“I only do this until I get dizzy & then I lay down on my back & watch the clouds, she said. It sounds simple but you won’t believe how many people forget the second part.” –Story People
She was excited. She had been looking forward to this all week. I was excited. I got to the session a little early and decided to make a stop at the grocery store for lemons and tulips – a colorful merging of two seasons. I brought bubbles and a blanket. She brought Mozart and pink dresses. She was excited. I was excited.
It was a beautiful, bright, sunny morning with intense light flooding through chrerry blossoms and bouncing off the lawn. I was nervous. She coudln’t remember how to skip and couldn’t believe we wanted her to climb up in a tree. She was nervous. We spun around in circles and ran back and forth until we got warmed up. She had fun. I had fun.
When I got home and loaded her images onto the big screen I smiled. Her personality is huge. Her expressions are so true. And then I got pissed – because I am not perfect and because I still make mistakes. Because while we were laughing and running and kissing Mozart and climbing trees I didn’t anticipate how much that intense light would bounce greens and pinks off her blond hair and light skin. My Lastolite diffuser saved a lot of shots but there are others where the green trunk of a tree gave her a bruised looking eye while at the same time pink blossoms gave her lovely locks a new punk-do. I was pissed and then I got over it.
We had a really fantastic session and there are still a lot of good shots. I did some research on the color spill problem and put together a great tutorial for you so you don’t have to make the same mistake. Stay tuned for a Sunday School lesson coming here to the blog real soon! In the meantime, check out the darling Miss Sophia….
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