This was my first time photographing newborn twins. Their mom was my college roommate. She grew up in Houston and when we moved here, by total coincidence, we ended up buying a house on the street behind hers.
Meet Georgia and Gray. They were born a few weeks early and spent a little time in the NICU, but they came home healthy and still tiny–both under 6 lbs when I photographed them at one month old. I love newborns in black & white.
This past week I was in Nashville for the annual photographers’ convention called Imaging USA. It was three very full days of going to classes and visiting booths at the expo and attending parties. I saw some fantastic speakers–like wedding photographers Dane Sanders, Joe Buissink, and Jose Villa–who gave inspiring talks and gave me lots to think about. I also ate fried pickles for the first time ever. (Pretty tasty.)
The convention was at the Opryland Resort, which was a crazy hotel. It is huge and easily rivals anything in Vegas. The only thing missing was the casino. (And in fact it felt so much like Vegas to me that after I got back I accidentally referred to it as Vegas a couple times, leading my husband to suspect that I hadn’t been at a photo convention at all but instead had snuck off to Vegas without him. Haha.) This hotel had several garden conservatories that made you feel like you were walking on paths outdoors, except you were still inside the hotel. The food in all the restaurants was overpriced (captive audience, I guess, it was possible but not easy to leave the resort)–I had some seriously expensive sushi in front of waterfall that was served in takeout containers. What is up with that? At least for that price I should be paying for nice presentation. Am I right?
My roommate at the hotel was my friend Blonnie, a photographer who lives in Delaware. We laughed a lot and took a lot of goofy pictures of each other. The one below was a random shot she took of me that she probably wouldn’t even have thought was worth sharing, but it turned out to be one of my favorites.
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This is one of my favorite sessions I’ve done yet. I always suggest to clients that we shoot in their home, but people don’t always want to. I like it because it’s them, it’s their stuff & their place, everyone’s more comfortable and relaxed and doesn’t feel as much like they have to “perform” while we’re out at a location specifically for photos.
I’ve gotten to know this family a bit over the past year, as our kids go to preschool together. The girls are so sweet, and their mom is one of the nicest women you will ever meet. I love the images we got from their session.
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It appears I have dropped off the face of the earth. I haven’t posted anything here in months, and considering I do no real marketing and my main form of advertising is word-of-mouth, not blogging is a critical mistake. I plan to change that in the coming months. For real.
For now, I will say Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah and here’s a photo from earlier this week.
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Oy. I am so behind on blogging. First up, here are a few pics of an album I did for a client. This is what a session album looks like. I think they’re awesome. The photos are mounted on the pages with mats. This album has 30 pages (the maximum available–you can see how thick this is already).
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