The big lesson in life, baby, is to never be scared of anyone or anything. – Frank Sinatra
A whole mini session theme was based off one outfit I found for Ryan Kate while scrolling through Instagram. FYI – that’s where 99% of Ryan Kate’s styled outfits are found. Love Sick Threads never disappoints. Their quality and style exceeds my expectations every single time. Her combat boots were found on Amazon. The aviators came from The Children’s Place and headband was a gift. Once I had the outfit ordered my mind went crazy with ideas. I really wanted it to be grungy looking – dirt, rust, metal, etc. So obviously my thoughts for a location went straight to my father-in-law and husband’s welding shop. There are literally 100 different places around that one shop I can take pictures of, but if you just drove up to it, you would probably think I was crazy. I’m pretty sure my clients are always like WTH when they see the locations I pick. Even with all the places to pose her, I knew I had to add some kind of “wow” factor to draw clients in. I mean she’s cute, but there still needed to be something. Anyway, I got to thinking, like what would be cute, dirty-ish, metal, and safe for toddlers. Then it hit me! One of my friends had just posted pictures using a mini motorcycle. I knew it would be perfect so I messaged her really quick and got permission to use it. Thank you sweet friend! 🙂
Everything was set. I had the location, the outfit, the motorcycle, but I didn’t have a clue what to do with her hair. This has just recently become a problem for me. Her hair has grown 5 inches in the past 6 months. Before I just threw a headband on her and hoped for the best. Apparently I’m going to have to go to beauty school if I continue with these types of shoots with her, because I’m only ok at like 4 styles. All the way down – it just air dries, a pony tail, halfway up, and pigtails. I mean I wear my hair the same 99% of the time… in a bun, on top of my head! Which I guess helped me pick this “style” out for her. Piggies in a bun!
This kid cooperated so good on this shoot. Mind you, it was only like 10 minutes long, but she had also just shot the Fourth of July mini promo and it was 900 degrees that day. But I feel like she is kind of starting to like it! Maybe I’m reach for the stars here though… it was probably just the motorcycle. See… she’s soo happy!!
Like really happy…!
Of course, we never get away from a shoot without a mean mug… but her mean eyes were hidden behind those shades. This one was most definitely towards her daddy though.
She gave me way more than I needed to work with to promote the mini session and I was proud of her.
This shoot is 100% proof that the cost of the session doesn’t end AT the session. Like I mentioned before… only 10 minutes were actually spent shooting. In total, I have probably spent 8 hours editing just this one shoot. The picture below took a total of 5 hours. Yep. That’s one picture < 5 hours!!!
It’s a pretty dramatic change though. The picture was darkened dramatically. I added a little light to the headlight and some exhaust. Several things were removed. Notice the red and white trash in the top left corner, the green water hose, and the black hoses on the bottom right. There is a total of 4 Greater Than Gatsby actions on this one image. I left her skin a little bit grungy though. I didn’t want her to look like a porcelain doll on a motorcycle.
This styled shoot couldn’t be more true to her personality. She may have been an angel on this shoot, but she definitely wasn’t on our last one! Stay tuned for that chaos.
Raising Ryan Kate 