So more than just share the photos with you this time I thought I would also share some of the 'how this came about' moments. This little 16 month old was adorable - truly sweet. She was happy to play and show me her special toys which was fantastic! The challenge that comes with the territory is children this age do not sit still or if they do they do not do so for long!! This makes for a pile of adorable candids but I always try to ensure to have both candids and 'frame-ables'. I am a parent, I get it. Sometimes you just want ONE photo of your child looking AT the camera. So I set up my equipment and just forgot the idea of a backdrop and used what was around me (a backdrop would have just cluttered the space and there was such a small chance that she would have stayed in front of it really was pointless) I used a soft box and set it so it could swivel in the middle of the space and then used the back of the couch to drape a white sheet and also just used the black leather background that it provided on its own. Another backdrop that we ended up using (not shown here) was the curtains! We closed one side of the curtains and voila! instant backdrop. It was a great shoot and great fun to capture such a sweet little thing.
