Happy Birthday Katie Rose

Katie Rose's theoretical due date was a few days ago even though she was actually born in mid May. Happy Birthday Katie Rose!

Katie Rose in a Pink Dress, photo by Harold Davis.

The pink dress was a gift for Katie Rose from her great aunt Adelaide. Phyllis wanted a photo of Katie Rose wearing the dress to send to Adelaide.

When I photograph kids, I sometimes like to ask them to jump for me. I couldn't very well ask Katie Rose to jump, as she can't walk or even crawl yet. So I photographed her lying on a black velvet background to create a virtual jump.

Katie may not dance yet. But she sure does wiggle and squirm. I followed the single capture with these five shots in quick succession and then combined them as a composite in Photoshop to create the illusion of dancing, or leaping, into her future:

Leap of Faith, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.