Maia's first studio portrait

Maia
Maia

I can finally bring my dog to work! On April 5 I made this ruby ambrotype of Maia in front of my new studio backdrop which my friend Antoni Eckmair painted for me. It was a 10 second exposure! Anything for a treat. I wonder if treats will work with toddlers?

 

Here is the painting that Antoni based the backdrop on. A view of Lower Falls from around 1766.

A View of the Casconchiagon or Great Seneca Falls, Lake Ontario by Thomas Davies, 1766