So India and I saw the cutest headbands in J.Crew. Of course they were $15 and I couldn’t see spending that much on a headband. Go figure. I figured Indi and I could make them ourselves. So we did… I did. We took the flowers apart together but I had to sew the flowers to the band.
me, mom, and daddy… sorry The Ramones just swim around in my brain sometimes. If you head over to their site you can rock to some tunes. Although only the first line of this song applies to this happy family.
They had a great day. Adoption papers signed and day in court over and done. After all that, it was time for a little hike and some photos to help remember this day. The only thing that could put a damper was the 93 degree weather. Everyone toughed it out and we got a bit of cloud cover at just the right times. We were blessed, in more ways than one.
It’s a miracle that so much pain and suffering can bring something so wonderful into the world.
This tiny newborn was about 5 lbs and two weeks old when I came to photograph. A baby is a newborn for such a short time. After the first couple of weeks they start packin’ it on and no longer have that newborn, wrinkly old man look. I love when I can catch them while they are still small.
I have had the above image on my website’s info page for too long. I was pregnant with Ezra, and we still had about 4 months in Boston. It was taken by our friend Ryuji Suzuki with my then new Mamiya 6 rangefinder camera. Ahh those were the days of film and fun medium format rangefinders.
The other image of me floating around in cyberspace is this one taken in college. My friend Christian Romero shot it for a class project. He used 6 florescent tubs for light. Pretty cool effect. Christian also photographed our wedding… coming up on 11 years now!
Even though I love these images, it is time for a change. So yesterday I decided to pull out the tripod and get a few shots with both my kids. Luckily I have an assistant in training. She sat for me so I could focus. Then I had to wake up the monster. He enjoyed watching the light blink and the shutter fire. Too bad it made him smile after the exposure was made!
This was taken before waking the monster
1st shot was beautiful, I thought this would be a piece of cake. Well the final pick is nice, but far from perfect.
Here are a few of the outtakes that really show you what this shoot was all about:
Problems with focus, cropping and those fingers…
You’re supposed to be over here…
Where’s my girl?
Thankfully we are going to have our family portrait taken next week. I can’t wait to see what she does with us. I think all photographers should be photographed at some time or another. I just never have!
This little, tiny baby is so precious. He came and through many miracles is safe and sound. More to come of him. Just couldn’t pass up the red, white and blue.
