Jazz's Baby Shower
I got a call from Jazz asking if I could photograph her baby shower taking place at Allora in Sacramento. The date was open so I happily obliged. Baby showers are a lot of fun to photograph, and Jazz put on an amazing one at an amazing restaurant. I had a ton of fun using my Sony a9 to capture all the fun moments silently as to not disturb any of the guests as they were enjoying themselves. Thanks a9!
When shooting a baby shower, it’s important to get EVERYTHING. The details are some of the most important things to capture. Event organizers put huge amounts of effort into making events such as these special. When I first arrived I went around looking for all the little things that made this baby shower unique. One thing I noticed was the ‘guest book’ was made of baby alphabet blocks - so creative! I decided to spell out ‘Jazz’ as best as I could and get a photo of them. As people wrote well-wishes on them as the shower progressed I returned to photograph them again.
I love going to restaurants all around Sacramento but I had never been to Allora. Allora is a higher end restaurant with a beautiful space and beautiful food. Since I consider myself big into food photography, I naturally took many shots of the food being served. My style of food photography is to come in at a pleasing angle and then get close to fill the frame. It’s my goal to want you to crave the food I’m photographing!
I love shooting close, but I make a conscious effort to get wider shots to show what is going on at events. Wider shots are harder because they typically incorporate more elements in the frame. If any element doesn’t look good, the entire photo doesn’t work. I’m a fan of this photograph above as there’s almost a zig zagging line that you can see guiding your eyes through the photograph. This photo also shows how Allora decided to organize their dining room for this event.
You’ve got to have games at baby showers, and there were some very fun games being played this day. We had the grandma’s come up and dress a couple of baby dolls blindfolded. I made sure to get many photos of not only the grandmas, but the guests watching on with huge smiles on their faces. Game time is prime time for photographic moments.
Baby shower games also make for some really fun photographs that you really couldn’t get anytime else. These are the images that make it a joy to look through after the shower is done to remember all the silliness that went on. It’s also pretty cool to have some embarrassing pictures of your friends on hand!
Jazz is an amazing person and i’m so glad I was able to photograph her baby shower. I wish her the best as she prepares for the baby’s birth! It’s such an exciting time!