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While our first shipment of books went out, we have another shipment ready to go. We also have another shipment that came in last week and are ready and waiting. For more information (now posted) or to purchase, please go to http://www.jodieotte.com/books.htm
Here’s an inside peek…
And as promised, more natural light images — this was on another very very bright day… this little boy was so sweet and so much fun to work with 
Let’s talk natural light. As you may know, we now have available a Natural Lighting book for sale at www.jodieotte.com/books.htm The book, Just Lighting Naturally, was designed by request after the huge success of Studio Lighting Naturally. I will discuss this book a little more in detail here shortly, so stay tuned…
While my business mainly revolves around studio lighting with babies and expecting moms, I do photograph children quite often in natural lighting, as obviously, children need to feel comfortable and not bored stuck in front of studio lights. For the next few days, I will share natural light images, as I also get a chance to prepare the book link above with more information about the latest Just Lighting Naturally book.
This was from a session several months ago that I hadn’t share on the blog - three absolutely gorgeous little girls…. and their ponies. Oh, and a note for the photographers - these images were taken at “high noon” a scarey bright day - you know those dreaded incredibly bright days where you know you have to REALLY work for that light 
Nine newborns prior to the studio closing down for family time. I thought I would catch up the blog a bit today…
Ahhh I’m so sorry, haven’t been keeping up with this again. Had a bunch of newborns arrive right after I came back from vacation, so have been catching up. Also, my kids are now on their last two weeks before school starts, and I of course, have a million and one things to do with them
Here’s a few more shots from our vacation… of course, there are still many more. I need to catch up with posting some client work as well - I wish I could share images from every session, but it seems that I’m barely hanging on to this blog sometimes, and I’ll never have enough time in the week to share every session. I’ll share some glimpses of sessions next week some time as the rest of this week is planned already ;)
These three I took on the last day as Dean and Barrett were securing the kayaks on top of our vehicle before driving through a nasty storm…
Before I share some more vacation photos, I wanted to announce that the studio is now back open after our much needed family break. All emails and phone calls will be returned today! If for any reason we have missed your message, please contact us tomorrow (Tuesday).
Of course I still have vacation pictures to share ;) Here’s some of the food we had while in Cape Hatteras. We love seafood, but it is so nice to get it absolutely fresh! We brought some littleneck clams back to the beach house and steamed them with melted butter and garlic…
Then, we brought back a half bushel of oysters. They were so good, but wow, what a lot of work shucking them! Lots of people feel that eating raw oysters is gross. Okay, you haven’t seen gross until you open up one of the first oysters you have ever opened up yourself and find legs squiggling around in it! Oysters don’t have legs! Oh, but this one did… I immediately started squealing, feeling completely gross!! Even Dean’s stomach was turning as he lifted a small soft flesh-colored crab resembling a very fat spider, out of the oyster. Our kids rescued the crab and returned it to the Sound. Now unfortunately, that image of an oyster with squirming legs is etched into my brain…
An underwater seascape?
No, a few of the oysters had a full underwater environment on their shells!
