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Finally I just decided to invite the whole crew back to my house for some drinks and snacks and Legos. Both boys brightened up at that idea and it actually turned out to be a lovely evening for us all (well, if you don’t count the mosquitoes). We drug out the old purple couch into the bluebonnets in my yard and in between crackers and Lego creations, we managed to pull off a photo shoot before the sun set. Fresca saves the day once again!!!
I think any photog can relate to how difficult it is to put together a portfolio. In a field where you can end up with thousands upon thousands of perfectly wonderful, portfolio-worthy images over the course of just one year, you *always* end up having to cut pictures that are dear to you in favor of keeping your website fresh and up to date. That’s why I absolutely dread the process of updating my portfolio and why I moved to a blogsite instead of a website. But by golly, I’m going to start a revolution…there should be a place for orphaned images on this site, too!
So, would you be willing to help me create a gallery of the Pinkle Toes All Star images? Please don’t think it narcissistic. I truly am curious to know those images on my blog that spoke to you or inspired you over the years. Images that have long since gone by the wayside. Images that even I don’t think about until someone says, “I always remember that this one picture you did where…”
If there is one image from my site that stood out to you, perhaps you could describe it or even better, post a link to it (you can e-mail me, if you’d rather). I’ll take your input and put together a gallery over the next few months. Maybe I could even pull a VH1 “Behind the Image” twist to it (I know I always love reading about what goes on behind the scenes).
Speaking of All Stars, remember the scandalous wedding a while back (Logi’s class was called The All Stars)? Well, the happy couple finally graduated preschool (above). My gosh…seeing how much they changed like this, my mommy heart just did a little wistful flutter.
But the second I saw their warm smiles and their “up for anything” approach, it was like we had been friends forever. And that baby girl has the richest, deepest, most sincere brown eyes I had ever seen. A truly beautiful evening with truly beautiful people and I’m so thankful to have met them.
And yes. That is a couch in the middle of a field (actually, we were tucked away behind a Dairy Queen ;-). And I don’t care how cliché it is, I LOVE it!
She looked like a little doll, but she was definitely more interested in things other than birthday parties and photo shoots. In fact, it took us quite a while to find the right formula to work for her, but when we found one (which involved her nanny Miss D holding a DVD player over my head), it was magic:
And now they both have such vibrant personalities! We had so much fun at our session that day and I so enjoyed watching mom and dad enjoy their family. This is what it’s all about!
L…it was so great to meet you and your little family tonight and thank you again for understanding about the parking situation (I love Austin, I do, but people, parking is a nightmare). Hope you have a wonderful rest of your stay here!
