#95 What has banana bread to do with this photo?

So far for Anne’s new book, (available Fall 2010) Anne has photographed many newborn babies, in fact at last count, it was up around 160. It’s lovely having them in the studio, very calm and peaceful, because once they are fed, they fall asleep basically. (perhaps not at 3am at your house!) But when they do, because Anne has it all set beforehand, the photo happens very quickly.

Last week Anne had five six-month-old babies into the studio to be photographed, quite a change from the newborns! Five little strong personalities came through the doors. Absolutely beautiful and entertaining because they look at you and laugh, so it’s a very happy time for the team as well. Anne still has to be quick, as they lose interest very quickly.

We had two African babies, one whose mother is from Sierra Leone and the other from Nigeria. One of the six-month-old babies was a little girl in who had already been to the studio as a newborn, but during the course of that morning her mother developed terrible mastitis and had to leave to go to the doctor before Anne could photograph her baby. So finally, she came back as a six month old.

Here is a photograph of one of the little African babies. Her name is Cordelia and she is sitting on the floor of our reception area eating some banana bread. This was the first time she had tried banana bread, it happened to be on the morning tea plate that we provide for the parents and her mother gave her some to try. We ended up sending the entire leftover banana bread home with her, as she seemed to have taken a distinct liking to it.

We will continue with stories regarding the new book, and as we move into next year we will share more in-depth stories and also share some of the images with you, but you will have to patient for that.

Tell your friends if they are interested, and we can let you spread the word regarding what the content of the new book is all about.