Week 44: Ms. Chiho

This is our good friend Chiho. Jonah absolutely loves her! Thankfully, she feels similarly about Jonah. Jonah will ask for her completely out of the blue and be upset when we explain that she is at her house. We often, therefore, ask Chiho if she is available to babysit Jonah when Mom and Dad have an event or just need a break. It's so reassuring to know that you have a friend who you trust completely that you can turn to for a night away. Jonah behaves wonderfully (or, at least that's what she tells us), eats, sleeps. . . . in short, he is better for her than he is for us!

Ever since Jonah was an infant, Chiho has played a large roll in his life. She's been around and has been one of two babysitters - outside of Grandmas and Grandpas. Our other babysitter just had a baby of her own! So, she holds the monopoly in our house.

Life has been nuts since the holidays. Way too much travel and lots going on when I am in town. Photos have been a bit rushed and I knew I would have to get this one in early this week as I leave on yet another trip first thing tomorrow. An old friend of ours was recently named the Director of Choral Activities at Harvard and conducted a concert at Grace Church here in NYC this weekend. We needed a night out and wanted to go and support Andy, so we called Chiho. Jonah had a rough day that day, but perked right up as soon as she walked in the door. Time was tight, but I knew I wanted to use this as my blog post for the week. I had a feeling Jonah would comply since Ms. Chiho was involved - he did. He was asked to smile and this was his reaction.

Photo - this one is pretty simple. Chiho and Jonah are standing about 6 feet from a white collapsible backdrop. This is lit with a Profoto head in an 5' Octabox slightly camera right with a white reflector directly below their faces just out of frame. 135mm lens at f/4.5.