I am one of those people who sits down and makes lists of things — packing lists, things to do, stuff to sell on ebay, ideas for photo sessions, albums I want to listen to… etc etc! I think because I’m naturally quite disorganised relaxed by nature, lists are my way of kicking myself into gear and making sure that things don’t get forgotten. It doesn’t always work but it helps! Anyway, one of my many lists is “Photography Goals” which includes things like, “Find an awesome cheap chair on ebay!”, “Shoot an engagement session at that awesome bluff you saw on the way to Victor Harbor” and “Photograph twins”.
So I was pretty excited when Katy asked me to photograph her twin girls — I’ve always wanted to shoot twins, and I can now tick it off my To Do list!
It was just an extra bonus that little E happens to a gingernut! Being cursed when mousy brown hair myself, I think redheads are just the best thing since sliced bread and actually, one of the other things on that To Do list was actually “Photograph a ginger bub” so I just about exploded with happiness when I met this little cutie. (Katy… I hope I didn’t scare you with my enthusiasm about redheads, haha!)
E is crawling and zooming around everywhere, but little C is still figuring exactly how the whole crawling business works. I cracked up when I turned around and saw her doing these little pushups on her tippy toes!
I just love babies at this age. They’re so active and into everything! You can literally see them watching and learning and figuring out how things work. From a practical point of view they’re also more fun to photograph since they can sit up and pay attention to you more easily…plus they have some awesome facial expressions. Sometimes they’re so funny and other times they’re so intent they almost don’t look like baby expressions at all.
(By the way, how amazing are E’s gorgeous blue eyes?! They actually look like they’ve been photoshopped in real life, they’re so bright!)
Speaking of classic expressions…C served herself up a big spoonful of chicken and was apparently not impressed by that particular mouthful, hahaha!
Not hard to work out which parent she takes after!
Katy & David, thanks so much for letting me spend a morning with you and your gorgeous chicks!
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