Riley was one of my two Fresh Face contest winners in the spring and we were finally able to squeeze in her portrait session the other weekend. Although a little on the warm side, we had a great session with the sun shining! Riley really opened up to me and was pretty chatty from the start of our time together. I learned all about her trips to Disney World and her favorite book that she’s reading right now, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. We had a great session and you can tell from her portraits how relaxed she was during our photo shoot.
When I talked to Riley’s mom to plan the session location and date, I found out that Riley wears Matilda Jane clothes. Once I had that snippet of information, I automatically thought of a location in Downtown Columbus to match her style. A lot of children portrait photographers are in love with the look of these clothes, myself included. If you’re not familiar with Matilda Jane, their items are sold through in-home trunk shows and these colorful, cool and playful pieces really let little girls shine in comfortable and stylish clothes. Riley and her mom came armed with a huge selection of outfits and shoes for her portraits and I let Riley pick her favorites for her session and she made some great selections!
With so many great looks, it was hard to narrow it down to just a few images for this blog post. Here are just a few from Riley’s portrait session in the Arena District.
The tooth fairy came to visit a few days before Riley's portraits!
When Riley appeared in this outfit I knew I had to pull an umbrella out of my trunk to match. Check out those great boots too!
I'm not sure what was so funny for this set, but I love the genuine smile on her face.
Not only does this little girl have a great look (and great hair) but such a fun personality too!
She is model material for sure! So pretty and such great style!
She is gorgeous I can see why she was a winner!! Love your locations
What a cutie she is! Love that smile 😀
These are fabulous! Love her Matilda Jane looks! GREAT captures and such a fun location!
Your location is perfect for her, and I love all the personality you captured!
I love these, the expressions and textures in your work are amazing!
Her dimples are darling, and her boots are to die for!
Adorable girl! And I LOVE her clothes!!!! They are so fun! Great images.
She is adorable and I love the location, the outfits, the dimples, the boots…all of it!! You did a wonderful job on these!