OMG...she's sooooo cute! I really like the first image and the fourth one

#1...for sure...she looks like a little farie pixi...that hair!!!! love it and a wee bit jealous.

The first one and the black and white.

And OH MY GOSHHHH!!!! SHE IS THE PRETTTTTTTTIEST young lady EVER!

Love the first one!

I love the bw...makes those freckles just POP! What a cutie!

I LOOOVE the last one! It's just a great pose that looks quite Rembrandt. It makes me wonder what she's thinking about. She is a cute one! They are all good shots though.

Great shots! #1 or #4 for me! She has such striking red hair I would hate to lose it in B+W.

Looking at your avatar you both have the SAME EXACT mouth..and eyes. but the mouth/smile is identical. I like 3 and 4 the best.

1 and 4!! They're all great though! What a beautiful little girl! My 2 yr old has bright red curly hair so I have a soft spot for those little firecrackers

Gimme back my kid!

I've told you before, she could SO be me at that age.... gorgeous child!

(wait, that sounds like I thought I was gorgeous....at that age NOTHING could be farther from the truth!)

Yes, 1 and 4 are my absolute faves!!

Beautiful!!! I love #1 the best.

Soooo cute!!! I LOVE the last one, it seems so dreamy!

I'm with shelby: 3 and 4 hands down. I love the last one as well, but I feel like I get her personality in 3 and 4...but I might not! What do YOU think?

I am with #1 and #4 too! Wow she looks like a fairy princess!!! So cute!

Thanks for your replies, ya'll!! If I can find the goodies that I'm looking for, there will be more! (Maybe not ALL of just Rebecca, either!)




Interesting that you should ask! I have a hard time seperating myself; as parents typically love looking at their children, regardless of the artistic merrit of a photo!

BUT...

I think she looks prettiest in #1,
Most Brian Froud like in #s 2&3,
"Cutest" in #4,
And most like her introverted, imaginary-world-dwelling, creative, fairy creature self in the last one.


I'd like to add that it is completely unfair that she's turning 8 next month, and I want my toddler back!

Carrie you ROCK! 1 and 2 are so cool and the black and white is also awesome!!!

great job!

OH MAN- that was tough! it's between 5 & 6 for me..good grief is she stunning!!!


psst- what kind of lighting do you use? softbox? (lol..yes i'm new to this..)

I really like them all but I gotta say number 4 is my favorite.

first one is my first choice...second choice would be the last one.

Thanks!

For these, I used one 48inch octobox above her, and slightly camera right.

Hahaha, the third one is so great! These are all beautiful.

does that mean you have it on a boom? not quite sure what camera right means...i assume slightly to the right of the camera.

Not a boom, though that would be easier! My lights have a swivel head, and I just swiveled that one downward, whilst bringing the light stand to a higher position.
I was going for a sort of modified, softer version of butterfly lighting.

She is sooo cute ! You really captured that too. Love the bw image, but the color shouts out beauty.

Your awesome Carrie !

#3 steals the cake for me... nothing better than raw emotion.
what a beauty! great pictures!!

To add the fathers opinion... I love 1 and 4 but something about the 40's and 50's look of this one really pulls me in. I Love It. (or *heart* it as carrie would say.)

p.s. My little girl is not suposed to get older. I forbid it!

I vote for #4.

Sarge & Carrie, you guys are going to be in biiiiig trouble in about 10-12 years!!

Sha... I try not to panic over having TEENAGERS in a few short years. *eep*

I love #1 and #3...I love the emotion in #3, so much life in the picture!

#3 and #6

one
and she is stunning

These are all AMAZING. She looks like Janis Joplin! Gorgeous. Love love love the last one and the second one most.

I love all of them... but if I had to pick, I would say #2 because of the artistic feel to it.

What a sweetie... and my son turned 8 a few months ago... and I still can't believe it.

I love them all....great work!! Astounding color...
But if I can only have one, I'd choose the last shot....
This is the first post I've logged into for months....very inspiring.
Thanks for sharing

Dennis

Thanks!!
Our families make the best muses, don't they?!

OMG!!! Carrie, she's a doll, and what awesome pics of her. Love them all, but I would choose #1 and the b&w... I guess, hard to choose!

Rock on!!!
Claire

I love a portrait that juse makes me smile!!! She has so much character! Oh, and ETA, love them all but the last is my fave. Very burlesque.

Hey, Photostar!

Maybe I shoot too much fashion and it's slanting my opinions, but I LOVE this shot. AND I want to know more about this Christmas project, yo!

OMG!! It's good to see you here, Sara!!

I also think that that shot is "fashion." In fact, when Bec struck that pose, she was saying, "I like to make lots of faces, like models..."


also, YAY!! Sara!

I love the cheeky toothless smile in number 3 & her freckles in that one! She's tooooo cute!

If you are MAKING us choose #3 and #6 do it for me, but really they are all so fabulous!

your daughter is stunning

Nice! Send her up to MN so I can do some sweet shoots with her; I'll make her a star! Also, what's your wedding schedule look like for October-ish '08? I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'...

I say #4 is my favorite, a close second is #1 and I love the black and white, but it seems a shame to hide that red hair with a black and white treatment.

Emily

oh she is just gorgeous!
love them all...
what a cutie patootie you have made...
and i LOVE the fascinator in her hair...
need to get me a turquoise fairy one for me i think

i love #1... even if it was a closer crop of just her face... that would really take my breath away

I really love them all, but the last one takes the cake! She's an absolute *doll* !! And I love the color of your background.. is that a wall or a backdrop?


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Angela

hands down 2&3...but they are all fantastic.

...I just bought a peacock fascinator from Australia, oddly enough! I don't know if I'm gonna put it in her hair, or another friends' hair... but I can't wait to use it! *meep*