Jodie Otte, Baltimore Maryland Child and Baby Photographer http://jodieotte.com Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:08:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Miss Newborn-Who-Stayed-Awake-The-Whole-Time http://jodieotte.com/?p=554 http://jodieotte.com/?p=554#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:08:53 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=554 That’s this sweet baby’s official title now ;)  Actually, when we schedule session times in the evening, more often than not, the babies stay wide awake, and she fell right in that category.  But with a face like this one, we needed to capture her awake!

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newborn

]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=554 Natural Light Outdoor Portraits of Children http://jodieotte.com/?p=553 http://jodieotte.com/?p=553#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:44:01 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=553 More outdoors at the studio, with two children that I have enjoyed watching grow up over the years.  Older brother is so sweet to his little sister; they totally remind me of my own children and how they got along and interacted when they were that young :) What a blessing it is to see them grow!

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=553 Custom Designed Coffee Table Books | Photography http://jodieotte.com/?p=552 http://jodieotte.com/?p=552#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:07:12 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=552 I’ve been meaning to share for a while, our newest product.  We have had coffee table books as an upgrade to our standard portrait albums, but we have now upgraded our upgrade.  The previous coffee table books had paper pages, but these newest have thick pages that lay flat for better viewing.  My clients are loving these new books, and I am thrilled with them.

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coffee table books for photographers

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=552 Children at the Studio | Baltimore Maryland Photography http://jodieotte.com/?p=551 http://jodieotte.com/?p=551#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:19:29 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=551 I figured I would switch directions completely with this post and show some outdoor child photography.  These were done on the studio property.  Adorable kids!

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children's photographer baltimore

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=551 Newborn Baby | Baltimore Maryland http://jodieotte.com/?p=550 http://jodieotte.com/?p=550#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:05:36 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=550 I love photographing newborns and babies skin-on-skin with their parents.  It’s so natural, and so beautiful.  There was so much love felt between them.

This is more studio lighting of course…

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=550 Family portraits | Baltimore Maryland http://jodieotte.com/?p=549 http://jodieotte.com/?p=549#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:14:02 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=549 Sweet girls and family….

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=549 Studio Lighting Naturally | wide aperture newborn http://jodieotte.com/?p=548 http://jodieotte.com/?p=548#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:11:23 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=548 This is a little note to the photogs:  Myth Busting here — I always say that the best thing any photographer can do is to know how to shoot in any situation.  It is so valuable to know studio lighting and natural lighting as well as off camera flash.  When I teach photographers, they always want to say that natural lighting is so much prettier, and they can’t shoot “wide open” (i.e. wide apertures) with studio lighting, so they don’t get the shallow DOF (depth of field) especially with newborns.

Well, as in my book, Studio Lighting Naturally, I teach how to shoot like this… studio lighting can be beautiful and natural-looking as well.  I always say that here in Maryland, we have days like today - super cloudy, overcast, and many houses and buildings here are not full of gorgeous beautiful windows, but many are historic, small windows, etc. so while child sessions can be delayed, newborn sessions cannot always be rescheduled as newborns change so quickly.  It’s so nice to not have to worry about weather with newborn sessions, just pull out my light (my portable window) and shoot away…. love it!

I apologize for my little advertisement of my book here, but I just feel so happy to have that flexibility on a very dark day like today!

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=548 Baltimore Children’s Photographer http://jodieotte.com/?p=547 http://jodieotte.com/?p=547#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:57:10 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=547 Quick share ;)

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=547 Newborn Baby | Baltimore Maryland Photographer http://jodieotte.com/?p=546 http://jodieotte.com/?p=546#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:15:57 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=546 This newborn was just too precious for words…  We did some studio lighting….

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and we did some natural lighting outdoors….

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]]> http://jodieotte.com/?feed=rss2&p=546 Wrapping up… http://jodieotte.com/?p=545 http://jodieotte.com/?p=545#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:25:39 +0000 Jodie Otte http://jodieotte.com/?p=545 There are of course more pictures from vacation, but I’m going to wrap this up because I have tons of client images to share, and not enough time in the day! ;)

Love these birds - as they scoop the water…

outer banks seagulls

The ONLY way to do the beach! This year was way too rushed…
outer banks seagulls

outer banks seagulls

outer banks seagulls

And the secret to how I got so close…
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