I love my girl

This little girl and her bunny-lovey just woke up from a nice nap. Look at that sweet coy smile!







Lest you think that everything is sugar and spice, though, I implore you to check out this super short slideshow:




She made all of these faces in the span of about 2 minutes after getting up from her blessedly long nap. Nothing like those breaks to get a nice chance to miss her! Even if sometimes I do watch the slideshow over and over again while she's sleeping... It's like a cuteness sickness/ addiction.

I love her because she is so expressive, goofy, wife, talkative, sweet, willful, independent, curious, affectionate, smart, and beautiful. It's hard to find time and free hands to photograph her - but even harder not to, you know?

And here's a video of her when she was much tinier but still had a zillion faces going!

Is it Spring yet?

Normally at this time of year, I take a lot of photos in our garden... of flowering fuit trees, sprouting veggie seedlings, beautiful spring and early summer sun. Well... things are a little different this year... for lots of reasons.

Mainly because a. it's been so gloomy and rainy and windy and cruddy out, and b. I have a cute little person to chase around!





(She can walk but still likes to scoot around on her booty like this, to maximize getting dirty: )





Yesterday we harvested some amazing cherries from the neighbor's tree... the branches hanging over our fence are fair game, right? I just can't stand to watch the crows get them all!





We don't need to water because of the incessant rains... yay? Sigh.













Symphony wants to go outside nevertheless... she points to the picture window to the outside and says "car! car! car!"... meaning, "I'm sick of being inside this house, and I've explored every nook and cranny of it, so please take me outside for heaven's sake!"





















So we have our little backyard adventures, and bide our time, waiting longingly for the summer sun...

My baby girl is ONE

My tiny girl is a big ole one year old now!



How did she go from this:



to this?



Curly curly-headed girl:



I wonder where she gets it? :)





We had a great little birthday party and family day. She keeps me on my toes so I just keep photographing her as she grows... perhaps someday she'll hold still enough for me to go through them all!

playing with film/ gratuitous photos of Symphony

I love shooting digital for many reasons... but I also love, and miss, film. I started out shooting, developing, and printing (by hand) black and white and color films. So sometimes I let myself play with 35mm or 120 film. And my favorite person to play with these days happens to also be really really cute!

Have you noticed her curls?



And cute, sweet grin?



And cute, devilish grin?







Film gives you some delicious skin tones... especially the skin on this little peach.



Although either film or digital can capture unflattering goofy faces...



And then the same face all over again a minute later!



But eating is still a new skill, takes concentration...





We hung out with our friend and favorite stripey chicken, Monroe! Also a fan of film (cannisters).









And enjoyed the kitties and sunlight:







And then I covered her face and little curly hair in kisses. Another good day.

If you're interested in having me shoot any film rolls for your event or portrait, just let me know! xo