Dimples and Baby Blues

For several months Shawna and I had been talking back and forth trying to find a time for me to photograph her family. She wanted to have some cute pictures for Miss Paisley's FIRST birthday party and I had a location in mind that I had been wanting to shoot at for months. However, the ever so changing Oklahoma weather was not having any of it! During the week days we would have gorgeous weather but Miss Paisley's daddy works out of town and was only home on the weekends...which of course were a mixture of cold, snowy, and rainy! Some days being all three! In the meantime, Paisley's big day came and went but Shawna still wanted some pictures. So we waited and we finally got lucky toward the end of March with a sunny Friday evening.

Don't you just love this blue wall?! It's an auto repair shop here in Norman and it's perfect for pictures! When I first moved to Norman (a year ago) I noticed it while driving to my new job and instantly fell in love! I was so excited when Shawna said she loved it as well! There are so many great locations I've scoped out while driving around for my job as a home health provider! Unfortunately, they don't all have the best lighting especially for someone with only a little experience like me, but it makes for some good practice!

Here's the cute dimple!

I tried to place them in the same location as the first picture but the sun was just too bright for them to keep their eyes open haha So I had a hard time exposing for this shot but it's still cute!

Love me some good sun flare!

One of my favorite things to do on a sunny day is drive around town with my window down and sun roof open and one of my favorite places to scope out is the OU campus! It's full of beautiful buildings and landscaping and I love picking out places I think would make for great photos! Okay, aaaaand I also like to see what all the people are wearing...I'm TOTALLY a people watcher! haha That's hard to do when you're the driver, the trick is to go during busy traffic hours because you get stuck at a lot of red lights which gives you plenty of time to look around! That's how I found out Campus Corner had an In the Raw (sushi restaurant) and this awesome white wall with vines crawling all over it!

One of my faves from the whole day! Poor Shawna keeps getting a lot of heat from her friends over this picture. They don't understand why this poor little country girl doesn't also have boots on! haha Paisley does own a pair of boots (or several maybe) but Shawna said they didn't go with this outfit...and in her defense...she didn't even know I was shooting this picture! Which is also why her legs are the same length as her daughter's...she's short but not THAT short ;) I didn't notice at the time and I'm not THAT good at photoshop to fix it aferwards! ;)

See...she's only this short! ;)

I loved how Shawna coordinated their outfits. I'm a fan of keeping the same color family but not being in the same shirt, gives the photo some personality!

...And here's the baby blues! The best part is that this is with VERY minimal photoshop, just a little sharpening! Gorgeous!

*Thanks so much Shawna for letting me photograph your family and for believing in me! You guys were great to work with and I'm so glad I was finally able to use the blue wall! haha

Well, gotta let the puppies out before bedtime! Good night y'all!

X's and O's,
Brandi Sue