Somehow this week I was blessed with friends that had enough faith in me and my amateur (to say the least) Photography skills to ask if I would take a few pictures of their family and I said..."As long as you understand I have no idea what I'm doing!"
It was a wonderful and only slightly anxiety inducing (I seriously can't imagine the pressure when money is involved) experience...but let me just say this...I have a whole new appreciation for the cheesy Sears Portrait people...you know...the ones with the hand puppets and colorful feather dusters. How they keep baby smilin'...feather duster wavin'...hand puppets a dancin'...and worry about Fstops and White Balance..is beyond my comprehension...it is not the piece of cake no brainer job I thought it was. My sincerest apologies...and I do believe there is a special place in Heaven just for you.
Capturing a baby was waaaay harder than I expected...they never stop moving! Even when they look still....they aren't. Thankfully I had big sister and my lovely assistant Maggie to make the silly noises and commit all other undignified acts that babies find utterly hilarious...so I was able to get a few really great shots of the little man...and his big sister...who by the way already has a serious love affair with the camera. She was way too natural at this. And it is not quite fair that she had way better ideas for this shoot than I did!
Anyhoo, I took about 3000 pictures...invaded their space for about 2 hours...and felt like I wanted to kick my camera out the window about 127 times! I seriously have so much to learn....I was CLUELESS as to how to catch real life images in someone else's life....does that make sense? I know how to catch what I'm living in here in the moment at my house...with my kids...in my world...and I was even ok with shooting an event where I am simply capturing what is taking place already...but to arrange and set a time to capture a moment...and somewhat re-create "moments" was like entering a whole new dimension of "I have no idea what I'm doing!"
And even though I felt completely inadequate for such a task, it gave me great joy to know that maybe...just maybe...I managed to capture a moment in time that they will cherish...and that alone ..well that and the big blue eyes below...seriously, has drool ever been cuter?!?!...make it just fine with me, that I am in fact... a rookie...and thanks to people like the "M" family...I may not always be.
"And whatever I do, may it always bring glory to you"
Great job "rookie"! Those were great pictures...now I know to send you a feather duster! oh, and my Bekah always has better ideas for photo spots and poses too...
ReplyDeleteyou got some great shots. it is hard. i've just started doing some photos for people for extra practice and sometimes i get so down on myself for not knowing enough. i'm so afraid i'll mess it up.
ReplyDeleteOh Talysa, you are too modest. You were awesome and we had a GREAT time! Thank you SO MUCH! You have a gift, thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed catching up with you as I've sipped on my coffee this afternoon. The pics look GREAT! If we lived closer, I'd definitely let you "experiment" on us. Mmmmm... creamy nutmeg is my fave.... BUT I'll have to try putting that other one with it. Oh, and the Jesse Tree ornaments are GORGEOUS! I have already gone on Amazon to order that book. If I could, I'd package the snow and send it your way, but I'll just have to enjoy it FOR you, okay? Have a beautiful Wednesday...
ReplyDeleteYou did great, Talysa! Those pictures are wonderful! Jill
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