I have been planning this mini session for some time. First, I ordered this new floor (which I love) and knew it would take some time to ship. While I waited, I found the antique child’s chair at a local store. My father was a master carpenter and along the years I picked up a few tidbits so I was able to know that it is indeed an antique- and I love it too, it has so much character.

Next, I had to convince my little model to sit for me. I would have preferred to have the session at the natural light studio where the light is more directional and dramatic, but it turned out that we were snowed in on Saturday morning. I set up in my front room and the light turned out lovely, bouncing off all the snow in the yard. In the end, my little guy agreed to sit for me in exchange for some fruit gummies (he’ll be 2 1/2 by the end of next month, so a good bribe is indispensable).

One of my favorites from the session (I added a texture to the background for more ‘mood’):

A different texture to this one, to add some depth, and my subject trying to hold back:

I just love it how he still curls his toes, so adorable:

This is a little ‘game’ we’ve been playing with him since he was younger- we ask ‘Where’s the face?” and he responds with this, which we all in the family totally love:

And this series just makes me laugh- he’s holding his smile back, it’s so funny:

And I found this quote, which I thought was so appropriate:

“A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he’s being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he’s wearing or how he looks. He’s implicated in what’s happening, and he has a certain real power over the result.”- Richard Avedon