This past weekend I met up with the first of my “Fresh Bellies” from my casting call last week. K. is 36 weeks pregnant (37 now I guess!) and is just absolutely GORGEOUS. We got some beautiful sunset shots at Roger Williams Park which was just what I wanted. I loved them SO much that I will probably head there again for my next one, too. 
Enjoy!
Something a little different today. We have a spider living basically right outside of our front door. It has spun it’s scary beautiful web between the end of our mailbox and our brick. It’s a popular spot – we had one there last year as well. I have been looking at it for a few days now and rather than kill it like I really REALLY want to do (I am not a spider fan in the slightest), I decided to attempt to conquer my fears and get some cool photos of it instead. I have this macro lens that I use for my newborns, so why not on something different? I had used it to capture a baby bee a few days prior and got a really nice shot…so I set off to get the spider. This involved me getting about six inches away from the spider. Looking back, I must have been really focused on “getting the shot.” Because I don’t know that I would get that close again. And thank goodness the thing didn’t move because you would have heard me shriek wherever you are living.
Let me tell you, macro shots are a lot more difficult than I thought they would be. (I am going to drift into photographer speak here for a minute so bear with me) The depth of field is just SO so shallow shooting that close that to get the entire spider in focus I found was almost impossible. Especially when the wind would blow the web. Even the slightest little breeze would throw everything off. I finally ended up shooting at f/16 for the last shot and even then I still didn’t get the entire thing perfectly focused. Ah well. I am still pretty pleased. And I could have gotten closer and gotten even more detail but yeahhhhh. Wasn’t happening. So enjoy something different for a minute…starting with the baby bee to not freak people out right away.
I met up Saturday morning with one of my nursery contest runners up. When I offered a special session for them, T. jumped right on it which I was really excited about because, personally, I adored her nursery. And it didn’t disappoint in person. So well put together, so cute and so perfect for little C. Pink and green and owls everywhere you looked. The theme just carried through beautifully into even the tiniest details. And C. was perfectly adorable. Mom had told me ahead of time that they were used to her “serious” look. Let me tell you, I got a LOT of serious But can you blame her? This stranger coming into your room and yard with a big old camera? I’d be pretty darned suspicious as well!! We started in the yard and then spent some time in her beautiful nursery. I had such a good time with her, even if she didn’t find me nearly as funny as I think I am 
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