Man, I love my garage.

Yep. It's true. I think today is the beginning of a long love affair with my garage. You see, up until recently, our garage has been home to a pool table & a bit of clutter. But, finally, the hubster decided to get rid of the pool table, as it was only used for... umm... storage. Haha!

Well, as I'm sure many of you photographers know, garage light is INCREDIBLE! I've been reading about it and seeing awesome pictures produced in garages for a year+ now. But, I've never been able to try it out for myself because there's just been too much stuff in there.

Today, though... today I decided I hadn't taken many pictures of Emma lately. So, I pulled her into the garage for some shots. Test it out, you know? I tacked a green flat sheet to the wall to cover the world map the hubster has up there currently & started shooting. I had NO idea how much I'd love it! Man, the catchlights are A-MAZING! For you photographers out there, if you haven't tried this, you SHOULD!

Before I get to the pictures, I need to give credit where credit is due. I was inspired to set the shots up the way I did because of some that Brenda had posted of her daughter on her blog. (See it HERE.) I just always love the spunky shots she gets of her daughter. Plus, I thought her outfit was cute, too! Haha! Inspiration down to the outfit. :-) More inspiration from Brenda for this shoot can be found HERE. I love that Brenda's portraits are often so simple & clean, yet packed FULL of personality! Awesome!

Here are the results of my effort today:

So, yeah. Fun stuff. I love when I do something different (for me) photography-wise. I also love that this location is literally right out my door! And, I can use it (hopefully) pretty much any time of day. :-)

For anyone wondering, I did post process these differently than I normally do. I thought the colors called for a little more muted look, although they look pretty good full color, too.