks (and tasting them), and crawling around in the grass. Thanks Simon (and mom!) for letting me take part! Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug Photo & Video Sharing by SmugMug

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Z Family

I think most amateur or hobbyist photographers might faint at the thought of shooting another photographer's family as their FIRST family session. Which I nearly did. But it helped tremendously that this family IS family. I learned a lot and got to try out some new things, including backlighting and haze and different composition than with just Evan as a victim...er, subject. It was insanely hot that day, but everyone did really well. Even the parents. ;-)

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Monday, August 1, 2011

More Cake

Spring and Summer are birthday central in our house.  Dan's birthday plan of meeting Henry Winkler (The Fonz) at the local drive-in was ditched after he decided it wasn't worth braving the 100 degree weather.  Sorry, Fonz.  So I told him to pick a movie, thinking he'd choose something like Captain America or some equally typical 'guy' movie full of explosives and car chases.  Noooo.  That would be too easy and formulaic.  Instead we headed to the IMAX Theatre.  Sharks?  Nope.  Lions of the Kalahari?  Nope.  Lewis and Clark:  The Great Journey West!  Yee-haw!  Nerdville, here we come.  It *was* a good show, despite the nerdyness of it. 

Then we came home and Evan helped Dan open his presents.

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Look at that mischievous grin! 

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Buttering up Daddy to get some cake. 

Edited by Alauna Peterson (http://www.alaunapetersonphotography.com/)

And working on Grandma never hurts.