We had a great time photographing Emilie, Milan, and their incredibly well behaved dog, Echo! It was a good day at the beach to be snapping away memories for mother and daughter (and pet). The tide had just gone out, so the beach had left it's magical tide pools and moist, cool sand to keep our feet comfy.
Both mother and daughter were such great subjects with wonderful personalities that make sessions like these incredibly rewarding to shoot. Whenever she wasn't smiling or making faces for the camera, Milan was playing in the sand and checking out the plethora of interesting items on the beach. Echo's discipline was pretty impressive...she was as behaved as can be, stayed calm and collected even though the presence of another dog running around on the beach had her attention and was probably much more interesting than looking sharp for the camera.
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| Daughter and Mommy toes enjoying the cool sand! |
In case you are wondering why a gorgeous beach like this was fairly deserted, it wasn't. There were a good eight or nine other photographers shooting all around us. It was a matter of working around each other that was keeping each other from popping up in each others images...at least I hope I didn't show up in theirs :)
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving
Emilie and Milan, you ladies have a wonderful partnership of being mother and daughter. Thank you for letting me be part of your world as your photographer for the afternoon. It was a pleasure capturing your precious smiles.
Techie Notes: Gear Used - Canon 5D, 550ex Flash, Sunpak 333 Thyristor, 24-70mm, 70-200mm, a car sunshade for reflectors from Kragen Auto Parts :), ND filters.
Most of the shots here were metered and underexposed by about two stops. The sun was still pretty strong at this time of day and I didn't want blown out skies for the majority of the shots. Every now and then I get blown out skies when the moment is happening and metering is not an option, but for portrait sessions like these when you can control the speed of your workflow, I'll take blue skies over white skies.
Special thanks to my sons Kiefer and Dawson for assisting me on this shoot.
