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Baby Photography: {Surprise!} Silas Edition

January 14, 2011 1:41 pm ⋅ 3 Comments ⋅ Amanda Raney

Today’s edition of Babyyyyyy Photography: It’s Silas again – aged almost 12 months!

Location: Cooper-Young, Memphis

I was not able to blog these photos before Christmas because they were, in fact, taken as a surprise for Silas’ mommy and daddy [who was on leave from Iraq for Christmas!] I met up with Silas’ Nana for lunch and a little “Silas’ First Christmas” shoot. It was a ton of fun! Silas was being a real pistol that day, so much so that a woman at a nearby table even came over to tell us how much she was enjoying watching us play with the baby.

By the way, I have it on good authority that the photos Silas gave his mommy and daddy were a BIG hit on Christmas. I was so happy I was able to help make that happen!

Posted in: baby photography, portrait sessions

Bluebird of Happiness

January 13, 2011 9:00 pm ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅ Amanda Raney

I have a few bluebird knick-knacks in my collection of home furnishings. The one pictured above is a coin bank. I call it my “Bluebird of happiness” bank. It’s a bit confusing, gender-wise, because it sports both a brown bow-tie around its neck, and pink flowers on it’s head. But that is inconsequential to me. All I know is that, to me, this is a bluebird of happiness. I got this idea of dubbing objects as “the bluebird of happiness” in my head as a little girl, when I watched a Shirley Temple movie entitled “The Blue Bird.” Ever since then, that’s what I think of when I see an actual bluebird or things such as my bluebird chotskies: happiness. That’s the reason why I like to have a few bluebird things around to look at from time to time.

[I originally took this photo for The “Amanda Loves” Project, and to test a new accessory for my camera that had been sent to me by a friend. My bluebird coin bank is sort of my “go-to” still life subject when I need to try out a new piece of camera equipment or film. It never disappoints.]

[equipment: Yashica D TLR + close-up filter)

Posted in: film photography