Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lea: This set of three is very nice... happy people and competently photographed. Jim - http://www.hemenway.com lea wrote: > Last April my little and only sister told me she and her husband were > expecting (their first) and I asked if I might chronicle her pregnancy > via photographs. She was delighted and we got down to business. > > Two days after telling me, Shannon and Jason came to my studio and we > began photographing. I shot my sister every month up until 45 weeks then > I began photographing her every week until she delivered...she went 2 > weeks over (poor dear). This work was done entirely with my Leica in > black and white (except for December which they requested to have in > color so I used digital) in an assortment of places...the studio, the > baby's nursery, their home, outside...wherever the mood struck us to go. > Four of the sessions included Jason, the bulk of them did not. Some of > the work was nude, most was not. It is an amazing journal of her growth > and body change ending in the arrival of Rachel Diane. > > To see a small sample of the images from this series click here... > http://www.whinydogpress.com/familyi.html > The first shot was taken 2 days after they found out she was pregnant > The second shot was taken at 48 weeks > The third shot was taken when Rachel was 5 days old. > > I will put the entire series up in the next week or so. > > To see a few more shots of Rachel Diane, click here: > http://www.whinydogpress.com/baby22.html > http://www.whinydogpress.com/baby23.html > http://www.whinydogpress.com/baby24.html > http://www.whinydogpress.com/baby25.html > http://www.whinydogpress.com/baby26.html > > Many of you will recall that I did a photo-a-day series of my daughter > Lauren the first year of her life and then again when she was a senior > in high school. Well, as luck would have it, I've had the blessed > forturne of seeing Rachel every day except one since she's been born > AND, I've photographed her every day that I've seen her. Most of these > images are being shot digital but every now and again I throw in a Leica > shot. > > Enjoying life as Auntie Lea.... > > > Lea Murphy > Whiny Dog Press www.whinydogpress.com > >