I can’t believe another winter has come and gone. Time flies! Julia has just turned 4, and Luke is 15 months. I’m looking out of my office window right now, taking in the bright magenta blossoms on my flowering crabapple I planted when we built our house. It smells like heaven. Something about this time of year makes me want to create. I don’t know what it is. When I was a child, I would spend hours concocting melodramatic plays that I would coerce my younger brothers to star in. We’d put on our extravaganzas in the front yard, our bare feet dug into the fresh green grass.

Now, twenty-something years later, I’m still finding creative inspiration in spring. I have been booking portrait sessions up through July. I find great pleasure in capturing the essence of a child’s personality with my camera. My studio is opening this month, and I couldn’t be more excited. I find that photography is a great parallel to my writing. After a long session, I find myself coming home to my keyboard and typing away.

I am going to post some of my portraits below. These are just a few of my favorites. They highlight some of the beautiful local scenery that inspired Finding Lilies and The Rock Dwellers.

Kelly Clark Baugher is the author of Finding Lilies. To find out more visit www.dlsijpress.com and www.kellyclarkbaugher.com

Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Kelly Clark Baugher
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