location scouting

I've had this idea to photograph my nieces in this area at Borderland State Park in Easton.  One of my favorite spots in the park is the area behind the Ames Mansion.  It's a cool little rock garden with stone steps to different levels which lead down to the remains of the mansion's old swimming pool.

I went the other day to check out if the spot still existed.  It does, but it's kinda ugly right now.  Definitely have to wait until spring.  And even though I think my little Coolpix has been dropped one too many times and is dying a slow painful death, I took a few pictures and got a few more ideas for my shoot.  Below are some mostly silly pictures of my not-so-little-anymore munchkins.

We also made it down to the the Lodge- just an empty stone cabin type of building at the edge of a pond.  BUT, they did use the outside of it for a scene in "Shutter Island"!  

brand new website is up!

hello!  just wanted to let you all know that I now have an official website!  Woo hoo!  It was hard work.  Not that I didn't have respect for them before, but I my respect for graphic/web designers has increased exponentially!!! It's seriously hard work! 

 

You may have seen some photos here on the blog or maybe on virb.com, but there's lots of stuff that I haven't posted anywhere else!

Take a look!

rachaeldumoulin.com

Also, my cousin reminded me of this photo today- it's her son... I forgot that I had scanned it.  (It is, of course, shot with actual b&w film!)  Thought I'd share it.  It cracks me up!

(It also features my new little watermark, that I made to match all my new graphics...)

Crazy nieces and 4-leaf clovers

Yesterday my nieces were driving me CRAZY.  I don't know why, because they weren't doing anything that they don't normally do...

They were driving each other crazy too... This one wasn't as real as it looks.  No nieces were harmed during the making of these photos...

Figuring it would keep them busy, I suggested that they look for some 4-leaf clovers, since our backyard is FILLED with clovers... and about 30 seconds later I hear Jamie: "I found one!"

It's been a little hacked up from the lawn mower, but sure enough, it was a 4-leaf clover!

They looked for a little while longer, but I think the challenge of it was gone when Jamie found one 30 seconds in...

Cassie

I used to babysit 2 little girls named Brittany and Cassie... The photography bug bit just before I started sitting for them and they quickly became my favorite little models.

A couple months ago when I went on a scanning binge, I scanned a bunch of old images of Cassie when she was just a munchkin... she's almost 21 now! Yikes! 

I think this first one might be one of the first black and white images I ever made.  I went all out with the sheets as a back drop too!  Haha... And the dress she's wearing, that was my dress.  I called it the "Twirly Dress".  It's peach and lacey and twirly and I LOVED it.  (I still have it!)  I remember wanting to wear it all the time, but funnily enough, I think there's only one picture of me in it.  Anyway, here's Cassie in it:

Here's another one of Cassie- I think this one is from my first college photo class.  I'm pretty sure the assignment was portraits.  And I think she has on my spaghetti strapped prom dress, obviously too big for her!  That baseball hat and sunglasses, also mine... I must have let her and Brittany go through my closet and go nuts...

beach babe

I screwed this film up pretty bad, so printing these were a giant pain in the butt, so I never really took the time to make good prints.  But, when I scanned the negs, I was able to get some to look halfway decent.  I've always loved that they have a vintage sort of vibe...


Here are my favorites (it kills me that I cut her foot off in the first one though...)

Baby Jamie

A couple more old images I scanned recently.
This is my niece Jamie when she was just a couple weeks old...
Aww, teeny little munchkin! :)

what a doll!

one of my favorites of one of my favorite people, my niece Emily. 
I've always thought that she looked like a doll in this picture... can't believe my little munchkin is already 11 years old and has her own cell phone!!!

ball

The rest of the images in this series can be seen here:
http://virb.com/rachaeldumoulin/photos/album/352402