The Mighty Hunter

I had the privilege of spending a few hours with my nephew, The Mighty Hunter, this weekend to take his birthday pictures (a few months late--his bday was in May).

He's the king of cheesy grins and hates posing for pictures. But get out the hunting gear and LOOK OUT...the boy's a ham. He'd even suggest poses as long as he had that gun in his hand! I was reminded this weekend what the phrase "all boy" means...because this kid's it! He's 7 now, believe it or not, and just as it's been my pleasure to watch him grow from a chubby, wubby baby, it was my pleasure to capture these memories....

Enjoy!

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

#21

#22

#23

#24

#25

#26

#27

Just a reminder that any pictures with the name on can easily be done without the name on, any full color can easily be done black & white or sepia. I'm trying to stretch myself a little...for example, even though names on pictures isn't my favorite thing, I'm trying to do one for each sitting because some folks love it. It's not all about me (insert shocked noise!).

9 Month Beauty

This 9 month Beauty is mine! Isn't she lovely? (I'm biased).
In reflection of these sets of pictures I realized a few things: I LOVE taking outdoor photos--the light is so sweet and true and it makes everything look crisp and clean! I also realized that I need to get better lighting indoors. At this time we're working with 2 continuous umbrella lights and no strobes or other overhead lighting and it's showing in my photos (and driving me nuts!). The ones with the black stool seem too bright to me and I love the facial expression and hand on #21 but am aggravated at the shadow on the left cheek. Before we invest in too much more equipment we are looking at making a home studio set-up. Right now we operate with a temporary set-up because that's just what we have at this time as we're just getting started and I'm not willing to put too much more stationary equipment in the house. In time, in time, we'll hopefully be expanding! No matter the minor glitches I still very much love this little gal's 9 month pictures!

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

#21

#22