Gorgeous

I think that this is one of the most beautiful baby girls I've ever met!

Newborn session (one week old).

Taken Monday, June 13

True love

William is getting so big, but he sometimes still reaches for our hands.

Snuck this one on Sunday while walking around at a little local festival.

Taken Sunday, June 12

Here Comes the Bride

I am still exhausted from this beautiful wedding yesterday. We shot from 2-11:00p.m. It rained most of the day, yet we still had a great time and got some beautiful shots.

Saving most of them for the Bride, but I liked this one of her last peek in the mirror with her Dad, before heading downstairs to the hotel lobby to meet her Groom.

Taken Saturday, 6/11

More lens love

Took the rental out for another spin this evening - just adore it, and am going to cry on Monday when I have to Fedex it back.

Happy little guy:

Oh! The bokeh and compression! Isn't it lovely? 100mm f/2, ISO 100. Can't wait to see what it can do in the huge cathedral for the wedding tomorrow.

100mm goodness

I can tell you right now that I am going to have to be FORCED to send this lens and (better) camera body that I'm renting back. I am so used to shooting at 50mm that 100 is a huge, huge change. I like how far I can be from William (or the bride and groom this weekend) and still get in close. People are more natural this way than when they have a lens up in their face.

The black & white above was one of the first 10 or so shots I took, so I was getting used to the completely different shooting experience (not only the framing, but the lens alone weighs almost 4 lbs, which may not sound like a lot, but it is! My wrists hurt already).

W had a meltdown (I don't blame him, it was 99 degrees!) so we cut playtime short, but I can't wait to take it back out tomorrow. I am seriously in heaven!

Check out Little Mister's face at the end of our 20 minutes at the park. Boys will be boys!

Pool Boy

First day of the year at the "real" (non-baby-pool-on-our-deck) pool.

William looked so big to me drinking from his juice box... tear!


Note: didn't want to risk taking my nice (and on my camera 99% of the time 50mm 1.4) lens, so I used my kit for the first time in awhile... it was painful! I overexposed this by a full stop to get semi decent light in the shade. What a different good glass makes. (And speaking of which, I am getting a fabulous 35-100mm f/2 in the mail tomorrow; renting it for a wedding this weekend. I am SO excited to play with it.)

Just like a man

Taken Tuesday, 6/7