When a baby turns 1 it is a blessing and a curse. The blessings far out weigh any curse, but as a mother of an almost 15 month old I am reminded often what "turning 1" means. Walking (often times running), more teeth (this time molars), tantrums (knowing what you want but not having the skills quite yet to communicate it can be frustrating), first hugs, first kisses, first words (still waiting for that "mama"), first dances...the list goes on and on.
As a parent I cherish every day of all the firsts, good and bad. Which is why when I get asked to photograph a 1 year old or their first birthday party I jump at the chance. To be there when they get their first cake is such a fun experience and every baby reacts differently to cake. Nevertheless, it is always a blast.
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Aislinn's 1st Birthday party. Besides that my camera stopped working half-way through and gave me a heart attack, it was a blast. She is so much fun to photograph and is certainly not shy around the camera.
You can't really tell but on her head is a little decoration that says "Aislinn is one!". She put it there and then attacked me. To set up this shot: I am sitting on the floor (legs extended) and she is crawling up my legs with her big smile on her way to get me. Sooo much fun!
She is such a cutie pie and so easy to photograph.
When it came time for cake she was ready to go and could not get enough.
She had (all to herself) a white cake with whipped cream frosting with white chocolate shavings on top....who would not be into that? I probably would have looked just as messy if I was the one in the high chair...
But some of my favorite shots came after the cake. After she was all cleaned up (still some cake residue I am sure, babies have lots of crevasses). I will only share one, but can you tell why I love my job?
Have a great weekend!
P.S. Luckily I was able to get my camera to work intermittently for the rest of the party, so we would not miss shots like the ones above. I will be sending my camera off today to get fixed :( Hopefully it will be back very soon and ready to go.
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P.P.S. I tried a new export for blog function on these images...hopefully it works and they don't look pixely. Time to test it.
Love it!!!
Posted by: Emily | April 08, 2011 at 11:28 PM