As photography concepts are concerned, the lampshade-on-the-head idea isn’t exactly uncharted territory. We had never done it, however, and Holden had a plan to make it uniquely ours: he snaked some little fairy lights around the top of the shade, tucked inside and out of view. The fairy lights, however, were insufficiently bright to have… Continue reading Looks Shady
Marbles
I may have mentioned it earlier, but we had accumulated quite a collection of games and puzzles and children’s toys in the basement of the old house, and we spent a long time going through them before we moved. We kept the classics — Scrabble, Battleship, Sorry, etc — and either donated or discarded the… Continue reading Marbles
Shuffle the Decade
Happy weekend, everyone! It’s photo session day, and we’ll be getting started shortly after this post is published. Holden has a pretty interesting mix of images on his wish list, with a couple of high-concept ideas that’ll probably take a bit of time and effort to set up, but we’re looking forward to the challenge!… Continue reading Shuffle the Decade
Back to the House
As I took one last look through the beach pictures, I diverged into two trains of thought: One was reminiscing about coastal trips past (and their accompanying photo sessions), and the second was how terribly long it’s been since we posted some shots of Holden by himself. Et voila, I located these in the summer… Continue reading Back to the House
Dolling Up
Good evening, one and all! These were to have been posted prior to the beach photos, as this is the final unpublished pair from the shoot in late April, but we got too excited over the vacation shots and bumped them until later. Which is not to say that I don’t love ’em, because I… Continue reading Dolling Up