#staceypphotography

Red - I had to do some fast talking to get this image, but I knew I wanted her as the model. Putting this together had us both out of our comfort zones. And it worked.

If you have ever seen the walls of my home, you can just imagine how hard it was to set this up. But it helps to have people around me who want to help and can understand my photogese.

It’s definitely time to partner up with a hair and makeup artist and have some fun.

I’m really starting to hate working with this guy.

He was completely uncooperative. It took for-EVER to get this shot. Like a whole 30 seconds. And then he threw a fit when he found out that Catering didn’t get his favorite treats for the shoot. Or any treats for that matter.

Things I learned while shooting this pretty boy today:

1. Hayden responded well enough to working with treats to give me ideas for future photo shoots. He just may beat out Ash and become my new star!

2. I cannot use the walls in our home as backgrounds for photos. They are either a hideous color, or in such poor shape that I have to do a great deal of post processing to make them even remotely acceptable. Believe it or not, this wall is actually a sage green color (not too bad), but it has visible paint strokes where the previous tenants either used a different type of paint, or a color that did not match. Or both.

3. My X-T10 is much easier to work with for these kinds of shots. It is smaller and lighter, which allows me to focus and click the shutter with one hand, while using the other hand to help with posing (a.k.a. the treat hand!).

I participated in a photo walk last night downtown, which was sort of a success for me. I don’t think the walk leader chose a poor route, but I had already photographed about half of the places he chose, so it was tougher for me to find things to shoot in such a short time frame. I also felt the need to constantly change lenses, which just wasn't an option. The good news, however, was that my hip and leg didn't give me one bit of trouble, which was a major worry for me.

The one person I absolutely didn’t want to find my photography Instagram not only found it, but followed it too. Crap. To say our styles are different would be an understatement. I know I should be flattered that this person would want to follow me, but right now I’m just totally bugged about it. 

I recently booked my first maternity shoot, for which I am both super excited and flat out terrified. Thankfully, there are a lot of resources online and I now have a ton of new ideas. Now if only the studio I want to use would respond and let me know that my time slot is reserved.

The mama-to-be also wants me to do a newborn shoot once the baby arrives. So now take the terror I feel over the maternity shoot and multiply it by 100. That might get you close to where I am regarding the newborn shoot. I can’t even think about that one right now. I just can’t.