Newborn, Baby and Children's Photography in Melbourne :: Kristen Cook {The Blog}

… as if she hasn’t had enough already!

I wanted to try getting some photos with Mia playing with her beautiful Little House cot blanket (it’s a beautiful 100% merino wool blanket she received as a gift) as I thought the colours might work well together. That, and I also still had the purple material on loan from the nappy photoshoot and wanted to take the opportunity to grab some more of that fantastic colour!

Mia has a most annoying habit at the moment of putting her fingers in her mouth all the time. So, I don’t know why I was so surprised that the moment I put her down on the blanket the first thing she did was grab it and stick it in her mouth… Trying to remove her fingers from her mouth and keep her distracted long enough to pull the camera back up and snap away was a lot harder than I had anticipated. I think out of the 20 minutes that I was standing above her trying to get a decent photo, only a handful of them worked out. In the end, I just gave in (much to her dismay as the ‘game’ of mummy playing with her hands was now over).

The good news is that I was able to get a few good shots in – more experience for me, and more embarrassing photos to show at her 21st…

My little girl is growing up!

In honour of her turning 6 months old this week, we decided to start her on solid food. It wasn’t a huge success, but she really enjoyed herself (I think she was more interested in trying to grab the bowl and spoon than eat what we put in her mouth), which was the main thing!

It was so funny watching her expressions when the food finally got into her mouth. She was so fascinated with the process that by the time she got the food in her mouth, I think she thought the whole thing was a little overrated!

So, here’s a quick storyboard in honour of her achievement!

I vowed to myself that I would get some more practise in with Little Miss Mia the other day, and so I did (and she was very obliging too – poor thing is not yet six months old and she’s already used to me shoving a camera in her face day and night).

All shot with my 50 1.8 – completely blown the whites (blergh!) but still deciding if I like manual or aperture priority better… decisions, decisions!