Jody McKitrick

January Project 2012 – That’s A Wrap

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:35:40 +0000

I was reading an interview of my friend Jenna where she described herself as “a project starter (not usually a finisher)” and I thought, “Wow. That sounds just like me.” At least when it comes to personal projects. So it feels great to say that I actually finished my January project! I seriously don’t know how you 365ers (or 366ers for this year) do it. The most challenging aspect was having to shoot mostly indoors in a lot of low-light situations. This is often the type of photography I am most drawn to, so I think in the long run it was great practice. There are a few that I’m really proud of and some that I look at and wish I had tried a little harder. Regardless though, I am happy to have these and plan to make a coffee table book.

(Two Notes: First, all of the photos are of my three kiddos except for #21 which is my adorable niece and her grandfather at her birthday party and #22 has my other sweet niece in the middle of my girls. Second, this project was inspired by Jinky’s E-Book. If you are looking for inspiration, I can’t recommend it highly enough. I can’t wait to try another one from her book.)

wild and wonderful

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:55:56 +0000

First, let me say I adore this family and you’ll probably be seeing them on my blog again. They moved to our neighborhood from England with two sweet (and active!) little boys and we became fast friends. When they said they wanted to do a session, I had all these images in my head of a fun laid back shoot with the boys running around with the stars and stripes and union jack flags in and out of a sunlit field. Oh the images I come up with while lying in bed at night. I should know by now that my sessions (especially with active little boys) never go quite as I planned. I spent the session furiously trying to keep up and most of my plans quickly fell by the wayside. You know what though? Now that I’m looking back on these images, these are even better than what I imagined. This is real. It’s not a commercial shoot with a list of required shots, professional models, and a child wrangler (not that I’m knocking that kind of shoot–that would be fun and hard work in a completely different way!). It’s me documenting these wild and wonderful little boys with their parents in an exhilarating, albeit exhausting, time in their lives. Now I can’t wait for our next shoot. Oh, the images I have in my head for that one!

morning light and baby blues

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:24:34 +0000

I’m going to blog some old sessions that I haven’t had a chance to post. I love the morning light and this beautiful baby’s blue blue eyes. We cut this session short because this poor sweetie was a little tired and teething, but it didn’t stop her cuteness from shining through one tiny bit.

january project – days 13 and 14

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:02:21 +0000

january project – day 11 and 12 (catching up!)

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:10:19 +0000

And yes, I have two again for today. What can I say? I love her.

january project – day 10 {look mom! opera glasses!}

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:02:52 +0000

This really is the next day. No snow and warm enough for her favorite hoodie.

january project – day 9 {surprise snow}

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:01:56 +0000

january project – day 8 {bathtub tea party}

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:05:24 +0000

january project – day 7 {reflections}

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:02:33 +0000

january project – day 6 {love? bah hum bug!}

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:29:31 +0000

Yup, couldn’t pick one again, so I’m going with both. (ETA: LOL. I just noticed the photo on the left, kind of matches the photo in the blog header. Guess I have a thing for taking photos of her bum.)