Christina's Blog

Wow, time truly does fly these days – it seems like it was just last week that I got a chance to photograph baby Dominick and posted a sneak-peek here.  After the major Christmas rush, I was finally able to finish the artwork on a few more of his portraits and I think they are gorgeous!  I can’t wait to order a few Gallery Wraps for the studio so I can look at them everyday.  I can’t decide what I love most about his little face – those wide open eyes or his perfect little round cheeks!  Babies… too sweet for words.

Due to a last-minute cancellation at the studio, I had time to squeeze in a little mini-session with 6 month old Dominick – boy, did I get lucky!  This sweet guy was just a bundle of happiness and I enjoyed every second of photographing him.  Since we weren’t in the studio, I created a cozy little set-up in between a dining room table and a large window.  It turned out to be a great spot, with plenty of sunshine for us to work with.  I think he would have been perfectly content to hang out with me (and my camera) and let me tickle his toes all day.

I tried getting him to lay on his tummy on a pillow, but every time I moved my hands back to the camera, he did this little fishy swim-kick that slid him right off the back.  Not only was it adorable, but he didn’t even seem to mind that I tried another 10 times before finally giving up on that pose!  I was totally on Cloud 9 when the session was over and couldn’t wait to get back and load up the images for a preview.  This is just a sneak-peek from what is sure to be a set of my favorite images – I’ll definitely be posting more of these in the coming weeks!  Enjoy!

One of the things that I most love about portrait photography is that moment when I realize I’ve captured a look or a smile that truly represents the spirit of the person inside – and also moments like this, when I realize that it usually takes much more than one image to truly capture most people!  After all, we are multi-faceted, we humans, and there is so much you can miss in a person when you’re caught up in the fast pace of life.  Since we don’t have a pause button yet, thank goodness we have a camera – think of all the faces we’d miss without one!  On that note, I share with you another image of the adorable baby Evan.   Even at only 7 weeks old he is already more than 1000 words could say…

For more interesting faces, check out iHeartFaces for their “Just for Fun” collection of photographs of, you guessed it, faces!