For this session, we did most of the child photography outdoors at one of my favorite parks: Inniswoods (which is part of the Columbus Metro Parks in Ohio).  Then on another day, we concluded our session at my portrait studio in Central Ohio.

When photographing children (and even babies), one thing I ask parents to keep in mind is that if the session is fun for the kids, it will go much more smoothly and we will get the most natural and happy expressions in the photographs.  Miss D’s parents always bring really adorable little outfits for me to photograph her in  (this time included a dress from Lottie Da, a flower from bows2cute.com, a headband from Cutie Heads (purchased at Helen Winnmore Crafts).

Here are a few of my favorite photographs from Miss D’s 2 year photography session:

Miss D at the park in her little white dress and bow (the green bench was brought from the photographer's studio)

Miss D wearing her Lottie Da dress (that matches her strawberry-blonde hair), on the bridge at Inniswoods Park

Miss D wearing her adorable little headband, climbing into her rocking chair (that her parents brought)

Here is one of my favorite photos of Miss D with her lollipop. (It has something like 1000 calories so I don't recommend eating the whole thing!)

Here is the beautiful Miss D at my studio. She was so proud of herself that she could get up on the pedastal all by herself!

And here is a close up, just to show I did take some. I love the adorable expression on her face, and you can really see how blue and sparkly her eyes are! (I also couldn't get over how adorable that dress is, she wears it well!)

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So I ordered this dress from Ebay, and had some help to decorate it a bit with some flowers, and had a 15 minute photo session while my son had his gymnastics class to try it out.  I have some other ideas so these will probably not be the only photos in this dress.

Miss V, in the queen anne's lace

Miss V showing a bit of her shy side

Miss V in the land of flowers

Beautiful Miss Vivi in the garden

Photographing your own children is vastly different from other people's children. Miss Vivi has a bit of an attitude, which she is sharing here.

Stay tuned, I think in the fall or whenever we have some more time, we will go have another fairy tale photography session.

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I thought this one would look precious in black & white

That is my garden bench in front of the rose garden at Inniswoods. I love her expression!!

She thought the bouncy bridge was so much fun! This was a split second capture from her running across it.

She was loving the little chair I brought to the park. So cute!!

The water table was empty of water, so she thought she should climb on it. That's dad keeping her from falling off!

I love taking active kids into the herb garden, they can usually be contained for a second right there.

I thought the depth of field was neat on the bridge

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The number of photographers at the parks were quite amazing too.  Usually when I am shooting up at Inniswoods, there might be another photographer there. In October, you could count at least 5-8 there in the late afternoons, and sometimes on Saturdays you’d watch and see weddings parading in and out.  The rangers certainly had their work cut out for them!

So here are a smattering of some of the recent outdoor photography sessions from this fall.  Enjoy!

As of right now, I have still available 10/3 @ 9 am, 10/3 @ 4:30 pm, 10/11 at 9 am, 10/24 at 5 pm, 10/31 at 9 am, 10/31 at 4:30 pm, 11/1 at 8:30 am, 11/1 at 3:30 pm.  If you were thinking of booking an outdoor shoot, and are constrained by the weekend, then you’ll want to call fast, because these slots will fill up.  (call 614-323-3147, just say the Blog sent you).  For my outdoor park photography sessions, I do one in the morning and one in the late afternoon, since this is when the light is best in the sky.

Want to see a recent session? I thought so!  Here’s a little sneak peek!

Ok this one looks kind of scary but cool at the same time.  They were really having a blast!

This is their new baby… what a sweetheart, and look at all that HAIR!!  I photographed this same family a year ago, and it was so nice to see them again, and see how their older son had grown (but still had the same spunk!)

We had awesome weather, and some fantastic light that evening.

Here he’s going PEEK A BOO! One technique that I use to get natural, happy expressions from kids is to play games with them.  If the kids are having fun, they will have natural smiles instead of forced “cheesy” grins. (which if you catch my son with one, it looks more like a grimace of pain).

I have a lot of catching up to do with my blog.  So you’re going to see a slew of new posts to follow.  I really want to post some of these recent weddings that I’ve done.  They were so much fun!  Have a great evening!

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What kind of photography do I do? I am a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, but I would say I am primarily a portrait photographer and the majority of my clientele are people wanting family portraits, senior pictures, maternity & newborn photos, and children & baby portraiture. And then secondly I’m a wedding photographer, and I accept a limited number of weddings per year. Occasionally I wear a pet photographer hat, and I also do corporate & acting headshots. My studio is in uptown Westerville (hours available by appointment only), in the Columbus Ohio area, but I split my time there and out on location shoots (parks and urban areas are my favorite!)

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Owner/Photographer, Dianna G Narotski Photography
Columbus, Ohio (Central Ohio area)
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But here is his big sis! She is almost turning 3, and we did her 2 year pictures in April 2008, so it was great to see her (and her family) again! So we did a combo 3 year/newborn/family photography session.  Here’s Little Miss Spunky herself:

And she is such a devoted big sister!  (We’ll see how much she appreciates him once he becomes mobile and knocking down her toys! )

He did really like the little knitted cocoon!

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