I am starting to feel like my photography is really different in the studio than anything I have ever done. I have always been pretty happy with the pictures I took in the basement studio at home but the light and the equipment and maybe just the subjects has really got me excited about the portraits I am taking now. Her for example is a portrait of a baby I took last weekend. Is he cute or what! I love his cowlikc and the all white background that makes the baby what its all about. This little guy was with his family for Grandpa's 60th birthday. The fun is having that inside view of the family and their relationships and for this family it was especially fun because they were meeting at the studio. So I was there when the kids came in and hugged Grandpa and saw their cousins. And when the special surprise came in ... unexpected guests ... I got my best pictures of Grandma and Grandpa. They happened to be having their portraits done then and here is what I got.

Here are some pictures of the inside of the studio.

I will post some pictures of the new studio soon. I have moved in and begun working there and I love it. It has turned out well and I am amazingly busier than I exepcted but not so busy that I can't keep up.
I generally go to the studio 3 days a week. I schedule consultations, frame ordering, passport pictures, and sittings on Tues - Thurs if I can. This week I have a family scheduled for Saturday and that won't be un-common as families are generally together on weekends.
It is nice to get the photography equipement out of the house and to get out of the house myself to do my IPA work.