I shot by myself
the first day for about an hour and a half and Sadie did very well. No crying,
but she did not fall asleep at all. This made it hard for me to position her
the way I intended and ended up doing other shots instead. I discovered that it
is not easy to make a baby do what you want them to. After looking at the
pictures, I was disappointed and asked Mindy if she would be willing
to bring Sadie back the next day. Of course, I quickly explained to her that it
was nothing she or Sadie did, I simply was not satisfied with the photographs
and wanted to give it another shot. Mindy said yes and she came over the next
day : )
On the second day
of shooting, Nick and I worked together. While I positioned Sadie Nick was
able to take some practice shots first, and final shots once I moved out of the
way. Nick and I took turns taking the pictures we "in visioned." Even
though, we still did not get some of the shots we wanted to, we learned that
working together made the process a lot smoother. Yet, I think Sadie had had
enough experience modeling that she was not too happy on her second day of
shooting and I understood completely. We shot for under an hour and at the end
of it all, Nick and I were content with the photographs we took. Sadie
cooperated as much as she could and I give Mindy a big THANK YOU for coming
over twice. I heard Sadie slept well the nights after her sessions : )
At the end of it
all, Nick and I recognize that we have a lot to learn about newborns. This was
definitely a fun first new born photo session experience!
Monica
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