newborn portrait session in los gatos

today i had the pleasure of photographing one of the most amazing things in the world. a newborn. all of 5 weeks old, little miss britt was the most patient and cooperative subject ever! much easier than my girls (note previous post were i have to bribe them with mass quantities of sugar and even that doesn't work for the baby)! it was a super rainy and dark morning, but it gave me an excuse to try the elusive off camera flash set up. that's one of the things i *heart* about nikon. they really do have the most amazing remote flash set up ever.. no pocket wizard required and you can control everything in camera (if you have a d70 or better, that is). so i set up the sb600 on my tri-pod with a gary wong diffuser and bounced it off the walls and ceiling for fill. that combines with window light did wonders for indoor shots on a dark and rainy day.

so on to the good stuff. the story with britt is that i've known her mom for about 8 or 9 years now. seriously, jonna... did i do the math right???? have we really known each other since '00/01????????? almost 7 years ago, way back in the day when i shot 35mm with my nikon n65, i took jonna, and her husband vic's, engagement portraits. and a few months ago, i had a portrait session with jonna's oldest daughter, sahara, which was one of my favorites to date. so i was super excited to photograph their latest edition!

here are just a few images from the session (and in b&w since i know jonna *hearts* her some b&w!!!).. but i'm saving the best for the birth announcements!






and for fun... one of jonna and vic's old 35mm engagement images... yeah, this is the real thing. it looks like 35mm because it is... no photoshop going on here!