Baby Elly

{These posts will be extremely uncronological but here they are.}

This is one of those families that I've kind of had alot to do with, photographically speaking.  They were, infact, one of my very first sets of guinea pigs back in hawaii.  And now they've entered the world of parenthood.
This lovely little girl with her insanely blue eyes was not about to make this shoot easy.  No siree, she pulled out all the stops to prevent us from taking any pictures of her.  But she failed and so we have the beautiful little Elly.

 

Her Mummy made her the cute little tutu and headband for Christmas. So cute.

  

  
After almost 3 hours of fighting it, sleep finally over came her. Whew!

 

  

 

 

Lesson Learned - Newborn shoots are by far the hardest, most complicated, longest shoots of them all.  So much goes into them.  I have to be way more prepared for totally throwing out plan A, B, C and D and settling on plan Z.  Flexibility is NOT one of my strengths, I thrive on plans and schedules, so I struggle a little more with the babes.  But I am learning to think outside my planned box and take cues and ideas from the situation at hand.

The Dolls

Such fun people.  The last time we saw them here they were waiting for daughter #3 to arrive. And now she's here and ruling the roost.  Glad you finally have a picture of all 5 of you together.

 

  
I love this photo.  So much.
I almost want to print it and put it on my wall. 

 

 

 

 
   

 

  

 
Mila was very worried about all the kissing going on.

Lesson learned: I think I've come to the point where I have most of the technical stuff figured out, now I can pay more attention to details in the photos, like where a hand is placed, etc.  Those little things can often (for me at least) make or break a photo.

The Bruntons

I've found that one of my favourite parts of taking pictures is RE-TAKING them; doing engagement and then maternity, or newborn and then family.  Seeing families grow and change, and being able to capture them is the best thing ever. 
So here's an update of these beautiful people.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

    

Lesson learned: When I let the personality of the people guide the direction of the shoot, I end up with such great pictures that so perfectly reflect them.

The other Tafuna's

While on vacay I did some pictures for my husbands family.
This is his brother and co.
Baby Mele is so stinkin cute it almost hurts.  She was all smiles and grins all day long.  It was so fun being with them, and great to be able to take some pictures for them.

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Lesson learned: You can take pictures ANYWHERE.  We were pushed for time and couldn't really go anywhere.  These were taken at a highschool, next to a bunch of rubbish bins, a tennis court and some buildings.  They were VERY skeptical about how the pictures would turn out being taken in this area.  But it's all about how you use the space you've got, what angles you take the pictures from, and how you position everyone.