Tuesday, February 15, 2011

time lapse tuesday: my then and now assignment ...

I've mentioned it before, but I'm taking part in the Joy of Love workshop this month - it's a free online photography workshop that Kim over at What am I Going to be when I grow up? kindly shared with her readers when it first started.  She got a few us on the hook and I must say it's been a lot of fun to get my email each night as to the next day's assignment - I've found that I definitely don't have the time to do it each and every day and some of the assignments interest me more than others, so I've more or less been creating my own syllabus as I go!  At the end of the month, I hope to be able to share the handful of assignments and resulting shots that I think qualify as share-worthy ...

This particular assignment was from earlier in the month but it works so well with my whole "time lapse" obsession and the "time lapse tuesday" idea that I had to hold off until a Tuesday to share it ... so here goes - the assignment was to photograph a loved one "then and now".  My little ladybugs seemed the obvious subjects - they change so dramatically between a then and a now!  What immediately came to mind for the "then" were the handful of framed favorites of the girls from years ago. Then last week after school I sat down with them for a few minutes to try and get a comparable shot for the "now" part of the assignment.  And here's what I came up with.

First comes my big ladybug ...

then: baby

then: age 5

now: age 12


Now my little ladybug ...

then: baby

then: age 4

now: age 9

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

gorgeous creatures. you pass along nice genes, my friend.

Kimberly said...

Your ladybugs are beautiful girls! they could be models!!!

great pictures!

jen said...

So beautiful. Great photos.
I've also been receiving those emails and have yet to do even one assignment.
Again, so gorgeous. Wow.

Kim said...

This is GREAT! I love seeing BLB's hair evolve. We are trying to grow out BB's and I just can't imagine what it will look like. It takes FOREVER to grow though.

Your girls are GORGEOUS! It seems like you did a great job of capturing catch lights with LLB even way back then. ;)

Kerri said...

I agree...your girls are gorgeous...naturals in front of the camera...and could be models!

Pam said...

You have beautiful children!

Nicolle said...

Everyone said it before I could, but your girls really are BEAUTIFUL!!!! Very pretty. I love all of the photos. I love the fact that your girls are going to have so many wonderful memories from their childhood b/c you have captured so many great photos!

{cindy} said...

Simply beautiful Sloan!
I have really been slacking on my assignments lately. I read them and try to do them, but lately my camera and I have not been friends. Sad huh? I want to learn, it's just finding the time. I find myself playing on the floor with Aubrey wishing I could capture the moment, but if I get up to get the camera to capture the moment the moment is now GONE!!! UGH! She is such a little stinker with the camera too...always wanting to grab it etc. Makes photographing the only one I am with most of the day tough. Maybe I need to start shooting the American Girls instead!!!:) The sit still and smile when you tell them to!!:)

Anyway...beautiful shots!
Have a happy night!

And BTW...soooo many freaky coincidences with us huh?!?!?!

Jess said...

oh those brown eyes!!! beautiful girls!!! makes me want to do a time lapse tuesday!!! afraid i will get lost in the old pictures...i get so sentimental!!!

Anonymous said...

Your girls are beautiful!

Dana @ Bungalow'56 said...

Sloan, these are beautiful. Your photos of the girls "now" are stunning. And what cutie patooties they were when they were little. This makes me want to go and look through my albums.
Dana