Playing the catch up game on this blog of mine and I can think of no better place to start. I photographed her ma and pa's a-mazing wedding at ClarkLewis a few years back and Simone is the stunning and soulful result of that union. As you can see, poor Pedey, their first {dog} child, is suffering immensely under this new hierarchy.
Photographer. Dragonboat rower. Co-Pilot for her pop. Possibly Canada bound. She is a Renaissance girl through and through and the world is indeed an open book yet to be written for her.
It's been far too long since I've shared work that is ever present and ever fulfilling. But that's a post for another time.
For now I give you India. Creative. Singer. Musician. And about to launch so confidently and beautifully into this big, big world with the endearing love of her equally beautiful tribe of people. As we toured the neighborhood in search of light, textures and color, she was approached by a man who picked up on what we were up to, and offered words of encouragement that could not have been more well timed "You just be you. You do you."
I think we can all be reminded of that every once in a while.
The last few months of the school year, I had the amazing fortune of documenting several kindergarten families on behalf of Rieke Elementary as part of the Rieke Portrait Project, a fifth grade legacy gift to the school celebrating the partnership between the fifth graders and their kindergarten buddies. In addition to these family portraits that captured the places and people who are important to the kids outside of school, the fifth graders interviewed the kinders about the first year of their Rieke experience, as well as each of the parents about their hopes for their kids.
I'm immensely grateful for the time, personal spaces and stories these families were willing to share with me, particularly at this incredible leaping off point in each of their kid's lives.
One month ago the miracle of you entered this world. Yesterday, I had a coffee date with you and was reminded again how quickly the moment below moves on. So this is why I do what I do.
It's a pretty magical thing watching a long time friend evolve in the blink of an eye from kickass athlete and driven career woman, to Super Mom...and to do it with such immense grace and tenderness.
Finn, some day you'll know what a complete and life changing gift you are.
Boys of a certain age are typically *not big fans of spending an hour or two on a Saturday afternoon having their photos taken. Or really any other day of the week for that matter. But if you're fast enough, you can catch really amazing-but-fleeting quiet moments between the wrestling, chasing, and rock kicking that shows they are so much more than that stereotype.
As an aside, I thought it fitting that my first blog post of this newly minted site include not only my first family photoshoot of 2016, but also of a family who has seen this business grow from day one, and subsequently, whose boys I've known since day one. Thank you so very much Bayne family for being a part of this journey.
