Self-Portrait by Gracie

Buckster · Apr 7, 2012

My 2 and a half year old granddaughter loves my camera and studio stuff, and loves to press buttons. Momma brought her by for some Easter shots, and she wasn't really interested, until I gave her the remote and showed her which button to press...

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She cracks me up!

mfdrookie516 · Apr 7, 2012

Adorable! I can see my 2 year old son doing the same thing. I love the facial expression in #1

tirediron · Apr 7, 2012

Better than half the self-ports posted here! :lmao:

Granddad · Apr 8, 2012

These brought a smile to my face. Love all three and the story they tell. Great idea you had!!

PhotoTish · Apr 8, 2012

Beautiful child and nice to see the Easter shoot in progress :thumbup:

Trever1t · Apr 8, 2012

these are fun! Great idea!

Derrel · Apr 8, 2012

What an adorable sequence! I love the progression of expressions from one, to two, to three! That little bit of heel lift on the second shot just seals the deal! You can tell she's really excited having Grandpa's 'mote control under the power of her regal tiny-ness!

2WheelPhoto · Apr 8, 2012

Beautiful!

minooo · Apr 8, 2012

simply wonderful. It just makes you want kids

Anyway, she will someday like these a lot.

mommy-medic · Apr 8, 2012

So cute! I did something similar with my kiddos recently. They really loved to ham it up! She's a doll.

Do you have a sheet of acrylic/plexiglass? I would try to let her stand on that (if you have one), it gives a neat reflection and would help with the wrinkels/grayness where the backdrop is catching the light under her feet. (Then again I have no idea how it would look with your backlighting, so take the suggestion as just that).

Buckster · Apr 8, 2012

mommy-medic said:
So cute! I did something similar with my kiddos recently. They really loved to ham it up! She's a doll.

Do you have a sheet of acrylic/plexiglass? I would try to let her stand on that (if you have one), it gives a neat reflection and would help with the wrinkels/grayness where the backdrop is catching the light under her feet. (Then again I have no idea how it would look with your backlighting, so take the suggestion as just that).

Yeah, I've got some. The intent here though, as in much of my portrait stuff, is to lose the background, including the floor, and replace it in post with a composite. The result of this shoot is here: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/people-photography/279762-gracies-2012-easter-portrait.html