As some of you will know I have been over to Ethiopia recently and returned with my new little girl (No, I’m not pretending to be Madonna – she adopted from Malawi).
Whilst I was over there I obviously was going to look for any opportunity to be the photographer – not just the tourist thing, but looking out for lifestyle opportunities.
We were staying in a typical Ethiopian guest house in one of the sub-cities of Addis and it turned out to be quite popular with other adoptee families so we had a few come through whilst we were there for out extended stay – the first of whom were Rachel and Jedd from the US.
Rachel and Jedd were there to adopt a little girl aged 8 months, whom they had decided to call Eden – and I offered to do a little lifestyle shoot with them to help them remember their time in Ethiopia, so just before they left for their return trip we got going.
As you can see she is old enough to support herself on the floor but was not too sure about this strange man pointing a camera at her !! – so we brought in Dad
As you can see she was much happier – so then we decided to introduce Mum
So that made her even happier – time to go for broke and get everyone in there !!!
Then we have to try for the obligatory detail shot
Before we close with one last shot with Mum
So it wasn’t a big shoot – 30 minutes or so, tops – we didn’t change clothes or locations just stuck with what we had in the Guest House compound – but it was a fun little shoot and I enjoyed being able to share my talents with some people I will probably never meet again, but I’m sure they will treasure the pictures.
