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And here’s the Mouse’s turn helping me balance my lights.
Like I said. Ham. Total ham.
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Bean a la Munch
Dec. 2nd, 2013 04:51 pm
So my two daughters are total hams. To the point that one of my new nicknames for the Bean is “Hambone”. Whenever I have a photo shoot that they are present for though, this works in my favor, i.e. “Hey, please stand here while I balance my light.”
And I get shots like these for their participation and my trouble.
Total ham salad.
It’s the best thing ever.
Originally published at ANGELA N. HUNT. You can comment here or there.
Mouse Ballerina
Sep. 19th, 2013 08:16 pm
So, as most of you know, twice a year, I get to indulge my love of theater and dust off my old stage management skills and spend the day surrounded by baby ballerinas.
It’s three months after the fact, but here is the Mouse, with me early at the Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club, prepping the stage for Miss Marie’s Academy of Dance Spring Recital.
I have years of these photos now and recently I went back over and found myself wondering what was in my eye. I know some of these girls so well now. I’ve watched them from gangling, round-bellied baby ballerinas, to beginning fledgling dancers, or in the case of Aspen, the beginning glimmer of an accomplished dancer, setting out into the world of professional performance as a dancer and high wire acrobat at a local circus.
The transformation in these girls is profound.
No less profound in my Mouse.
She’s not always exactly had “fun”. I’m one of those parents who says you can’t just up and quit in the middle of everything. You stick things out till the end of a cycle. And every session I ask her, “Do you want to dance with Miss Marie again?”
And every time, she says, “Sure,” oh-so-nonchalant. Because gods forbid I should know how much she loves Miss Marie and really loves to dance.
It’s okay.
Her secret is safe with us, yeah?
Originally published at ANGELA N. HUNT. You can comment here or there.
This is the best photo that I have ever taken of the Bean.
Partly, that is because the Bean has discovered that she likes to have her picture taken. The other part is that I finally have a rig fast enough to catch her. The Bean is the definition of “I Can’t Sit Still.” Most photos I have taken of her till now? Blur city.
Except now.
This is what Nikon is famous for. High reaction shutter speeds and crystal clear glass and focus.
*hugs rig*
So now you can see one of my beautiful girls and why I say they are my sunshine. Look at that smile.
Originally published at ANGELA N. HUNT. You can comment here or there.
