Oh Pictures of Me!!

This is different for me, I never have pictures laying around of me. So last weekend I asked my wife, Arjan, to take some photos of me. I gave her my Nikon D300 and after setting the exposure for her, I got these to work with. Some I had to edit a lot while others were ok, and no I don't have a Mohawk, I guess it was some of the saturation I was using that gives it that appearance. Anyhow, enjoy :) Thanks AJ-1 for helping me out. (for those you don't know, my wife's nick-name from her family is AJ, my youngest son, Ari Julian, is also an AJ, but I call him AJ-2)

~shan

Ari is now 3 Months old!!

As a professional photographer and a father I find it sometimes hard to take time out to take pictures of my own children. That’s exactly what I did this morning. Ari, my youngest just turned 3 months old earlier this week. Therefore, I had to pull myself away from the computer (editing wedding films) and just take some photos of him. I didn’t do a very good job with Riston, now 9 & Tsion, now 4 while they were growing up, so I’m trying with Ari to stay on track with all his pictures. I’m doing my babies first year collection with him where I take pictures at 3 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year now all shot on location in the babies natural environment. I will finalize the collection with an album design showcasing the growth and development of the baby.

I currently have several baby first year collections in the works. So keep visiting my site and I’ll upload images as they come in. Meanwhile, you’ll get to see Ari, enjoy the photos, all comments welcome.

The photo above is probably my absolute favorite, this is so much like Ari!

Always with is mouth open, trying to talk or say that he is ready to eat again!

I love how the natural light falls off his body, who needs a studio anymore when you have a couch near a window?

Look at those eyes, compare my photos to other photographers, most of their images seem flat to me, whereas my images "pop" off the screen, don't you agree?

Ari loves his animal mobile, he just laughs and signs when it is playing.

Ari was trying to figure out why I keep holding something up to my face, if only he knew how beautiful he is!

As you can tell we love is Monkey outfit.

Call today to schedule your family portraits for the holidays or your babies first year collection, 573.219.1853.

as always, thanks for viewing my blog,

~shan