12 Oaks Stables (part 2)

Some of you may recall the images that I posted a few weeks ago that I took at 12 Oaks Stables. I had such an incredible time observing and photographing the horses that I decided to return to photograph another barn wanderer.



I have always been a huge animal lover (and by huge, I mean spending all of my free time at the barn and/or watching Animal Planet huge) and learning to photograph them has been challenging and extremely rewarding.





So far my greatest lesson has been that if you truly want to capture the beauty and personality of any animal, you can't be in a hurry. Animals take a lot of patience and it often takes them longer to adjust to the presence of a camera than it does a person, and they can be shy. This little guy was very weary of the clicking noise that the camera makes when the shutter closes, but his curiosity soon overcame his weariness.

Baby Emma

Check out this beautiful baby girl! Her name is Emma and she is just under two weeks old. This was my first time photographing a newborn, and I am so excited to have had such a beautiful subject to work with.

She got a little fussy when mom wasn't holding her


but a pacifier fixed that problem pretty quickly. See? Peaceful again.


I am always amazed at the beautiful images that can be captured when you place someone next to a window.

Katie and Kaylee

Wow! What a day! I spent part of my afternoon wandering around Piedmont Park with Katie, who is one of my sorority sisters, and her REAL sister Kaylee! These two haven't had a picture taken together in ages (which counts as a crime in my book because they're both so photogenic!) and they wanted to surprise their mom with a belated Mother's Day gift, so I packed up my gear and we headed out to take a walk.

We decided to start off simple by taking a few pictures separately. This is Kaylee


And this is Katie


And one of them together


Having gotten the "boring but necessary" shots out of the way, we began to explore a little bit. Both Katie and Kaylee were really up for pretty much anything (which makes for a GREAT DAY for me!) and we just took our time wandering, snapping pictures, and generally having a good time.



Piedmont Park was full of people today, and we definitely received our fair share of strange looks. Like when they climbed up the slides so I could grab this:


We spent most of the time walking around barefoot (it is summer, after all) but I had them slip their shoes back on for this shot.


This is my favorite shot of the day. It was so funny because as I got ready to take it, a jogger passed us and said, "It's going to be backlit! You need the sun on their face!" I think it turned out well anyway!


Katie and Kaylee thank you for a wonderful afternoon!