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I went to Orlando from Monday to Thursday to do some fairytale sessions in the parks there. The Spanish Moss there is just plain magical. This sweetheart was Monday’s session and she came with a pink wig that we took full advantage of! This session was taken in Kraft Azalea Gardens in north Orlando. She even got into the water (after I did, of course).
And looks freakin’ SMASHING if I do say so myself! This is one of our Belly to Baby planners and were a BLAST! I loved that she came in with a vision, and then allowed me to do some of “my” thing! Thanks for being so rockin’ to work with, and I CANNOT WAIT to work with little baby boy
Normally I don’t put much stock in Friday the 13th. I don’t care, refuse the believe in it, nothing. I think I might have to pay attention in the future now. So, one of the mothers who wanted some furniture photos at her place said “Oh, I’m a member of this local flea-market type thing, we can borrow some of their furniture if we want to!”
So I go and pick out this wonderful burgundy couch and matching chair as well as a tall striped orange chair. I’m totally stoked. The woman with the couch tells us time and time again “It’s fragile, so you have to be really careful with it!” No big deal. So we load it up on the truck and haul it out to this beautiful lakefront scene. I shoot the photos I wanted and pick it up to move it since it’s light. I set it CAREFULLY down in the leaves a few feet away and….. *crunch*.. both front legs break off. Oh dear lord, I have just broken a borrowed couch. I calm myself and go back to work shooting because the chair is still fine. I’m convinced the couch can be fixed.
Get the couch back on the truck and go back to the house where we shoot with the orange chair that was also for sale and borrowed for photos. I leave it in the yard and see about the couch while we still have light. One leg can be fixed fine, no issue. The other one, the dowel holding the leg on is totally shot and cannot be fixed. So, since the couch was already on sale, I just bought myself a couch and matching chair set for $350. Not what I really wanted to do this weekend. Go home. It POURS overnight.
Mom who borrowed couch and chairs with me calls Saturday morning to tell me that she talked the lady selling couch down to $225. Thank goodness. Then she tells me that we left the orange chair out overnight. In the rain. So, we may have also bought a second chair. This is just NOT my day, but the photos are worth it.
I am so done hauling furniture outside though, I’ll tell you that.
You wake up…ready to go…and your kids have other ideas! Trust me when I say we have ALL been there. Trying to get in the car and your child suddenly decides NO! Not going. Especially not without a fight! As a mother…and a photographer…I totally get that. So, when I talked to Mary Beth this morning, I assured her that her kids being KIDS was truly no big deal. She could relax, get there when she could, and we’d totally wing it.
Much to my delight, the girls arrived willing and ready. I loved every minute of their fabulous personalities. I could have just eaten them up! Their love for each other is obvious and they both look out for one another. Can’t wait to have them back!
I borrowed Miss Q. here to practice some studio lighting with. Frankie usually does our studio work (because I’m bad at it), but I wanted to learn and try some ideas I had and her mommy graciously let me steal her for the morning.
I know just about everyone knows this girl by now. Her beautiful baby brother was just born a few weeks ago and I begged her mom for some furniture fun shots last week. Miss. L. is so funny too. For these, we were talking about how when someone farts, a unicorn is born. She didn’t believe me when I said I farted unicorns and pooped rainbows. I nearly had her convinced when I said that brown horses were really poopy unicorns, but she finally decided I was wrong. Her mommy says she’s not allowed to talk about that stuff except when I’m there! Sorry Michelle, I’m responsible for your daughter’s potty mouth!
This session was so fun! More furniture outside this time. I was so jazzed by the antique suitcase they have; they are using it as a table! The petti’s were a hit too!
Yes, I got someone to let me haul their furniture outside for some photos! In fact, I really did help carry this huge couch outside and I have the bruises to prove it! This couch was her grandmother’s and is in MINT condition. Plus, how wonderful are they to have a wardrobe that co-ordinates with the dog??
