Backlighting

I love the look of backlighting. I love the warm, golden tones and how it changes the mood.
This is a photo I took 2 years ago, and while I think my photography has greatly improved in the last 2 years, this still remains one of my most favorite backlit sessions. The session was of three girls and they were so fun to photograph. They were best friends and had so much fun. I got the best candid shots out of them.

I had to be careful in how I positioned them, so that they were backlit by the sun, but that the sun was not coming full force into my lens and creating flare over the girls, however I love the artistic use of sun flare in the left corner. I did a little post editing to pop the color and I slightly adjusted the levels.

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Sisters

My 2 girls. When it comes to composition I think I would prefer that the top photo be full body, but I just love this moment of the two of them looking at eachother.

I just adore Tay's chubby cheeks and I can't get enough of her chubby legs.

"Miss Tots"

I have so many nicknames for her from tayvers, tayvalicious, Tayter tots, and even Miss Tots. She gives me so many reasons to smile every single day. I love her pouty lips in the profile pic.

I just love 'all the faces' of Tayvlee. When she smiles, she has the cheesiest smiles ever, check out #2 from the strip below. I knew it would be hard to keep a 13-month old still, but I know how much she loves to sit in little chairs and on little stools, so having this stool was my key to get her to sit still for a couple minutes.

"The Monkey"

Before she was born, she was referred to as "Baby K" and it stuck even after birth. We also often called her "the Monkey". Oh how I looooooove her sparkly eyes.

I always try to just post a few from each post, and sometimes it is hard to narrow down my favorites, especially when I am biased because they are my own daughters. The first 5 minutes of this shoot was so funny, Kennedee was such a little poser, as if she'd seen it done a million times before. And I know you are all surprised when I say I don't actually take that many photos of my girls, seriously I don't. I need to make a goal to keep my camera on me at all times. I often rely on Grammy to get the pictures at all the special events.