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dakota

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:44:55 +0000

A quick post from a recent session I did with the lovely and lively Miss Dakota. The big blue eyes… the curls… the humor… this kids has it all and I was lucky enough to capture some of it! As much as I prefer to be outside shooting, when the weather turns frightful – there is always the studio! I think we got some fun-tastic shots of the little miss right before her 5th birthday. I can’t wait for the warmer spring weather to do a second shoot with her outside doing her own thing.

It’s the eyes… how could anyone not have a hard time saying no to those eyes?!

My absolute favorite shots are the ones that are a little more silly than serious. Kids are rarely serious… they would much rather tell you jokes, make silly face and laugh – like this one.
And a genuine smile… she was making her momma (who was just behind me) laugh.

I still have a bunch more of her to process – but these were a couple of my favorites right off the bat.

playing

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:15:44 +0000

For anyone not living in the Northeast, it’s been a pretty mild winter here. Instead of the inches upon inches of powdery white snow, we have seen quite a few of 40°F and higher days. While the snow bunnies are pouting about the natural void of snow, it has given me a lot of opportunities to get outside with the camera and snap photos. Being outdoors is my favorite place to take photos of kids just being themselves. Believe it or not, this is January in New Hampshire!

baby oh baby!

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:28:47 +0000

lilly & jack

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:31:15 +0000

I had so much fun during this mini session taking photos of Lilly & Jack taken earlier this year (I’m still playing catch up on my site!). Sometimes, the cuteness of the kids and their big personalities just make my job so much easier and looking back at this session just makes me realize how much I enjoy taking photos of children. In this session, we explored the mill yard around my studio and found a couple of places to take some fun photos.

drew & reagan

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:49:24 +0000

The Bean behind the photography

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:15:02 +0000

My little muse and I were walking out on the train tracks behind the studio a couple weeks ago. Mother Nature has been very gentle this season (despite the 20″ + inches of snow she dumped on Halloween, of course) and I have been able to go out almost every weekend this fall for outdoor shoots. I am terribly behind in updating the site with new photos between shooting and processing, but they are coming! In the meantime, I thought I would post one of my little Bean.

family!

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:55:56 +0000

Out with the old, in with the new!

admin — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:45:43 +0000

There have been a slot of big changes in my life this past year – a new look and feel of my photography site – including a name change – is one of them! Ladies and gentlemen, introducing ‘Sophie Bean Photography: Modern Portraiture’ – the softer (family friendly) side of moi!

When I first started taking taking photos back in 2007, I created the name ‘Personacide’. To me, it meant breaking down the conventional view of one’s public persona and really searching for the hidden layers underneath to reveal a person’s true self. As an artist, I still firmly believe this – that we all have a public image we project, but our inner selves can be more guarded or seldom seen.

As I move forward, and look to build a business taking modern portraits, I decided it was time to reveal a softer side of myself. Being a mother, I adore taking photos of my daughter (and I am pretty sure the one on the way will think the camera is an extension of me as well). I love capturing her in her natural state – playing, walking, running, being silly, being serious… every aspect of her that makes her, well, her. As a result, I love capturing those same details in other people’s children as well as family dynamics. That being said, this site will be redirected and renamed in the coming weeks.

Oh, the artsy-fartsy (that is the clinical term) side of me will still be creating quirky portraits with clones, anti-gravity people, bunny masks, textures and roaming the the urban streets, backwoods and grave yards – but that’s a whole ‘nother story.

i’m gonna getcha, you better run!

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:52:38 +0000

I LOVE this shot! The skewed hat… the big blues eyes. I should mentioned that this was right before she tried to bite the camera lens. For anyone who has kids – and who has heard of The Laurie Berkner Band – I now have that song in my head. My daughter and I use to dance to her CDs – great music for kids with catchy tunes that adults can listen to.

OH! And don’t forget… Snow is fun and all, but the season for outdoor shoots is fast coming to a close… just a few weekends left (with Mother Nature’s cooperation, of course), contact me if you want to squeeeeeze one in for your kids (or yourself!)! I am looking into some awesome new backdrops for in studio shoots.

flower power

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:41:38 +0000