Ella is a very special baby.\u00a0 Special because I’ve known her mom, dad, grandparents, and uncles for so long that they’re practically adopted family.\u00a0 So when Ella came into the world, I knew we couldn’t just take your typical newborn pictures.\u00a0 We needed to do something MORE.\u00a0 If you’ve ever known anyone with a newborn, you know how quickly they change.\u00a0 The “baby-ness” leaves quickly, and is replaced by fast moving “little boy” or “little girl”.<\/p>\n
So I hatched a plan to create a short multimedia film to celebrate Ella’s arrival and the birth of a family.\u00a0 We’d combine her pictures with just enough video and sound to tell a little story.\u00a0 Once she was older, she’d be able to see how her parents felt when she was just days old; their feelings about her AND about each other.\u00a0 We could tell her later how she didn’t want to cooperate at first, but then she slept like a champ the next time around.\u00a0 She could see how the family dog Sensei acted as if Ella had always been there.\u00a0 She could hear how her dad’s laugh became delirious from sleep deprivation. Scroll down to see some of the pictures from her session, then take a peek at the multimedia mini film at the bottom of this post!<\/p>\n\n\t\t