Six Days With Lucybug

If you know Sharon and Mike, email them for the link to their slide show.

Lucybug was just six days old when we did the shoot!

I love this shot!

Love this one too.

This one turned out great because Lucy’s pretty close to the fetal position in dad’s arms.

One of the things I love most about this family is that they live in graduate student housing, which means, they won’t be living there very much longer. I think it’s way cool that they are documenting the baby’s first year here. I imagine the baby coming back to find the stoop in the photo above when she’s 21 or so, to see where mom and dad lived when she was born.

This one totally cracks me up because Mike literally fell asleep during the shoot! This is a total “pj” shot, that’s photographer-speak for “strictly photojournalism, not staged.” I was so happy I managed to take the picture before he woke up. And the best part about it is the look on Sharon’s face, as if she’s thinking, “Sleep now, while you can!”

It occurred to me that a little family nap might improve our chances at cute baby pictures after a little group rest. So I woke Mike up long enough to move him closer to Sharon. Then I said, “Close your eyes and I’ll get some awesome ‘napping’ shots.” Cool thing was they ALL fell asleep! I cleaned my lenses and sat across from them, waiting until everybody was soundly in dreamland, then clicked a few shots while they slept. According to my camera data, they all slept for about 20 minutes. Hardly a full night’s rest-worth, but not a bad power nap!

Then after I woke everybody up, the baby seemed more comfortable and much less cranky! Yay! She actually liked my little baby bed that I bring with me to newborn shoots.

She didn’t mind being put in her crib for a little while either! I love this shot because of her feet! So cute!