Daisy 2 Months

You probably remember little Miss Daisy who broke out of the hospital last week.  This past week, I went to her home to take her 2 month pictures.  Even though Daisy is 2 months old, I approached this session as a newborn session.  Daisy is still very much curled up and cuddly.  She also seems to sleep a lot still (I have one picture with her eyes open).  And lastly, sweet babe is still under 6 pounds. 
I did more experimenting in Photoshop with these pictures.  I found more and more wanting to take the picture from Lightroom (after doing basic fixes) into Photoshop to really polish things up.  I might need to upgrade our Photoshop if I continue doing this.  I'm running Photoshop CS.  That's right, the original Photoshop CS, not CS 8 or 9 (which I believe is the latest version).  I'm like total old-school over here.  Anyway, here is a little sneak peak of Daisy's second session with me.  She completely rocked it!

Miss Daisy Breaks Out!

This past week, I had the opportunity to shoot my most unique session yet.  My friend Rhianna was expecting to give birth to her baby girl this August.  Little did any of us know, little Miss Daisy had other plans and arrived on May 28th at 28 weeks gestation.  Right from the start, she was feisty and a fighter.  Most preemies are in NICU until their original due date.  However, Daisy did so well that she was able to go home after just 7 1/2 weeks.  I was so excited to be part of this special day for the Stafford family and I hope that I was able to capture their excitement and joy at bringing their little one home.  

 

Love this moment of bonding

Two beautiful ladies

Bianca meets her little sister for the first time

I think she likes her ;)

Thank you Rhianna and Stan for letting me capture the memories of this day for you!

Ezra Two Month Preview

Earlier this week I got to work with the adorable Ezra again.  He and mommy Kim came to my house for the session (can I just say how much I love the southern exposure I get in my living room?).  At first, Ezra seemed pretty wary of me.  Who can blame him?  I'm some strange lady waving a big black camera in his face, meanwhile making silly noises and faces.  I'd be scared too.  Seriously, Kim and I were doing everything we could think of to get him to smile.  A few times we got really close but Ezra really enjoyed sticking his tongue out at us.  

However, once we moved outside, things totally changed.  This little guy hammed it up.  It was great!  I had a hard time narrowing down which pictures to polish.  I look forward to many more sessions with this cutie!

I call this "The Many Faces of Ezra"

And the piece de resistance.....

Kim and I both had seen this idea on Pinterest.  We wanted to try it with his newborn photos but someone was just a bit squirmy.   So we tried again with this session and Ezra was still squirmy (clearly he does not like keeping his feet still) but with a little under the sheet help from Mommy, we got his feet in the right place so that I could make this:

If you're like my husband and you can't tell, his feet are the "v" for "love."  (seriously, Walker said he thought I had just forgotten to put the "v" in the picture).  I admit I spent a lot of time on this in Photoshop.  I was very, very picky about the way I wanted the letters to look.  I wanted them tall but not thick.  There is no font like that in photoshop so I created my own letters using the line and elliptical tool.  I guess I've now entered the world of editing in Lightroom and finishing with Photoshop.  Watch out world, I'm moving up!