Smiles and Giggles

A few more edits of the Communion Shoot...What great & fun experience!

These are the last of the "communion related" photos from: this shoot.

I have other shots of the kids (casual) and some with mom from this session to edit later and they where a lot of fun to take as well!!

She's sooo cute! Who could resist taking a million photos of her - especially w/ those blue eyes and adorable smile!





And look at those brown eyes!



Great moment!



She finally warmed up to the camera:








And would could resist a twirl for the camera!



And a silly one when you just can't think of any more poses!

Sisterhood

How do people make it through life without a sister?

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When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.

Sisters are blossoms in the garden of life.

It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!




Sisterhood is powerful.



Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling.



A sister shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.



Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring - quite often the hard way.



MORE from this communion shoot posted HERE.

Communion Portraits

Today I had the pleasure of photographing S. for her Communion portraits.

We started with some natural light photos of her holding rosary beads. S.'s mom is hoping to use these shots for the thank you cards for the Communion party.

I stood her next to a huge window with natural beautiful light shining in on her hands. I had her hold her hands a variety of ways with the beads so that there are many to choose from.

I applied a few treatments to the shots I liked most to give S.'s mom a variety to choose from.

These are probably some of my favorite dramatic details in portraits I've done. There's just someting wonderful about hands and what they can express.

MORE from this photoshoot can be seen HERE.