for the love of...

a photograph.

if you know me, you know that i love photos. i have already lined up my maternity photos and a tentative newborn photoshoot date (which will change depending on when Miss Sydney makes her appearance). 

i also want to take the opportunity to practice and see what i can come up with photo-wise. 

i thought, who better to practice than Brigsby! 

WRONG. 

he moves. i forgot about that to be honest.

here is what i was left with for the night:

the positives:

i love the flooring choice i made. its actually just a pack of laminate snap together flooring from menards (i can thank my sister in law for the awesome menards gift card that also paid for the baseboard and a few other things!)

the seamless paper works pretty well (although i did not clone any of the wrinkles or shadows). i have a few other colors that im dying to try out.

the basket, pretty cute. i want to find some more baskets and containers to put Sydney into.

what i would change:

the basket sheds - clean that up!

flooring and baseboard have gaps - figure out how to fix that

move the basket further away from the background

and editing of course.

also the artificial lighting - it is dark here when i was playing. i prefer natural light.

it would be awfully helpful to have a person in there right?

thats what i thought too.

i am also starting to learn my own limitations, relating to being pregnant. 

for instance, positing myself on my hands and knees to get an eye level shot, is just going to get harder. my back hurts right now from playing on the floor. and patience - ive become quite an emotional rollarcoaster, although i try to keep any freakouts to a small amount or a short time period. if you ask Ryan, i would be he says i do pretty well with that.

Sydney is quite an active girl - dancer, gymnast - we will have to find something to consume some of this energy she already seems to have!

with love,

kristen, ryan, sydney & brigsby