My Very First Portrait Of My Daughter

With this post, I wanted to start from the very beginning and tell you how I started taking pictures of my children.  I had heard many stories from other Moms about their experience with a professional photographer.  Many were not good….

    They weren’t able to choose the pose they wanted.

    They had to buy a whole package where they just wanted a few pictures.

    Their children started fussing when they saw the camera.

    And many more

When I was young, I picked up a camera and just started snapping away.  I loved taking pictures.  When I was just out of high school, I bought my first 35mm SLR camera.  This is the type of camera that has the lenses that you can take on and off.

I took so many pictures.  Now that I’m thinking about it.  One day I created a backdrop out of black material and put my tennis racket on the backdrop and took a picture.  I guess that was in preparation of creating backdrops for my children.

Then when I was pregnant with my first daughter, I decided that I wanted to take her pictures myself.  I had no idea what I was doing.  The picture above is my first attempt.  I propped her up on pillows and put a blanket on top of the pillows.  I had a lot of fun.

Later I made other backdrops….

(To be continued)

I also talk about this more in my eBook.  Claim your Free Chapter now to learn more.

Christina

http://www.yourkidsphotoebook.com