Saturday, March 21, 2009

Growing Up: Sammie's 1st Birthday

Today is Samantha's 1st birthday. Sammie turns 1. Her mom and I have been trying to get together to take pictures of this little girl for a while. With six days to her first birthday, we just scraped it in. Before she was born, Kanani showed me pics of her other kids when they were babies and told me "my babies don't have hair but they're the cutest babies you'll ever see." I thought she was just speaking with a mother's bias, but she was right. Sammie has these big eyes with the longest lashes, simply striking.

I showed up at their house early Monday morning. Sammie is not my biggest fan, she usually clings to mom constantly (and I'm not exaggerating with the word "constantly"). However, since I met them on location at their house, she was in her comfort zone. And when I unpacked my bags of goodies...alphabet blocks...my lens and flashes, she became my best bud. And since mom was adventurous and let us try all sorts of poses, Sammie was delighted to find that she could now climb on anything she wanted. All rules went out the door. But the real delight, was when mom brought out the cupcake with yummy pink frosting. Too bad, she dropped it frosting side down and spent ten minutes digging through the cupcake trying to find it. I hope I got enough good ones. She's a smiler but quick...she mastered walking weeks ago and has moved on to jogging.


4 comments:

chubbs March 21, 2009 at 8:15 AM  

you're right, she has really great eyes. i like the first pic, and the one w/ the stars falling. great shots! :)

Joy March 21, 2009 at 9:05 AM  

These are amazing, as usual. Keao you are so good! You humble me. I think I get a couple good shots then get blown out of the water by you ;)

I think I have to agree and say my favorite is the star picture. Though I like the one in pink on the chair and the last on. Love it.

(Yea alphabet blocks! ;) )

Scott Sunaoka March 22, 2009 at 3:00 AM  

i like the way the stars fell out of the sky and hit her in the eye. hee hee. did that cupcake come out of the table cloth?

keao March 22, 2009 at 3:03 AM  

chubbs: I love the first one too...I know its odd, but it reminds me of a black and white photo of Michael Jordan's face...I don't know why.

Joy...whatever...this set had to have a lot of photoshopping and work to make them. That's not the best situation. Your pictures are superb, just ast they are.

Scott-ha ha. I hope so cause I've been using that tablecloth as a backdrop for two years. I'm scared to look.

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