Twiggy Shoot

I have had some events on my calendar for a while, and I have been full of anticipation for said events to help me get through the last leg of pregnancy…

Last week I took my pregnancy portraits with Wendy of Blue Lily.

I can’t remember where the idea came from, but MONTHS ago I decided the theme of the shoot would be: Twiggy gets knocked up.

I gathered images from the interwebs for inspiration:

Then I did some shopping on etsy and got those pieces altered to fit my pregnant non-twiggyish figure.  I did some makeup practice and then bought the items that I needed to make it even better (thank you mac, you always come through).

Whoo! Those lashes…I was lucky to get it right without REALLY practicing it again before the shoot date.

I rode the subway with my first complete look on and totally caught this guy taking a picture of me.  A man of my own heart.  I totally would have taken my picture too. I looked ridiculous…don’t forget I had a HUGE belly to go with the face and the outfit. awesome.

I scouted locations through an architecture book I borrowed from a friend and found this AWESOME building which unfortunately was shrouded with scaffolding when we arrived! GRRRRR….

But Wendy spied some benches like those around the corner so we did some shots there and at Southstreet Seaport.  We also found a secluded little courtyard way downtown-ideal for privacy while shooting and CHANGING on the streets of NYC!

We ended the shoot at the Trump Building because that crazy globe was built in the 60′s! I learned a lot about the buildings in NYC while looking through that book.  Jen helped me with my jewelry for that look–love how the earrings match the globe!

We had so much fun–the weather was PERFECTION and I even ran into to two different friends while shooting. Bizarre.  I cannot wait to see the finished result.

Photoshoot

 

Wow, I could have used myself yesterday. A baby wrangler! What a blessing!  These two little munchkins were super wiggly and great sports. I am happy with the shots I got.  Next season I may have to go into business, I am getting a lot of requests this fall……We’ll see.

 

Photography: MoPed

A friend of mine is an interior designer who needed a new headshot for her site.  I think these turned out pretty great if I do say so myself. Check out her blog here.

Flute Portraits

Over spring break I had Mary Jane back to take kindergarten portraits of Lolly, to match Phoebe’s from kindergarten.  MJ is super fun and super fast and we had a great time.  Here are Lolly’s best picks:

The dress on the right is a misha lulu that was too short for her the day it arrived, but I really wanted to incorporate it for it’s musical instruments!  The dress on the left was a jcrew dress from the fall that she wore for her concert and our Christmas concert.  I spent hours getting dry erase marker off of it after only one wearing.

As long as I am in charge, I will always put her in silver shoes for her concerts, to go with the flute of course (but you can’t see the silver shoes in the cropping of these photos.)

Then we had a little fun and shot the cover for our first yet-to-be-recorded album:

Union Square Market

I’m pretty much in love with Union Square Saturday Market.  I wish I could figure out how to cook with everything I see, and just buy it and then go cook it.  Instead I just took pictures of it. Could you die over this Rainbow Chard? How does that hot pink even happen?

This is New York

So is this.

30 Strangers

Our Posse were the Strangers for Day 4 of Justin Hackworth’s 30 Strangers project.  We had a fun time being photographed for an afternoon.  It felt like a celebration of our womanhood.

Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of our photo session.  I think Justin is keeping a blog on each day’s shoot, so you may see some finals if you click on over here.

I heard a rumor that the exhibit goes up in early September, and I hope to be there for it.  Look at Utah, just luring me out again and again.

12 Days of Christmas: Greetings!

*blue lily photo

Parade

Family Photo

This morning we are having our family photo taken by Blue Lily.  It’s a little on the brisk side, so I am hoping we are happy and not grumpy and as warm as possible.

This is where we are starting, and in 45 minutes I hope that we will create some family photo magic together. BlueLily does 45 minute sessions which kind of blows my mind, since I am used to having an entire day to get one shot, but I’m going to trust it!

This is what we’re wearing:

Yes, I’ve had these outfits ready for months…and I haven’t consulted any of my fashionistas, so if something is completely off, that’s why.  I copied Jason’s outfit directly from the jcrew website, so I am most confident about his ensemble.  I’m starting to get used to my new hair color (NOT picture above), so I think it will look cool in the pix.

It’s Autumn in New York everybody. Don’t be jealous.  I’m a pretty lucky lady.