I love their love
February 8, 2010
I had not one but two amazing photo sessions this weekend. Snow/sleet and bucketfulls of rain on Friday almost prevented me from traveling down to Fairmont, NC to get to one of them, but I did make it safely on Friday afternoon. I got to test out my new 12 ft long, 12 ft high backdrop stand! It’s a breeze to carry around, as it collapses down to less than 4 ft and slips into its own carrying case. I am really digging it. It’s so nice to not have to borrow on anymore for on-location studio shoots (but a huge thank you to Ariel Perez Photography for letting me borrow his, as needed)!
One session was for my close friends, Hector and Danyelle, who are expecting their second child next month. If you’re a Browncoat, you’ll appreciate the name they’ve chosen: Bella JAYNE. We cannot wait to meet Miss Bella in late March, although, if she’s anything like her big sister, she might not arrive until April!
Hector and Dan are one of my favorite couples, as people and as parents. They were told several years ago that they’d never have children at all. Rosa, their oldest daughter, will be two on her birthday this Friday:
That just goes to show that modern medicine doesn’t always have the perfect answer! Isn’t she beautiful? She is one of the smartest and most verbal almost-two-year-old I’ve ever had the pleasure of encountering. Plus, she gives me kisses. Who can argue?
I also got the opportunity to take a few shots at Rosa’s birthday party on Saturday, which was also a baby shower for Bella. Here are a few creative edits from my snapshots. I really love the balloon one. It looks like she’s floating/dancing. Also, the balls in the ball pen were bright primary colors, but while roaming through my various presets, I found one that turned them pastel. Giant Easter M&Ms!
My second session was from a repeat client. She came to one of my special events in the fall and had Halloween portraits done of her daughter, niece, and nephew. She ended up booking me for a boudoir session, which turned out GREAT! We couldn’t get the book out in time for Christmas because of the rampant snowstorms, but we finished her sessions up yesterday and I sent the book to the printer this morning — what an awesome Valentine’s day gift for her husband! No photos to share from that one, though — we’ll let him be the lucky first viewer. 
All in all, I’ve been super-busy lately, but I am relishing the fact that I don’t have any projects outstanding at the moment — everything’s in and delivery’s been done on all of the sessions from January. Now I can take a break and concentrate on MOVING!
