Bella in Calla Lilly

I love the Art of photography.

You may have seen some

of my earlier posts of the

"Ballerina Collection" where I

created a simple, timeless collection

of children. In the "Bebe Collection" I love to

add creative elements, I used a recent session with Janna and her beautiful new baby "Bella". My goal for Bella's session was to capture very simple photos in a "real life" approach.

When I ran across this shot, I knew exactly how "Bella" could bloom. When I got into post I had an idea in mind inspired by Anne Geddes using flowers. I pulled my flower collection, but I did not have just the right flower, so I ran down to the florist and ran across this calla lilly. The florist didn't have a very large one, and the detail was not as defined as I would have liked, but it works well for this pose of "Bella" growing out of the flower as a new baby in bloom!

(Janna and her family recently had their house broken into and all the photos taken, hopefully this will get their collection growing again)

Hope you enjoy this beautiful piece of art!

Jenny's Bridal Session at The Esplanade

Last week our team

had a lot of fun with

Jenny's bridal session at the

Esplanade. I love the bold colors

and the blend of elegance that

the designers created at this

beautiful new facility. For Jenny's

session I wanted to capture a very elegant 

side of Jenny  - it's not every day that you

get to be a bride - so I wanted

to let her create some beautiful

memories to last her lifetime. . . . . . . . . . 

Janice created the hairfashion for Jenny 

that would complement her veil, and 

let her beautiful long blonde hair be

seen. The dress is a very simple, yet

very detailed dress that is absolutely

gorgeous. . . . . . . For the set, I used

several room sized reflectors, as well

as a strobe flash on an extender cord,

which allowed me to position the

flash where I wanted it.  Also, I took 

advantage of the natural light coming

in from the massive windows. In the last shot I

let the sun blow out the photo a bit, just to give

the photo a nice artistic edge. I used a Canon

5d with a 24-105 L lense, wide open at f4 and

controlled by speed to get the exposure just right.

These have not got to post yet, where I'll boost

the contrast, clean up the backgrounds and make

small adjustments to the exposure.

Thanks to the staff at The Esplanade for letting us

use this great facility! Visit www.esplanadememphis.com

I love the great use of colors, elegant interior space,

and modern ambiance. Be sure to visit them for

a tour of this beautiful new facility located just

a few yards from our studio in the town square in

Cordova Station.