Sophie's 3 month pictures

Fini, Search and Rescue 2012

Search and Rescue Color Session 2

This was actually several sessions, just didn't get pictures in between. It's pretty refined by this point.

Search and Rescue color session 1

Search and Rescue drawings

I call these "drawings" even though it's paint. It's the under-painting if you will. 

But this process is much more like drawing then painting.

Starting out:

And all fixed up:

2012 Search and Rescue Study

This years Search and Rescue portrait begins. Meet Archie. We're going to become good friends. I will have completely imagined this man's identity by the time I'm done with the painting. And our few phone conversations.

Last year I had such a hard time getting the composition right, that I contrived a new method for this year. The study is on tracing paper, which I plan to retrace on the back side with charcoal and then transfer to my leather canvas. Here's hoping it works.

Day one:

And fixed a few drawing errors for day 2:

Sophie's official newborn pictures

I need to get out from behind the camera and computer more, I think. This is becoming a photography blog for this unprofessional photographer. Added a new category especially for "baby and kids photography." I think I will be taking many more pictures of Sophie in the years to come. I learned a lot with this shoot, though. And she was for the most part a pretty cooperative little model.

New Baby Photos

New niece Sophie recently arrived in the world. A few days before she came I snapped a few quick maternity pictures of Alison:

And I got to be the official photographer on her birthday. It was so awesome to be there.