Another lazy day at the Crane-Henning compound. We like to get in the hot tub (embracing my trailer park roots, and pour hot water from the sink into the plastic kiddie pool, so fun!). Here’s Camille, trying desperately to kiss her brother, who has zero interest. These babies are much better kissers than Mack was (sorry Mack, maybe it’s a girl thing).
Photographs shot on location in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California by Gillian Crane.
This is Isla, just one week old. Her family was passing through Laguna on their way home to northern California. She was the most precious little thing ever, I could have squeezed her all day long. I’m really into photographing newborns these days. It’s surprising to me, because you have to maintain a sleepy and quiet atmosphere for a successful session, which is so not me. it must be subconsciously therapeutic.
About a third of the photos from the shoot are in the slideshow, to give you an idea of what to expect from a session, scroll down for a few of my favorite photos…
This is such a hoot, here are some very candid photos of Hayden getting a little bit too comfortable in the pool. I let daddy clean up that mess! Ha! Not many things gross me out now that I have 3 kids, but poop in the pool is a bit much for me. Thank god Michael is a “hands-on” dad, ha ha! Gross. I don’t remember reading about that in the parenting guides. Luckily she’ll have photos of this in her trousseau to show her future family “and here i am pooping in the pool…”
And that’s my fabulous crusty gate in the background, I found that on the side of the road, it was so heavy that I kept it on the top of the car for a week before I got it down. Friends laugh at me when they see me pull up to the preschool drop off w/ random bits of crusty furniture tied to the top of the car, “…good lord, gillian’s been dumpster diving again…” but who could deny how worth it this gate is?! i’ll have to do a post on all the things i’ve found on the side of the road….
Photographs shot on location in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California by Gillian Crane.
Our poor English Bulldog Ruby, she’s 8 1/2 and I don’t think she’s going to be with us much longer…it’s so sad. She was having seizures, so we took her to a poochie neurologist, who guessed it was a brain tumor (we opted out of the $4,000 MRI, so we don’t know for sure). They put her on phenobarbital and prednisone (hence the chubbiness in the photos, she always battled her weight, ha) and she was doing really well. Until yesterday. The seizures are back, and they’re getting worse and more frequent. The shaved parts of her paws are from the IVs she had when she first went to the doggie hospital for monitoring. We’re hoping we can up her dose of the meds, but it doesn’t look like she’ll be with us much longer. She was my first dog, I always wanted a bulldog, and she’s been such a great part of our family. We got her when she was so little that she could barely walk through the grass. We’re sure going to miss her. And the babies just learned how to say her name…
Had to share some more photos of my kids! We’ve got a few weeks off before summer school starts, so we’re lounging by the pool! Back in the hot tub, ha ha! The weather has been amazing, no June gloom yet, cross your fingers! The babies can still fit in theiritsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikinis.
Photographs shot on location in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California by Gillian Crane.
ser·en·dip·i·ty: the accidental discovery of something pleasant, valuable, or useful
Diana’s front door is aqua-colored, very fun in photos! And Shaelyn was happy to oblige me w/some photos in front of it. We opened and closed the door a gazillion times (ha! so precious!).
Happy Independence Day! We spent the day hanging out by the plastic pool (ha ha) and snuggling. Here are some photos of my son Mack (check out those lips, he scored in the lip department, huh?!). That’s my crusty wooden gate I found on the side of the road, love that gate…
Photographs shot on location in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California by Gillian Crane.
I’m really into headshots these days. I think it’s the technical aspect that’s doing it to me, that I should shoot from a certain angle and not too high or too far in, etc. Anyway, I was excited to meet Cornelia, who has her own funky writing cottage out behind the main house in Beverly Hills (must be nice, huh?!). She’s sold millions of books worldwide, but she was the most down to earth person ever…here’s a few photos from our session.
You can read a biography of Cornelia Funke here, or watch a video preview of her new book Recklesshere.
Photographs shot on location in Beverly Hills, California by Gillian Crane.
7.16.2010
Gillian,
Boy Hayden sure looks like brother Mackie!!
funny poop in the pool!