Ella Rae was named after her great Grandfather Ray, who started the farm, who is no longer with the family. The Roth's are the owners of 7 produce farms of various produce products, and each farm is hundreds and hundreds (some miles) long! I had the opportunity to photograph her on the box that the produce gets packed in, which has the Ray's Heritage logo on it, and a picture of Ray on the farm. This was very special to the family, as you could only imagine.
I was just floored at how beautiful this Mama was. Then after getting to know her a bit, I realized she's just as beautiful on the inside ;)
Don't we all wish we looked this beautiful a week after we have our babies?!?! STUNNING.
Remember Jake from last week? Jake decided to stop by to say hi to Miss Ella during her session. Ella and Jake's mommy's are best friends, so their babies are for sure going to grow up together being best friends too. This is their first picture taken together ;) How cute are they??
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And of course some behind the scenes of me working:
When I got home... realizing I was sunburned!! ouch
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON NEWBORN SAFETY: When photographing a newborn baby outside, PLEASE make sure you are aware of all the safety precautions. SAFETY is my number one priority. There are SO many safety factors to consider when photographing newborns OUTSIDE; newborns' body temperature, sun burn, dangerous ants, insects, and reptiles, sand tornadoes (As I learned today photographing on the farm; with every session comes a new experience), and MUCH more you probably would have never even thought about.
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I'm in love with this shoot! U guys nail it everytime.
ReplyDeletelove the narrative. love the shoot. love the images. love the editing. love you gals.
ReplyDeleteStunning as usual!!!! Love the sibling shots! Fab job and the narrative & behind-the-scenes just ROCK!
ReplyDeletegorgeous photos! Love all the "behind the scenes" photos as well. May I ask, were you using your smartphone as a light meter in some of those shots? Just curious, I've heard the light meter app is pretty decent!
ReplyDeleteThat is an AMAZING session, such family heritage and history. And GORGEOUS subjects!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome post. Gorgeous art as always and the behind the scenes pics are just so fun to see. It's funny, because I never got why professional photography pictures have to be sooo expensive. (Not so much a catty thought of "photographers try to rip people off" as a sad thought of "I'll never be able to afford beautiful pictures of my family"). As I follow you, I see what a HUGE amount of work goes into each and every gorgeous photo. I'm really amazed. It goes without saying that you have super talent and palpable passion - but with all that, it takes a lot of hard, dirty work to make it all happen. Major props to you.
ReplyDelete(I stopped commenting on every photo because I was starting to feel like a stalker but I look forward to your every post! I'm disappointed if I check FB and there's nothing from Brooke/Keila/Kristi up there... I love watching Maren grow in the pictures - and gorgeous Zane, too! Hebrew Academy of PB misses her.)