T-shirt Shag Carpet Photo Prop

I saw this great little pillow and thought, "Hey, that would be cute as a rug for photographs!" While it is really cute it was a pain in the butt to make.

Here is the original inspiration:

 

http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2011/04/v-and-co-how-to-shag-pillow.html

Here is my end result. I know it is hard to see in this picture but it had the desired effect of a textured blanket.

I was attempting to make it one square yard but got to a half-yard and was about to commit myself to the loony bin so I called it quits. With the strips only going half way up the material, I folded the material over it and sewed it up like a pillow. It is about the size of a nice bath mat.

 Isn't she gorgeous... not that I am at all biased.

Another Cocoon Idea

Here is a picture from the weekend newborn shoot I did. This is using a larger sized cocoon (two more rounds of increases) and the mom was holding the cocoon from the top. If you want to see more of my photos you can check them out here.

The link to the original pattern is found here.

Grandpa's Hot Rod

Grandpa has a burgundy 1957 Chevy that Little Man loves. Grandpa sent M a shirt with a hot rod and for Christmas they put together a model.

On a random side note - I was able to download the DNG converter for Photoshop and can now access RAW files. I wasn't sure how big a difference it would make but now I am a believer. Now I have to go get some bigger memory cards.

February 2011 - One Day, One Photo

I know I am a little late on this post seeing as March is half over. I said one photo for each day, not timely posting of said photographs.

Slime and Snails

Nothing says Valentines Day like the gift of crabs!

M has really been into the book The Legend of the Golden Snail by Graeme Base so I thought what better gift for a three year old boy than a couple snails. After talking to my Sister-In-Law I learned that there are also small crabs that live in aquariums so I quickly added a crab for my sweetheart's Valentines Day gift.  I bought one Mystery Black Snail (I think has already met his demise, rest his little snail heart), one Mystery Blue Snail and one Red Clawed Crab.

I asked M what he wanted to name them and the snails are Shell and Another Shell and crab goes simply by Crab.

 G loves them just as much as M but has a harder time understanding that we don't put our hand in the tank.

I love how much they love them and hopefully we can keep the two survivors alive longer than a week. I do foresee another trip to the pet store because M asked me where the fish were. I did read this morning that I have to get fast moving fish because the crab will eat them (someone should tell the people at PetSmart that since they said the crab would never eat the fish/snails).

Putting Yourself Out There

My dear friend asked me to photograph her beautiful pregnant belly. I am both honored and inspired to put myself out there more. I hope this can be an inspiration for you to step out of your comfort zone and have faith that you have something special to offer the world. I know that is a bucket full of sap, but it is exactly how I feel.

Her belly was painted by my friend and first doula client, Helenbeth. Isn't it beautiful?

I love shooting into the light to get this type of photograph.