WOW!  I cannot believe how much energy was buzzing around Saturday afternoon at art & light gallery!!  I had 4 families, 2 little girls, and 1 newborn family who trekked downtown to play in front of the camera.   I learned several lessons during this year’s round of mini-sessions.  FIrst of all, I need to schedule more time for families (or just save familiy portraits for regular sessions) because even though I had an assisstant to help me with things I felt like I missed out on the chance to catch up with everyone.  I was rushing too much to “take pictures” and not doing enough of what I feel is one of my strong points, “capturing interactions”.  Another idea is to try mini-sessions with families in a rural setting next time because even though I love the urban setting, having a bunch of kids near a busy street was not always the ideal situation.

That being said, I am beginning to edit the photos and am happy to report that we got a great variety for everyone, even with a bit of chaos thrown into the mix throughout the day!  Everyone was so cooperative with corraling the kids and moving furniture props indoors and out.  The older siblings kept trying to entertain their younger siblings and the solo kids just ate up the camera.

Thanks again to Teresa at art & light gallery and to Kina Baddorf for the use of her beautiful hand-knit diaper cover (found now at art & light, along with the rest of her fantastic hats, sweaters, and booties).  And a huge THANK YOU to all my wonderful clients for participating!!  I will let you know via email when you full gallery is online, but here is a preview!