As I'm writing this I'm sitting at the airport in Atlanta, waiting for my (already delayed) flight back to San Francisco. Altanta is just my city of layover – I was in Asheville, NC for my first a day in the life newborn session.
I took a small stroll in Asheville and got stuck at a used books store where I found Elliott Erwitt's Handbook – a book dedicated to his photographs of hands and gestures. The foreword said that hands are more expressive than our faces, and I agree that sometimes this is very true.
It was particularly peculiar that I happened on this book after doing a newborn session, since hands are something I find myself focusing on more and more especially around babies. Whether it's their tiny chubby fingers grabbing a dad's seemingly giant hand, a mom gently stroking their baby's head, or several sets of hands taking care of baby.
Hands do express so much!
They can convey affection, protection, and connection – things that I'm always on the lookout for during my newborn and family sessions.
