Anevay at Four Months

I'm soooo bored!

You may remember back in April of 2012 I photographed Anevay Sage Raciak, then a newborn.  One thing I avoided was any kind of flash; I used all natural light.  You can click HERE to see the blog I did on that photo session. 

I went back to grandma’s house and photographed Anevay at four months in August of 2012. 

I'm going to be a star!

This time I used a Canon 580EXII flash in a large portable softbox.  My goal was to do some dramatic lighting on her but not have the flash so bright it would bother her.   My camera is a Canon 7D using a 28-135mm lens.  I edited primarily in Lightroom but used Photoshop CS6 on a few photos including the plugins Silver Efex Pro from Nik Software (great for black and white conversion) and Simplify from Topaz Labs.  

I think I hear the ice cream truck.

"Look into my deep blue eyes!"

Do you think I'm pretty?  DO YOU?

Happy Shooting,

Jim Patterson

http://JamesGordonPatterson.com

Here is a slideshow of my visit with Anevay from my Flickr Site:

Introducing Anevay Sage Raciak

I'm mainly an outdoor/travel/sports photographer.  Yet I just loved capturing the images of an infant.  In this case, Anevay, about two weeks old as of 16 April 2012.  I shot Katrina and Gregory's wedding a few years ago, so I was honored when they asked me to photograph their newborn daughter.

I avoided flash.  And why not when I had a nice north face picture window at grandma's house.  

Anevay was a pretty good girl through it all.  Well, except the time we put her in the vegetable bin.  That wasn't a favorite of hers.  But I think she has the makings of a great little model.  

One interesting factoid that came out... during her birth, they say the nurses yelled at Katrina "BEAR DOWN!"  So I figure little Anevay is destined to be an Arizona Wildcat!  

To the left, Anevay peeking at me over her daddy's shoulder.  She has more hair than I do!

Katrina and Greg's wedding, 28 March 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Happy Shooting,

Jim Patterson

http://JamesGordonPatterson.com

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Click below for all the photos of the shoot from Flickr....

And a video with music with photos of Anavay!