Monthly Archives: January 2014

Our Spring / Summer photo shoot has been pushed off twice now (one when I had shingles and once when Susan had mono. It’s been a rough couple of months for us), but today we just finished day two of the shoot. Unfortunately, we’re also in the middle of the polar vortex. Up until a few days ago, we thought we’d be able to shoot outdoors, but with this brutally cold temperature, it just became obvious that we needed to move indoors. We’re really disappointed that we can’t use the farm as a backdrop, but this was the best for everyone’s health and safety. And we just couldn’t delay any further or we wouldn’t be able to get the patterns to yarn stores in time!

So, yesterday and the day before we moved into Jen Fariello’s studio. She’s the fantastic photographer who took this great photo of Susan:

She’s got a gorgeous loft studio in Charlottesville and we took it over both upstairs and down. Fortunately she didn’t seem to mind the hurricane that blew through her place and was so kind to us while we were there. Here are some looks behind the scene:

There’s a lot of smoothing garments so they look picture perfect. I have no idea what I’m thinking when this picture was being snapped, but it amuses me.

Emily’s adorable jeans had too much fun stitching on the back, so I had to fake raise the hem so we could  get a good detail shot of the hem.

Everyone’s favorite lunch sandwich from Revolutionary Soup. This sandwich changed Susan’s opinion on sandwiches (meaning, she didn’t seethe point of them). We can’t get enough of them!

Emily’s cute new cut has grown out into this adorable look. It just needs a little scrunching and it’s good to go!

As we were cleaning up Wednesday, we saw an Amtrack train going past the window. We all waved from the engine to the caboose. It was a magical moment. Ann caught it on camera.

Neve arrive yesterday morning more than bundled up for the weather. The day before she was a bit cold sitting by the window.

There’s a lot of waiting around during photo shoots. It can be exhausting.

Oona was in charge of keeping herself entertained, so we didn’t bother this little monkey frog girl.

Hair, necklines and hemlines all need to be just so…

Reflector holding requires strange positions sometimes.

By day two, I knew it was time for some silliness, so I pulled out my favorite joke shirt. (That’s the apron I made with Julie’s help!)

But I also squeezed in a little modeling. iphones abounded in the background.

Our friend Lisa dropped by for moral support.

Susan and I confer over some detail.

Today’s lunch included slightly less delicious sandwiches. Ah, good old PB&J. I peanut buttered and Maddie jellied for fast distribution.

After we wrapped up for the day, Susan took some portraits of the kids after the shoot. This one is from her iPhone.

Oona can look so sweet…

and be so terrifying in a moment.

Getting Emily to dance turned out to be the winning strategy of the photo shoot. Not only was it fun, it got her nice and loose and relaxed for the shoot.

All these photos were either taken by me, Susan, or Amy. There are more photos that you can see on our facebook page!