new 52 :: week four :: tutus

This coming weekend I get the pleasure of photographing a sweet little girl just before her first birthday. I started thinking about the session as I usually do, plan, think of the things I want to bring, the type of images Mom & Dad want to capture, what I want to capture.

So I got this idea in my head, something I've done with newborns but never on a toddler, or rather a toddler-to-be. I wanted a tutu, but the session was less than a week away, to late to order anything. I don't have any local vendors. So what's a girl to do? Make her own tutu.

I started with a lot of tulle and an idea. Bill and Jake followed me around our local fabric store, I chatted up the ladies there getting thoughts. Then thanks to my good friend Carrie, better known as Scrapchick, she sent me a how to video that showed me a simple way to create my own tutu. We may have shared a giggle over my pile of tulle.

So I set to work to make this prop for myself, and after maybe after about 30 to 45 minutes I had a beautiful flowing tutu for my session. That's my something new for this week and I am so pleased with how it turned out. I cannot wait to do this session. Watch for a sneak peak this weekend.