Going For It!

For those of you who follow my Bungalow'56 Facebook page.

You may have noticed my profile update yesterday...

Getting ready for my first ever newborn photo shoot.  Eeeep!

I was nervous.

I had no idea what to expect.

Thank you to all of you who left words of encouragement.

It meant a lot.

Sometimes I wonder why it is so hard to follow your passion?

I'm good at coming up with excuses.

But no more.

The girls had come across this post by Ashley Ann from Under The Sycamore.

It gave me a few ideas, and we had every comforter, pillow and blanket we owned out.

I've always known this to be true... 

the best way to learn anything is just by jumping in and doing it.

So yesterday I jumped.

And thankfully the little mister and his mom were very patient and gracious, 

as I tried to figure out poses and lighting.

Who would have thought a newborn would have so many of his own ideas 

about how he wanted to pose...

A hand here, a squished face there, 

and I would like my soother now please,

because if I don't get it,  I'll shut this photo shoot down without a second thought.

He was in control.  No doubt about it.

In the end I learned so much.

A gazillion times more than any tutorial or book could have taught me.

Just "going for it" is like a master's class in photography.

Mom and the little mister were wonderful.

I am so thankful they let me take their pictures.

I will show you a few more of the shots once I've finished editing them.

But for now I'll leave you with little mister's itty bitty toes,

xoxo,

This post will be linking up with 

Jenny Matlock's Alphabe Thursday~ the letter G~

along with wonderful photos at Communal Global and
Mama Kat's "What's Your Passion?" writing workshop.
(just click the boxes to check them out!)