First, I love that name. Second, I love this family!
We had our first shoot when they were pregnant and it was such an easy, fun shoot. Then we had another one when Cooper was a newborn. It was a bit more effort to be sure but still, fairly uncomplicated. Then, this last one with Cooper at a year old and WOW that little boy has serious ENERGY!
We all worked up a major sweat chasing him around. Sarah had described him as "on the go" and that's pretty much the perfect description. He is all boy and all movement. I felt confident calling our shoot my official workout for the day! :)
Cooper has the most contagious smile and charming disposition. Mom and dad are just the most fantastic folks to work with. We had a lot of fun and much laughter, which is just my favorite kind of shoot!
Sarah & Chris, I hope you enjoy all your images, we certainly earned them!!!
this next one is perhaps the only millisecond he stood still for the entire shoot! But one of my favorite grab shots of him.
The lighting in the next series looks like I used a gigantic softbox, which in effect, it pretty much was since it was a large, white, strongly lit (by the sun) building facing them. DELICIOUS light. You can see the perfect catchlights even in this wide angle format. Yummy.
If only you knew what I was doing to keep him entertained while being held (contained) by his folks... look, even dad was enjoying my antics!
Cooper had some initial playful protests to being plopped down in the vat of ivy but with our great enthusiasm we were able to convince him it was the BEST PLACE ON EARTH! Wooohoo!
Doing his best TOUCHDOWN impression, hilarious!
Goodness, don't you just love little boys???
Absolutely crazy about this next one. To me THAT is Cooper. Moving, smiling, free, happy and independent.
This next set is a favorite pose of mine. It is "controlled" but still allows active kids the freedom to have fun and enjoy the process.
It might be hard to tell in this small format but his smile is just RADIATING. So charming this one. And mom's boots almost steal the show! Love it.
You can see how playfully he is engaging his mom to chase him, looking back to make sure she is still trying to "catch him". It so captures a little boys' relationship with his mom when they are being goofy together. So sweet.
This next shot is probably not "wall portrait" worthy but it makes me laugh out loud. He came up to me to give me the stink eye for hiding his ball behind my back. The camera was actually down in my lap and I just pointed it up and clicked the shutter, not expecting it to be in focus. A total lucky, funny, shot.
I just love how Chris is looking at his beautiful wife in this next one. Pure adoration. They make such a great team.