Emma’s father, Will McGregor, booked today for her birthday and told me that he and her mother always like to get fun, memorable presents for their children, something that won’t end up in the landfill in 5 years. I had him give some insight into Emma’s life and personality to see which direction I needed to take to capture a fitting photo to hang on Emma’s wall.

Will told me that Emma is always bursting with energy and ready to do anything. They live on a nursery and Emma very much enjoys walking down to the greenhouses to check out all the beautiful plants + flowers. She’s an orange belt in Taekwondo, loves to read, draw, paint, and take pictures with her camera.

She doesn’t like bananas, sprouts, tigers, or hippos but loves her 2 dogs, 1 orange cat, and would love to add some bunnies to the mix. She’s got a new little sister, Lily, who’s 11 months old and I’m sure Emma will be running around the grounds with her in no time, showing her the ropes.

[About this Shoot: I found it very interesting that they live on a nursery and Emma often goes to the greenhouses to view the many plants. I imagine it to be a secret garden type experience. I thought about how I could capture a photo of plants + flowers, especially in the dead of a Colorado Winter, to represent this.

A perfect solution came to mind. There's a Butterfly Pavillion near my house that has an indoor tropical setting of plants and flowers with many different species of butterflies flitting about. I went there yesterday with my girlfriend for the first time. Just as expected, there were many different flowers and butterflies to photograph and I captured this little guy coming in for a landing.]