This session almost didn’t happen.
I am so so happy it did.
Forget that it took us 3 months to settle on a date,
forget that we were in the good ole’ South summer heat,
and forget that her car broke down 10 minutes before we were suppose to start shooting.
Forget it all.
Because baby, this sweeet Mother & Daughter Duo was worth all the “trouble”.
My goal was to capture the light from the sun.
That’s one (of many) things I’ve been struggling with since my transition from digital.
I’m quite proud of the light captured in these photos.
A different thing I’m been doing with my film is requesting Basic scans from the lab.
It’s kinda like raw images.
It was a personal choice because I felt like I could learn more by seeing them in their raw form as oppose to having an editor work on scans before they were delivered to me.
Here’s a comparison: Basic scan vs my edits.
Very little edits.
A big advantage with film is not needing major edit changes.
Just my personal opinion, but digital will never capture the softness like film does.
Okay, back to these two precious human beings.
We started off with “patty-cake”.
Wait, I have to back-track to when I picked them up.
Halle immediately warmed up to me saying, “Your car is so cute!” With her hands in the air and everything.
She opened up to me so quickly like we had been best friends forever.
Not sure how we got on the subject, but she proudly proclaimed, “When I was a baby, I was sooooooooo cute!!!”
I remember her as a baby. Babygirl sure was a cutie. Hah!
After that, I knew we were going to have fun.
Look at those small hands with their tiny painted nails. 
Halle also found out what “Eskimo kisses” meant that day. When we got close to the beach, Halle found a seashell and that was it.
She was determined to get enough “seashells for everyone in the whole world”.
Cat laughed and endearingly looked at her little firecracker of a daughter.
And after that, I was obsessed with capturing that look of a mother’s love.
This is why I asked if I could take photos of them.
I’d been admiring Cat’s love for her little girl from afar.
You can tell they have a special bond.
And I wanted to get that on film.
“Mommy, you can have this ONE shell.” 
When I got their scans back,
I marveled at the intimacy and vulnerability between mother and daughter.
Such a privilege to be allowed to witness those moments up close. Isn’t it great that y’all can too?
Thank you so much to Cat and Halle for letting me into your little circle.
I hope your bond only gets stronger with time.
May y’all look back on these photos and remember of these early, yet precious years as a family.
Thanks for reading and following along
with me,
Jules.