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05.31.08 Team photos outtakes (and one keeper)

I haven't had much time for children's portraits lately since I've been gearing up for wedding season and my second business has been keeping me busy. Fairmount Photography is the name of the business I started with my friend Matt. We specialize in event photography and we've also been picking up a couple groups of sports team photos. I know a lot of photographers find that second kind of shooting pretty boring, but I think it's helping me develop different skills. I have to be able to create a good pose with each kid, get a smile and check for any details out of place (shirt untucked, hair in eyes, etc.) very quickly. For the first round of baseball photos it started raining half way through the shoot. So we moved inside to the small, dark club house and created a mini-studio. Matt and I really had to think on our feet to keep everything organized and not let the shoot drag on too long since there were still 6 teams left to shoot when we moved inside. Since the club house had such low ceilings, the 15-16 boys team was too tall for us to shoot their whole body. So we made them kneel and we just shot from the waist up. That of course prompted rude comments from their teammates, but it worked for us because we got a great smile on every boy's face. Here are a couple of my favorite out-takes from while we were getting set up.

And here's my favorite shot:

03.02.08 Double Twofer

I've been trying to get a bit more experience with newborns. There were two babies I've been waiting for with due dates about 3 weeks apart. Well, of course, one was early and one was late so I squeezed them both into one weekend. It was a good experience cause both were little boys with a 2-year-old sister, so I got bonus toddler and sibling shots as well. All were great models, I think I've been spoiled!

02.09.03 Sean at 3 mos.

Just a few from Sean's 3mos. photo shoot. I'm not sure if this is an age I'll keep in the package, since it was hard to come up with much of a variety of shots. I think instead of doing a shoot every 3 months, I may do one every 4 with an option to add on an 18 mos. and 2 year photo shoot. Any thoughts?

01.12.08 First newborn shoot

Here is my first attempt at a newborn photo shoot. This sweet little girl is Sean Brogan's cousin, and she is a complete peanut next to him. She is just 5 days old and a perfect little model.

12.15.07 Sean at one month

I'm a little out of order here, but here's my favorite shot from Sean's first full photo shoot. I haven't edited many of the photos from his shoot since I'm so backed up with work.

01.06.08 double shot

Today I got to meet my former roommate's daughter for the first time. Maybe I'm biased, but I'm pretty sure she's one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. It was great to catch up with my old roommate, and so funny to see her as a mom. I'm sure little Fiori will follow her mother's footsteps and be one of a kind.