Hands down, the most popular product that I offer at my studio is my First Year Collection. It is such an amazing thing because I get to watch families grow up together and it is such a privilege. I also really get to know my clients so the whole experience of working together is so much more comfortable and casual. I love the surprise of seeing how much the babies have grown since I saw them last. It never ceases to amaze me how much happens to us in our first year of life.
At the end of the year, some clients choose to have me design a First Year Storybook. I have been hard at work on one of those books for the last couple of months. This particular family had me come to the hospital to take labor and delivery photographs as well, which is just an incredible experience. The images that I take during L&D are just something that you have to see to understand. They tell the whole story of the day - the relationships, the excitement, the love and the joy. I feel so honored that people invite me into something so personal and so vulnerable. So, after a year of following this family through their journey into and through parenthood, I get to relive it again while putting together their album. Here are a few of my favorite pages. This album is a 12x12 book so when opened, this page that you are looking at is actually 12'x24" and lays completely flat.
John and Kendall just got their album proof yesterday so hopefully they are enjoying it!
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shawna says:
my baby's turning one in exactly one month. watching this progression made me all teary! i have to step back to realize that she looks one now, and not like the teeny baby she once was. this book is truly amazing. i love the shot of the mom looking up in that first page.
(03.17.09 @ 09:41 PM)
Bren says:
this is incredible. i can't even imagine having something like this. what a treasure.
(03.18.09 @ 07:35 PM)