One of our best photos...period.

When we started thinking about the 15th anniversary of locps, and some of the images we created in the past…one of the first photographs to come to mind is this one….

Taken in December of 2004, Amy captured this moment in our Mill Street studio…and we’ve been haunted by those eyes ever since! In the single click of a shutter, an image that conveys so much emotion and so much feeling is really hard to put into words, even after so much time passing.

Liz had a footwear store around the corner from us, and came into our shop one day nervously with a request - could we capture the intimacy of her breastfeeding her little one? Of course we said yes!

The date was set, and I took the afternoon off. In order to help ease into the session, Amy took a bunch of photos working up to the feeding photos, and this is one of them. At three months old, Paige was not able to sit up on her own - most babies do so at six months - so mom lovingly held her for a bunch of them.

We used this photo as a sample everywhere. It was on a bunch of print ads and on our original website. We used it as our Gift Certificate image forever, it was the cover of a United Way brochure we designed, and it was prominent on the banners we had displayed on the outside of our second location on Main Street. In fact, Liz told us that when Paige was older, they would drive by and she would exclaim “There’s the Photo House!” when she saw herself.

Amy also captured the breastfeeding shots, but only a few. The session was cut short when, while naked and feeding, Paige had a bit of a bowel movement! It went everywhere!!! Poor Liz wasn’t sure what to do, holding a a baby without a shirt on and baby poop all over her. And neither did Amy - do you keep taking photos at that point, or do you start the clean up?

Our First Experience Photographing Twins

The conventional wisdom on having more of any one thing could be positive or negative, depending on your perspective.

And this is certainly true when contemplating Twin Children!

The details are a bit foggy, but I recall the first time we took photos of these twin boys in Milton. It was the first time that I went to the Town Hall courtyard; it felt like I’d stumbled upon a secret garden oasis! We’ve done photos there a few times since, but it has been a while.

What we’ve come to appreciate over the years is that toddlers are busy - and when there’s two of them, it can feel like more than double! The last family photo of the slideshow below proves that - on the run the moment the feet hit the ground!

I’m not sure how we managed to get these two to look at the camera, while sitting still, AND having a pleasant expression all in one moment…but there have been times that we can use a little trick, and I suspect that may have been the case…

When photographing a very active toddler, we’ll let them tootle around a bit to see if we can get them positioned where we want them. More times than not, they won’t stop moving - who can blame them when there’s soooo much to do! - but sometimes, if you pick them up and place them on a stool or chair, or bench, like the photo above, they will stop completely and look right at the camera! It’s usually most successful when there’s a bit of danger involved - if the object they sit on is just a bit taller than they’re used to, a bit of fear kicks in and they don’t move!!!

(a bit of a disclaimer on the above - they will move eventually, so photos need to be taken quickly, and an adult needs to be close by to step in and catch them if they start to fall!)

The above photo was a very large sample for years in our office…we just loved it! What do you think? Leave us a comment below, or reach out on social media!

Jeff

Our First Georgetown Session

I need to be a little specific about something…and it may seem a little bit A-type, which I am certainly not described as usually.

Peggy was not our first Georgetown client, technically, but she was the first session we photographed in town. Someone did book a session date with us first - for the life of me, I can’t remember who - but the date she chose came before whoever gave us our first booking.

She asked us to come to her place on 17th Side road and photograph her family…which turned out to be her with her dogs!

With most children, sometimes they don’t do exactly what you’d wish they would do on picture day…and Peggy’s dogs were no exception. If memory serves, she had three at the time, but there was no way we were getting all of them together in one photograph! We did get a few of her with two of them together who cooperated - I’ve always loved the photo with the doggie kisses above.

We came to find out that Peggy raised these animals to be service dogs. She would (usually) take them as pups and live with them through the process of being trained. I don’t recall specifically the name of the organization (update - one of the photos has a “Dog Guides” coffee mug in it!), but we would often see her around town with one of her “kids” wearing a green vest, identifying them as being trained for future service.

I haven’t seen her in a while; I do know from a neighbour that she recently sold her property on 17th Side Road…but I still find myself glancing towards that house when I pass by!

Enjoy some of the shots in the slideshow below from the session…it’s a trip looking back at them for me! I forgot she had a little pond on the property; the last pic below is framed in our dining room! Let us know what you think by commenting below, or reaching out on our social media channels!

Jeff

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