In motion

We found a new set of swings in town that are a little old, but the infant swing is really low to the ground and the swing chains are really long... so Annabelle swings really far back and forth and goes pretty high up in the sky, even though it doesn't really seem like it from my perspective. I love the location- shady under a bunch of fir trees.

I took two pictures of her there that I think are simply amazing shots. The swing photograph I love for several reasons: It's so overexposed that her face is pure white but you can still see the redness in her lips and (if you look closely) the blue in her eyes, the shadows on the green grass almost make it look like it was shot with an old manual camera, and (the best of all) everything is out of focus except (amazingly) for the fine strands of her blonde hair...

The second shot is of Annabelle running through the trees, downhill, towards some sprinklers. I like that I was able to direct the shot, telling her to wait, then run, and then snap the photo to get exactly what I was looking for... I love that she's pointing at the sprinklers, that she is smiling, that the toe of her shoe is barely touching the ground, and that she does not even come close to looking like a two year old!

I hope you like them as much as I do...