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Inspiration: Old Masters-Inspired Portraits

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We're inspired by family photography that's a bit off-beat (remember these?). Reader Stephany was inspired by the photo portraits Hendrik Kerstens makes of his daughter in the style of Dutch Master painters. She and her son, Luke, decided to try it themselves with these winsome results.

 
 

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(see more of this series by Hendrik Kerstens at Witzenhausen Gallery)

As you can see from the photos on Stephany's blog, Crooked House (and more in her Flickr set), she and Luke had a grand time making these and the marvelous photos are a great keepsake of the day.

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That is one lucky kid. What a fun mom. Love it.

posted by pennycarnival on March 6th 2009 at 6:49pm
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One lucky kid with one brilliant mom! She writes like a dream, too...her blog is one of my all-time favorites. Always fun to stop by!

posted by victoriathorne on March 6th 2009 at 7:42pm
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Love these photos. And am so relieved to find out I'm not the only person who's ever put a pull-up on their kid's head.

posted by TammyE on March 7th 2009 at 2:09am
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I LOVE it! These are so funky and memorable!

http://www.carinagardner.com

posted by carinagardner on March 7th 2009 at 11:26am
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So fun & wonderfully offbeat!

posted by hush on March 7th 2009 at 5:12pm
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I love most of them, but since when is it ever a good idea to encourage a child to put a plastic bag on their head? I'm generally not an alarmist, but I can just picture a kid thinking, "Well it was fun to put a bag on my head, so wouldn't it be more fun to put it all the way over my head and make funny faces and then maybe I should tie it just so my face looks really funny and..."

posted by asinner on March 9th 2009 at 9:47am
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This kid looks plenty old to me to "play" with plastic bags. Ohdeedoh is all about sharing ideas, not judging other parents.

Carrie

posted by CMcB on March 10th 2009 at 8:42am
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LOVE it!

posted by moptop on March 10th 2009 at 2:14pm
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