Two of my favourite images from last week.
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Showing posts with label babies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label babies. Show all posts
Freddy's Christening - St Mary's Church, Banbury
20:23
Ever since I heard this amazing story by the incomparable Jen Lee, the words Story Catcher have stuck with me. In fact they have inspired me, and Cam and I have been working on a little something we hope to launch in the future; but that's for the future.
What I will say though, is you know you are on the right path when synchronicity comes into play, and we were invited to shoot Freddy's Christening as a gift from his godparents to him. Unfortunately we were not allowed to shoot during the service itself, but I hope we capture the story of the day nonetheless. Freddy is just adorable, and clearly not unhappy to be the center of attention. Quite the charmer already!
The service was held at St Mary's Church, where I have openly declared I want to shoot a wedding (please), followed by a drinks and nibbles at Ye Olde Reindeer (I believe we ate in the very room Cromwell planned a few battles) Like weddings, I just love the joy that is palpable in the air on celebrations like this, and after the taste of our first Christening, I can happily say we would love to photograph more!
We put together a little slideshow of the day which you can see here:
What I will say though, is you know you are on the right path when synchronicity comes into play, and we were invited to shoot Freddy's Christening as a gift from his godparents to him. Unfortunately we were not allowed to shoot during the service itself, but I hope we capture the story of the day nonetheless. Freddy is just adorable, and clearly not unhappy to be the center of attention. Quite the charmer already!
The service was held at St Mary's Church, where I have openly declared I want to shoot a wedding (please), followed by a drinks and nibbles at Ye Olde Reindeer (I believe we ate in the very room Cromwell planned a few battles) Like weddings, I just love the joy that is palpable in the air on celebrations like this, and after the taste of our first Christening, I can happily say we would love to photograph more!
We put together a little slideshow of the day which you can see here:
Baby Miles
16:38
My workflow sucks. Seriously, throw in 3 weddings, and it's like I don't have a life to blog about! Actually, ask Cam, and he will probably say it's true. Second to the actual day itself, I LOVE post-processing, and I have been known to spend close to 100 hours working on one wedding. Maybe I haven't being doing this long enough yet, or maybe I am just a geek; but despite the achy joints, late nights, and hours of near isolation, I really enjoy this part. I literally comb through each photo and then select the top few hundred to work with individually. Okay I will come clean, I only learnt how to batch process quite recently, but I don't think that will make any difference. Each picture conveys a different message, a different piece to the story, you can never find a one size fits all action. But anyhow, I digress... So yes, maybe some parts of my life have gone into temporary hibernation, but overall we've actually had a pretty jam-packed August.
So I plan to review August retrospectively, beginning with one of the real highlights - the birth of baby Miles to our dear friends, Shelly and Simon. The adorable bundle was still in hospital when I first got to see him, but I am looking forward to visiting him and his mama at home soon. He is just so gorgeous, a little bundle of pure love! I am excited, having documented Miles incubation, I get to meet the little guy now! I hope he likes having his picture taken :)
There is just something about the little feet and hands, those teeny tiny nails.
Soooo cute!
How beautiful is he? I love how his little lip gets sucked in by his top lip - little unique Miles-traits already!
Congratulations Shelly and Simon! You both must be so proud.
And welcome to the world Miles :)
So I plan to review August retrospectively, beginning with one of the real highlights - the birth of baby Miles to our dear friends, Shelly and Simon. The adorable bundle was still in hospital when I first got to see him, but I am looking forward to visiting him and his mama at home soon. He is just so gorgeous, a little bundle of pure love! I am excited, having documented Miles incubation, I get to meet the little guy now! I hope he likes having his picture taken :)
There is just something about the little feet and hands, those teeny tiny nails.
Soooo cute!
How beautiful is he? I love how his little lip gets sucked in by his top lip - little unique Miles-traits already!
Congratulations Shelly and Simon! You both must be so proud.
And welcome to the world Miles :)
Ella
14:03
When I first started thinking about photography as a business; babies and children were the last subjects I had in mind. McKinley-Rodgers Photography initially came into being under the name of Dogtales and Dreams when, inspired by the likes of Erin Vey, I was keen to tap into the dog-loving nature of the great British public. I guess having my own fur babies as opposed to the human variety, played a part too; and I was unsure whether I had the passion for child photography.
It's funny sometimes how the thing you most resist turns out to be exactly what you are looking for.
This month I had the joy of photographing Ella again.
We first met when she was not quite a month old. Gorgeous and tiny, she was a crumpled bundle of joy on her proud parents lap.
This time she greeted me with curious inspection, before eventually giving into my charms (or it could have been the bribe of a fluffy pink pig) and I fell in love.
From not thinking about babies, it's all I can think about now.
More babies to photograph please!
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