The Farmer

Sometimes things don't go as I imagine they will! A couple of weeks ago I got a call from a new mom. She'd just had her first baby and was about to leave the hospital and was booking her newborn shoot with me. Okay... I'm impressed already. I was a mess the day after I had my first! So, she tells me they are headed back to the farm and wants to book the session for 6 days later. Good. She mentions her husband is a farmer and tells me he'll be coming to the shoot. So, I'm thinking conservative, traditional shots. There could possibly be overalls involved. I have a farmer coming to town! I also had lots of "daddy and newborn" shots in mind. The day comes for the shoot and I answer the door and here stands this beautiful lady (that surely doesn't look like she just gave birth) and a precious baby girl. Dad had a spur of the moment meeting in his office in downtown Houston. I'm thinking, farmers have offices in downtown Houston? So, it turns out that they do like to farm on the weekends but Dad is an oil/gas professional downtown and mom is an ER Nurse. All my poses and preconcieved notions had to be thrown out! Out came my giraffe pillow, big floppy flowers, the works! Mom was so hip and so fun! This sweet baby slept like a dream and gave us some beautiful poses of her and the "farmer's wife" liked my giraffe pillow so much I thought she was going to sneak away with it! You just never know!