Photo Session with Vanessa

I have won an award. The press release is to go out Monday and I can speak more freely then, but in the meantime, I was only allowed to tell my family about it.

Winning meant that I got several assignments. There is a banquet March 1, and I need a professional headshot portrait and several family photos for that. I must write a biography that will go into a program and get a "much nicer than usual but not an evening gown" dress.

I also was told that I would meet my corporate sponsor. I have no idea what that means - maybe they sponsor just the award and event? - but I sort of feel like an athlete now, one who gets Nike shoes from his or her sponsor! (That would be fun!)

Who else would I turn to for that professional headshot but my daughter-in-love Vanessa? She is a professional photographer and did a beautiful series of pictures of Abby as a Mother's Day gift for me a few years ago. (The one at the header of my blog is from that shoot.) So I called her and asked if she had time to work me into her schedule. We met yesterday at her studio, and I saw a whole different side of Vanessa as she posed me and snapped pictures while in her element.

 The studio had windows running the entire length of two side, so it was very light and airy.

That last photo was an accidental one of Vanessa - I was taking pictures of the studio and swung around and caught her standing there. Here's a better one that was taken at Christmas in our home.

There were different sets and props scattered around the other two sides which she picked and chose from as she worked her magic.

I saw the lovely bedroom setting (with some things stored on the bed now) which looks beautiful in pictures but is actually simply an air mattress on a frame with nice bedding over it.

It was neat being photographed by Vanessa. I loved seeing her in professional mode, plus she's such a fun person to be with. And now I can't wait to see the pictures.