Amelia photo shoot yesterday 

Another wonderful shoot in the studio, and Jay and Nicole brought their gorgeous daughter Amelia for a kids portrait shoot.

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To say she was a natural poser is an understatement, and without doubt the best child I've ever worked with on a shoot, very photogenic and loved posing...she even did her pouty pose for me.

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Throughout the shoot I used my go to 50mm fixed lens, allowing me to use a wide aperture to throw the background out of focus. Lighting wise, I used either a large rectangle soft box with a honeycomb grid, or my beauty dish, used to light the picture below.

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During the shoot Amelia was telling me all about her ballet, and after a change of costume and back drop, she decided to show me some of her ballet moves, which involved a lot of jumping around.

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After 30 minutes of shooting, it was time for mum and dad to choose their favourite images, they were then edited and sent to them within a couple of hours.

Amelia was just a pleasure to photograph and such a gorgeous smile too, and both parents walked away really happy with the images they chose.