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July 18, 2008
Grand baby steps..
Hello, all. I am managing a blog entry in the midst of the chaos that is The Last Three Weeks Before I Relocate to Portland. Sixteen days left and I have not packed a single thing, still working at the restaurant and until just a few hours ago I was working on crafty things for a craft fair next Friday. But I'm not going to participate, just don't have the time. Thankfully I hadn't really applied for it.
Two weeks ago I photographed my very first family portrait. I was so nervous, having never really dealt with families. A darling lady I met at the aforementioned art fair a few months ago asked me to photograph her family, because being a photographer herself she has thousands of pictures of her kids... but none of her in them. So we went to a park on the south side of Vegas (Hicksville, I call it, because it's still mildly undeveloped) and spent an hour shooting her sweet family. To be honest... I quite enjoyed it! The pictures turned out great and she was happy with the results. The photograph above is of 14 year old Shae. She is a sweet girl and I just love love love that portrait.
The family
Hilary Helton, the Photographer/mama/lady with great a decorating eye (her office is AWESOME)
Soon enough, the shyness disappeared.
Last Tuesday I photographed my friend Minnie and her two adorable kids. Now let me tell y'all something. When I think of leaving Vegas for Portland nothing nothing nothing at all makes me sad about it... except saying goodbye to this little girl. Just thinking about it makes me shed a little tear. I'm gonna miss little Genesis so much. She is such a smart three year old. So imaginative, energetic, shy (at first) and unbearably cute. Not that I have any plans to have kids at all, but if I do, I hope I get to raise her the way Minnie is doing. I like me some disciplined smart kids.
During our shoot on Tuesday, Genesis grabbed her mama's Canon 20D (the same model as my camera) and in no more than 10 minutes was already directing us where to sit, how to sit, where to stand, when the camera was ready, so on and so on. Three years old. Oh lordy. Her photographs actually turned out great!!!! I think I may have a partner in crime!
This is one of her shots. And yes, that's my bra.
I had asked her to jump for a photo... but instead she told me to jump. So I obliged.
I haven't finished editing the pictures from that session. I did snap like 600 shots of her, her lil baby brother (who is totally chill, and I adore him!), the mama and the grandma.
So definitely I will market this new area of my photography. I have to learn to loosen up around kids.
YAY FOR TAKING OVER THE WORLD ALL THE WAY FROM MY FUTURE HEADQUARTERS IN PORTLAND!!!!
Posted by starmagn at July 18, 2008 05:02 PM
Comments
You totally rocked these Amy. Love the sprinkler shots and the processing on your family shots is amazing. So excited to hear about your big move in a couple weeks. Hope it all goes well. :)
Posted by: Shawn at July 20, 2008 05:19 PM
Relocating to Portland!!! Fantastic!!! Portland has some killer boutiques, as well as totally awesome bakeries. You'll love it! Maybe not the weather though (in the winter anyway). Now it's gorgeous though!
Posted by: Cakespy at July 23, 2008 12:14 PM
Great portraits! Love the one of Shae also...and Genesis! Reminds me of my girl taking pics of me! love it.
Posted by: angeljoy at July 27, 2008 08:27 PM