IlanaB&W

::sigh::

Our daughter, Ilana, a 4 year old princess going on 14.. This is just the life we live. I cannot slow it down. I can only observe her, and hold her close to me, and occupy as much attention as she’ll allow me. This is how she looks at me now. Content with herself. She feels so good in her own skin. She has her own identity and it’s a beautiful process to watch her grow..

I loved this in color, until I started working with it in B&W. My mom jumped right out of the computer when I saw it, so I’m sharing it. I’ve always had a difficult time working with the color purple, it distracts me easily. I also didn’t crop this because I wanted her to be little, I wanted the size to envelop her. I often try to shoot the kids at their level, so these shots looking up at me are a nice perspective sometimes.