Monday I had my first "photo shoot." For two hours, I ran after a four year old girl and took pictures of her. I ended up taking almost 500 shots. It was so fun, but also so tiring - for everyone involved.
Jilian was full of energy. And with that comes short attention spans. She would play one way for only a few minutes, before she would run somewhere else and do something totally different. She was adorable. It made me wish I had a better camera to keep up with every move and facial expression. But I did what I could with what I had.
She also took on so many different faces throughout the day. First she was just a child innocently playing.
Then she became a supermodel, flashing her pearly white teeth and a new pose for every shot.
But by the next frame, her fierce eyes and pouty lips would thrust her into adulthood all too soon.
And suddenly a silly streak took over and she couldn't keep from sticking out her tongue or sporting a pig nose.
Shortly there after, I could see the weariness in her face.
She had given it her all. And she was done for the day.
Her mom helped me weed through the shots, and we got the number down to about 200. They aren't all winners, but they each had something she liked enough not to be willing to toss it in the recycling bin.
(Choosing one shot to post on the blog here was very difficult. But my favorite is the first one. It's definitely not perfect, but something about the peaceful look on her face makes me love it. You can see the rest of the shots on my flickr page. Let me know which ones are your favorites. Now I must learn photoshop.)
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I LOVE this picture, the colors are absolutely amazing. I wish I could get this kind of clarity in my pictures. She's an adorable kid.
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thanks so much for the compliments. i really lucked out with getting to take pictures of such a beautiful girl. she makes them all look so much better than they probably are.
Woah! You're in business already. :) Cute kid--that must've been fun for her to be the center of attention like that.
Are you sure she's 4? She must be a 20 yr. old trapped in a 4 yr. old's body. That girl has SPUNK! The pictures are beautiful. My favorites are the ones where she is sitting in the clover patch by the pond. Great job girl! You are on your way!! :)
she's so pretty, i can tell she's going to be beautiful through teenage hood and adult hood already. she's gorgeous.
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