All Girl!

Charity was a joy to work with from the first few shots. I had not taken Senior Portraits of girl in two years and was so ready for a change!

Charity brought such a femininity to this session, and I feel that I was able to capture the real her.

I had told her to bring any kind of prop that would help us catch her essence. From the gorgeous daisies, and bright flip flops to the collection of sunglasses, we were able to paint a beautiful portrait of young woman beginning her life long journey into adulthood.


I can't take too much credit for this shot... Charity and her Mom set this one up. I just took the picture, and wow! Absolutely stunning! Of course it was hard to get a bad shot of such a beautiful subject...




The Cowgirl: I had saw a picture on facebook of Charity wearing her cowgirl boots and had hoped that when I took her Senior Portraits she'd bring them along!

Talk about brave! The day of Charity's shoot it turned off a bit cool, but she was determined to have a set of her portraits in the water... you can't tell in this photo because she did a great job of concealing it, but her teeth were chattering! Poor girl! But this set turned out gorgeous, and in spite of the temperature, I think she had fun with our session. I know I did. Thank you Charity, for choosing
Baker Photography!

All Grown Up!!!

I was a bit like a proud, er, cousin taking these portraits. I am old enough to be James' Aunt but alas we are but cousins. I used to baby sit James when he was a bratty little kid... okay, maybe I was an impatient teenager and James was a normal little kid!

James and I had a blast taking this set. I think we worked/played for 2 1/2 hours... that's not how long I usually shoot, but this shoot was kind of a gift from me to the proud graduate.

James kind of has a thing for sunglasses, so it was only natural to incorporate them into his portraits. I like when my subjects bring something of themselves into their shoot, it really makes their photo's stand out and they are much more comfortable when they can act a bit goofy!

Jeremy

This was quite a nerve wracking shoot! It isn't every day that you take pictures of your pastor's son. But we had fun anyway and got some wonderful shots for Jeremy's senior portraits.

My Angels!

I had a blast taking these pictures... okay, so maybe blast isn't the word! Why is it I can take pictures of other peoples' kids and they behave wonderfully, but then I take my own out for a shoot and wow! Lets just say I was glad to have this one behind me!

See Mom, we do get along sometimes! This is one of those unplanned moments that we photographers just love. Sylvie had decided to improvise on the pose and I managed to catch it!
Poor Sylvie had had quite enough of this photo shoot, but we managed to make the best of it! Couldn't resist catching this cute little pout. A serious moment with my little Nicole. Anyone who knows her would tell you these moments are very rare!
My big girl. Can't believe how fast the years have gone, she's all grown up and looking like a little lady. (Some of the time!)

Nicole trying her hand at mothering... Again one of those shots you just have to take!

All in all I think we could call this shoot a success. I designed a 20x20 eclectic of the day that is now hanging in our family room and draws all kind of delighted remarks from friends and family. Next time we go out on a shoot like this I may have to take reinforcements since I will have four little girls tagging along! Our new addition is due July 6th, and she is as of yet un-named, but we're are considering Sierra as a first name.

India

My husband, Ben and I took a two week trip to India in June of 2009. Talk about the spot for photo ops! This picture of Ben and I was taken in a town called Sholapur. It was taken right before a church service. That's why we are shoeless. In India you remove your shoes before you step into a church or someone's home. Some business in the smaller towns practices this as well.

Here are a few of the portraits I took in Mumbai (Bombay).


You may recognize this building from the news footage on November 26, 2008. It's called the Taj Hotel.



This was the view from our room while we stayed in Mumbai. We stayed at a Hotel called the Residency. The Taj definitely was not in our price range!


This was a beautiful street in one of the nicer business districts in Mumbai. This was about a block from our Hotel. In hind sight, I wish I had taken a picture of the McDonalds we ate out that was also right down the street from our Hotel! Oh well, maybe we'll be able to go back some day.

I'm planning to make a hard back book of all the portraits I was able to take in India, I'll let you know how that goes.

#1 Nephew

After years of taking pictures of little girls in our family.... finally a break! Little Peyton Nathan was born the first week in January! Talk about starting a new year off right!

While taking pictures of little girls in bows, bright dresses and designer tights is quite a blast. The simplicity of little boys is a wonderful change!


Peyton was a dream to take portraits of! His mommy got his little belly full, and he was happy to oblige us... oh, and since he was naked most of the time, Kelly and I both had to sweat like athletes! Peyton however, was perfectly comfortable with the 80 degree temperatures in the living room!