Pre-Birthday shoot at Radisson, Goa

Working with toddlers is way too much fun than you can imagine. They can go from all smiley and cuddly to all cranky and grumpy in just a few seconds, and deciphering what they need can be a daunting ask unless the toddler is speaking already, which in most of the cases is negative, and even if they manage to blurt out their reason you wouldn't understand a thing unless you are a mommy.

Ok, Ok..I'll stop my rant right there. And you must be wondering that the shoot I'm going to blog about must have been a tough one, hence the rant. But let me tell you, the shoot was a breeze,and  I got a very happy baby to work with. It had rained a day before and the day of the shoot was way too humid to bear. In spite of that He had such a cute smile through out and I couldn't stop smiling back. My son Shaun loved him too and even after a gap of 2 weeks he recalls KIAAN and says "Kiaan was very cute na mamma".

I really love it when mommies plan what they want on the shoot, it gives the photographer an idea of what the client is expecting, Kiaan's mommy had things in her mind and she communicated it very well right from our first telephonic conversation. And I loved the way she coordinated their out fits for the whole shoot, she was an absolute sweetheart.

Today is Baby Kiaan's first Birthday, hence blogging so late in the night. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIAAN.

Have a look at what Baby kiaan loves to do and, I must specially mention about his Cake Smash, He smashed it like a pro. I'll zip my mouth here and will let the pictures do the talking.

There are many more wonderful picture in different loctaions and outfits but I think I''l just finish this blog with these.

Won't you wish him for his birthday?
Show him some love through your comments.

Take care,

XOXO

Deepthi Nannam

Twins & Smash

Well, well you all guessed it right.

It was my first time shooting twins and first time shooting cake smash as well.

I couldn't do my son's cake smash when he was one and since then I was on a look out for clients who would be interested in doing it. As, this is a new trend in India, most of them either did not know about it and were thus quite apprehensive to try it out  and the one's who knew about it were scared of the after effects of the cake smash. Yeah yeah I know, cleaning a baby drenched in butter cream can be a pain.

But, when A+A's mommy called me up and told specifically that she was interested in  Cake smash for their first birthday, I couldn't be more happier, and when she mentioned that I had to shoot a pair of twin girls... I performed an epic dance session in my mind, and then I got hold of my excitement and said yes :).

The family were coming down to Goa for a couple of days and I had to do the shoot in the evening, edit it the same night and hand it over the next morning as they had their returning flight the next morning. As, the next day was a Sunday and I had to go to the church early , I had to wrap up the editing, write it in a DVD and hand it over just after the church, the schedule was all jam packed but the butterflies in my stomach which started at our first conversation haven't died down yet.

The shoot was planned at The Grand Hyatt, Goa. Oh, what a splendid place it was! And the magnificent evening added to its grandeur.

I met the family in their suite and Oh! the twin girls were lovely, they were nonidentical yet identically dressed and made my heart melt into a puddle. It was an adorable family, I must say.

Have a look at their cuteness.

PS: Get ready for some pink cuteness overload. 

And, here comes the most awaited cake smash collage.

Wasn't that an yummy post?

Meet you all in my next post. And till then, Take care 

XOXO

DEEPTHI NANNAM

Now go have some cake and satiate your Sweet tooth craving. :D

A little cowboy and his flock of goats

Chance favors the prepared mind- Louis pasteur

Oh! yeah.

This saying proved to be true in my life many times and this is one of those times.

We had ordered an acoustic child guitar from first cry and my hands and camera were itching to use it up as a prop in my photos. It was love at first sight between the guitar and my son Shaun. H e took it around everywhere and all his toys were sent into oblivion. H e loved it so very much, and I knew I had to get some good pictures before he is tired of it.

So, the weekend I had been anticipating finally arrived and before the golden hour(well yes, I'm a sucker for golden hour) could set in, we set out in search of a good location for the shoot. I had some greenery in mind and were driving around. As the monsoons had receded here in Goa, there was no sign of greenery anywhere, Oh! boy, I was totally disappointed  and was on the verge of an emotional breakdown (which happens every time I don't get a location I visualize in my mind) but fortunately my darling hubby came to my rescue and assured me that no matter what he will make sure I get wonderful pictures today. And said that "you are ready with your camera, model and props, so don't you worry things will turn out fine."

And then he drove me to this barren, brown and rocky place and said "you click your pictures here . I'm sure they will turn out beautiful". ( He tells me this every time I go for a shoot). And yeah he is that cheesy. But the adamant me wasn't even ready to venture out of the car but after further persuasion I got down, walked a bit further and made my cute model sit on a rock there and asked him to sing a song while playing his favorite guitar. And my most obliging model did as I wanted and I got wonderful shots but something more wonderful got captured in my lens and it was some goats happily grazing around and Shaun looked at them while I clicked him and viola, I got my theme.

These were some initial shots.

Isn't our little musician so very cute?

Then upon further walk, we found a  found a shepherdess resting, we requested her that we would use her flock and her shepherd mast in our shoot and asked her to call her flock a bit closer as they were quite scattered. She, more than happily obliged. I was laughing gleefully. 

Shaun was quite smitten by the goats but was hesitant to move closer to them, then we gave him the shepherd stick and gave him some time too..and then I ran around like some crazy person  being careful not to startle the flock and the rest of the story is here for you to watch in our visual story.

Don't you dare mess with my flock.

He loved this kid

So, how do you like our little cowboy and his flock of goats?All of us went home happily listening to the bleating of the goats mimicked by my cutie pie, he was way too ecstatic to come out of his little adventure. I just wanted to use the guitar, But, I got to use pretty much more than I wished for.:)

Dear folks, get out of the house, go venturing into the woods, you never know an adventure might be waiting to get into your way.

Happy clicking people.

XOXO

Deepthi Nannam

N + A Maternity photoshoot

Anticipating the birth of a child is the best kind of anticipation. -Deepthi Nannam

When ever I see expecting parents, my thoughts always wander to the times I was expecting my son.

The wait of those 9 months are definitely worth it as soon as you look at the sweet face of your child, all the pain and sorrow just vanish away in an instant you see that sweet cherub crying its heart out as it struggles to adjust to the new environment it has been brought into.

These pictures of N and A are sure to brighten up your day no matter how gloomy it has been till now.

N was a little camera conscious initially but she eased up as the time went by, she was almost near her due date so I did not want to strain her much. But, she surprised me with the way she easily shifted from one place to the other. Kudos, girl. Mr. A he himself being a photographer was a breeze to shoot. He complemented his lady really well, through out. 

Enough said, now go see for yourselves.

P.S The love, the affection and happiness in these pictures are addictive.