Half of the fun of a "baby shoot" (that still sounds so wrong to me) is the photography session. Actually, in any shoot for me, the photography is only half the fun!
I love to get 'the shot'. I love the eye contact and love achieving 'the communion' between me, my subject and the lens. I love seeing something in my minds eye, sometimes days or weeks before a shoot, and then making it happen on the day. And I like 'winging it' when I need to. I like the whole process.
But that is only half the fun for me. I use to feel guilty because I loved the post processing of my work so much. It seemed that somehow I was cheating when I took them into Photoshop and worked on them. It was like I was trying to compensate somehow for... something, or the lack of it! It was like I could take an 'ok' shot, but I had to have photoshop or lightroom to make it a 'snazzy' shot. Well, I've gotten over that!
I had a wonderful lecturer for photoshop that made me believe and understand that the post processing is just a whole 'nuther' slice of the art. And it's a slice I love!
This week, I've been working on a little angel. Nina. She was 8 weeks old at the time of the shoot and she played along like a little pro. She coo'ed and smiled at me, let me snuggle her in and sway her to sleep. Then she let me poke, prod and pull on her while she slept so I could pose her... then, she woke up happy! Gave me a few wide awake smiles and silly face... and she didn't even poo on my blankets!!
It was great! I stand there lovin' on those babies as much as I can to ensure I don't get too broody again, but when that's all said and done... I still get to play and create!
Here's little Nina...
