Beautiful little girl! Brigitte’s mom called me on the 3rd of September asking about my portraits. She was new in town and had heard about me and checked out my website. I invited her in for a tour of the studio and to talk about what her vision was for the portrait. At that session I found out that she had a 1½ year old that she wanted portraits of, as well as the family of 3. We decided on a date (October 25th, after I came back from my African adventure).
Little Brigitte arrives with her parents that day – and she is extremely shy – at least it seemed that way. She looked at me suspiciously but she was wiling to do what mom and dad wanted her to. We started off in my window light room – and we tried to get her to sit or stand in a certain place, but, you can’t tell a 1½ year old what to do! You just go with the flow. She had a few of her favorite toys, her special doll and her books with her. Eventually we got some absolutely amazing images of her – doing what she wanted to do! Why do we even try to tell young children what to do – I’ve discovered that we just let them lead the way! That is the best way to capture their personality and spirit in a timeless photograph!
Here are some of my favorite images from that session…
When we finished photographing Brigitte, the family went outside and photographed the family. Brigitte was fascinated by the leaves!
I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this image!
More favorites…
I love it when my clients write in my Comment book! This is what Anna wrote… “You really captured the busyness of our daughter. We love the family shot – thank you for helping us put a memory on our wall!” – Markus & Anna
No – thank you Markus, Anna and Brigitte – it’s clients like you that make me love my job!
