Mamarazzi Monday | Lake Norman Child Photographer

So, for our next installment of Mamarazzi Monday, we will be talking about one of my current favorite tips. Make a list of the images you want to capture. As I expect my second little boy in about 8 weeks, I am acutely aware of all the “big kid” things Noah is doing daily. I decided a couple of months ago to do a photo-project during the last 8 weeks of my pregnancy where I would take a photograph of Noah and I together each day. I am planning on making a leather-bound coffee table book (we offer those at Hayley Morgan Photography!) of our last 8 weeks as just he and I (and daddy, of course!). So, I have made a list of all the things I want to capture us doing. It is a wonderful way to make sure you aren’t missing the little moments that make up the “big picture”.

Some things on my list these next 2 months, include…

  • Playing together in Noah’s TeePee
  • Eating lunch together
  • A late-night shot where I’m holding him and he’s sleeping (done!)
  • Us waving goodbye to Mike on his way to work
  • Cooking lunch
  • Playing with “Choo-Choo”s
  • Laying together in his new “big boy bed” :)
  • Making silly faces
  • Him interacting with my belly somehow (finger paints?? too messy??) :)
Anyway, make your own list of shots you’d like to capture in these next few months. You’ll be surprised at how much more you think about your composition, etc. when you’re trying to accomplish a goal of capturing specific moments. This is a good exercise for me to just take a picture of us together everyday. As a professional photographer, you’d think my kid would have beautiful snapshots of him in abundance…but the sad truth is, he has an abundance of beautiful portraits. But, our lives are a series of snapshots strung together…sweet moments frozen in time. It is my goal to really capture life and freeze it in these next 8 weeks. I want Noah to know how special these 2 years together have been to me. :)
My photo-project is called, “just you and me, kid”. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out. :) AND…what day it ends on…because that will be Cooper’s birthday. oh.my.goodness.

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