Second Roll

This is Portra 400 just like my first roll, but with these I tried to challenge myself a bit more and shoot in different lighting conditions and also see how I did with it indoors.  I had these processed and scanned by Film Box Lab in Nashville and they did an incredible job.  I just love the colors and the depth I'm able to achieve with film, even as a complete newbie.  I really feel myself slowing down, thinking, and connecting to my camera and to the image I'm trying to create.  I feel like I got my exposure down a little bit better here than I did the first go-round and I'm getting more used to how my in-camera meter works in different situations.  I desaturated a couple of these because I felt black and white worked better for the image but other than that the colors and tones are unchanged.  I especially love the portraits of my daughter and how her skin and features look on film.  Thanks so much for looking!

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Howard Family

Mom is a friend of a friend of mine from my hometown so I was so happy that we were able to find each other when her family moved to Fayetteville.  She warned me before our session that her little guy is as happy as can be...until a camera comes out.  I promised we'd get some smiles and I did catch a couple!  We met at one of my favorite locations early one morning and although I was bummed out that some of the park was inaccessible due to heavy rain the previous week, it was so lush and green that I couldn't be too upset.  This family was so wonderful to work with and just so cute!  Enjoy!

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Baby Parker, part 2

As I've said before, images of new babies with their families always turn out to be my favorite.  The connection between moms, dads, siblings, and in this case a grandfather and his grandson, are so fresh and sweet.  I also love capturing babies in their nurseries, lying in their own cribs.  Little Parker was awake and so content in his room and he gave me some amazing expressions.  This was also the first newborn session that I was able to experiment a little bit with my new macro lens to get close up on little feet and ears.  Every in-home newborn session I do is so unique and wonderful for me to shoot because I get to document a new child joining their family.  It's always different and I love using the home environment to tell the story of that new baby's arrival.  This is one of my favorites so far.  Welcome to the world, Parker!

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