Here We Go, Steelers!

A couple of weeks ago, I had a session with  famly that I’ve known for years.  We wanted to try to get some picures outside with the snow on the ground.  But on that particular day, the high temperature was 19!  So we decided to stay in and get some shots of them in their Steeler jerseys.  Since the Steelers played that day, I was afraid it was a bad omen.  But it turns out they won and are going to the Super Bowl this weekend!  Maybe my pictures had something to do with it!

Anyway, it was a little bit of a different experience since their kids are a little bit older and are able to stay put when told to do so.  I am still struggling with indoor lighting, but after some editing, I was pleased with the end result!  You can see the photos in the gallery.

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I cannot honestly say that I aspired to become a professional photographer since I was very young.  I always enjoyed taking pictures and seeing the results in the days before digital photography.  But I never thought of it as a potential career option for myself.  That is until I had my first child.  I assumed part of my responsibilities as a new parent was to take my child to have professional portraits taken at certain intervals.  So my husband and I would dress our baby up and take her to one of the mall studios for portraits.  We were never thrilled with the stiff posed pictures we always got.  I prefer candid, natural images where the subject isn't necessarily looking at the camera.  After a particularly disappointing session at a mall studio for our daughter's first Christmas, I decided to try to set up a makeshift studio in my tiny townhouse living room.  We stripped our daughter down to her diaper, put a Santa hat on her, and laid her in her Boppy pillow draped with a black bed sheet.  We were amazed at the finished image and it still hangs in our house.  Since then, I have been fascinated with photography and want to learn as much as possible, so that I can bring these kind of images to other families, and possibly call myself a professional photographer one day.