Holiday card portraits were today and I have to say I didn’t really know what to expect. Uschi’s generally not very cooperative when it comes to having her picture taken and we’ve had varying difficulties at past professional shoots. I will say that the cards are phenomenally adorable and I cannot wait to share them. Part of the success is because Cindy is amazingly patient and waits for that exact moment when Uschi’s actually in the perfect position, but also because I incorporated a second photo shoot as sort of a test run. I figured it would help acclimate her and tone down her stress, which seems to increase the difficulty of getting her to cooperate.
The test shoot actually ended up being a boatload of fun and there are some very lovely shots from it. The photo at the top of this post being a good example; I especially love that you can really see the red in her coat. But, as expected, Uschi was very silly, though not in a stressed out way. Mostly, she thought the whole point was to showcase her cuteness and I can’t exactly disagree with that assessment. Her method of choice was to roll on her back or try and crawl onto my lap. Without a doubt my absolute favorite images are of her hamming it up. Click the cut or scroll on to see.








