I love having a studio and being able to do so many different types of sessions in it! This Softball Team Session was something different for me both because I haven’t worked with softball players in photography before, and because I’m a gymnastics/hockey/Lacrosse mom so NOT an expert at posing softball players. Luckily these gorgeous girls were pros and made it easy! Love how these turned out!
What a fun mini session with one of my favorite people and a few of HER favorite people! I love the gorgeous light and bright colors of the flowers that make the perfect backdrop at these nursery mini sessions! What a beautiful place to hang out with beautiful people like my friend Lindsay, her little guy Ridge and her mama!
I LOVE cake smash sessions! There is something so fun about plopping down a baby, a cake and then just shooting whatever happens! I love watching the hesitant curiosity at first. Then the apprehensive investigating and tasting which is usually followed by digging in and an adorable mess. I haven’t done many of these for a while, but having a studio means I can do them any time now! Andi was the perfect first cake smasher for my new studio!
When a local tulip field announced that they were opening up days primarily for photographers to bring their clients out for photos I was SOOOO excited! I wanted to jump at the chance, but there were some concerns. It was pricey. Both for myself to obtain the exclusive photography pass which meant passing additional fees on to my clients and then the clients still had to pay an additional admission fee at the field. The location started a facebook page though and there seemed to be enough interest from potential clients so I decided to go for it. Then there was the tulips. This was the first year for the field and the dates that they would be blooming was just an estimate so I couldn’t schedule exact times for clients which made it difficult for some to commit to a session. They had to push it back a couple of times and then when they finally had a date, another “photographer” went on to the facebook page and badmouthed the field and posted very poor photos of tulips that weren’t open (there were still several days until the shoot dates) and bad angles making it appear there weren’t many tulips at all. Most of my clients began to cancel. Luckily there was one beautiful family that was still willing to take a chance. As you can see there were plenty of tulips and they were beautiful.
The only thing preventing this from being everything we hoped for was Mother Nature. Everything was extreme that day. The sun was so bright and glaring which in an open field is not ideal. The wind was insane which was not ideal for two girls and a mom with lovely, long hair. And it was cold. You wouldn’t know by the looking at the photos because these beauties were absolute TROOPERS, but they were freezing.
All in all I would say it was a successful and fun session. I would consider doing it again in the future if there is enough interest so if you are interested, let me know!
I’ve been clicking on these beauties since they were itty bitty (actually one wasn’t born yet)! They were some of my earliest clients so it only makes sense that they were also one of the first sessions in my new studio! They wanted a simple studio look, but I’ve also added so many other fun options for studio sessions since their shoot. I can’t wait to work with them again and see lots of other lovely families both in the studio and on location!
