I love the days when I get to photograph little faces of growing children who I first photographed when they were only a few days old. I am so intrigued at how the essence of this person was there right from those first portraits, and I look into their faces now and think, "I know this little face. I have seen this face before". And it tickles me so much to see them laugh and hear them talk. Human beings are simply amazing. Last week I had one of those days - when Grace came back to my studio in Alameda for newborn family portraits with her baby sister Mia. Grace is now two years old and both she and Mia did really well in the session. At the end of the session I took the opportunity to shoot some quick pics of Grace alone while they were dressing Mia. I think I spent about three minutes shooting, and she gave me so many faces! Now she is a busy little two year old and would not have stayed put for me, but I used a little trick where I put her up on a stool that is too tall for her to get off by herself - so she stayed in one place and entertained me be showing me where her nose was and playing peek-a-boo, and just being her beautiful, funny little Gracie self. We picked favorites from these few moments and created this 6-up collage that captures sweet Grace at two years old.
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