Professional Photos

Just got the CD of our professional photos - they're spectacular! A friend and former coworker at the hospital hasn't recently started doing some newborn photography on the side and runs a little studio out of her basement. When she heard we were having twins she called to ask if she could do a complimentary photo shoot for her own experience - she'd never tried to photograph two babies at once. It was quite an involved set up; the babies needed to be photographed at 9 days old or earlier (!) and her basement was sweltering (so the kids wouldn't mind being naked), so there we were in the middle of August in a basement with the propane fireplace on and a space heater pumping full blast. The twins behaved as well as 9 day olds could be expected... they pooped on every stitch of fabric Meryl placed them on and woke up before the final shot was done (hence the open eyes in the basket, a somewhat disconcerting look!). We were sooo curious to see how they came out, and I'm in awe. I think what little wall space we have left in our house will soon be covered with these photos! These are my favourite shots, we got 25 in total, all versions of these same poses (a second post will follow with the remaining pictures).