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When clients come back…that is the ultimate compliment for me. It means a lot if I am trusted to photograph your family once, but if you come back…I am honored. This senior’s brother came to my studio several years ago for *his* senior portraits, I photographed her with her beautiful mama last year, and now she is here for *her* senior portraits….and I LOVE her look!
It’s funny…sometimes when I mention to people that I’m photographing seniors, they look at me with question. Why would I be photographing a lot of senior citizens all of a sudden? No, no, no…HIGH SCHOOL seniors! July-September are the months for them, and I love it! It is really ‘neat’ (if I may use that silly word) to see all of the blooming personalities, interests and styles…and then I realize that all too soon, my girls will be in that same position. We are starting middle school this year, and I know how quickly it will all pass. I just closed out booking for August, so all senior shoots from here on out will be scheduled in September (or October for non-SCASD seniors). Summer is almost O-V-E-R…oh my… This was my first 2011 senior from a few weeks ago…total classic beauty…
by admin no comments This week’s installment of the ‘Summer of 2010 Newborn-Palooza’. Tattoos…a belly cast…and creekside. Love, love, love…
by admin 1 comment I’m pretty darn lucky to know and love a lot of strong women in my life, and I gather inspiration from them all every day. Truly and honestly. From my mom and sisters to my high school BFF’s to my ‘townie’ friends…I’m surrounded by some pretty inspirational and beautiful women and when I think of the position I’d be in without these women…well…let’s just not go there. Visions of a noodled mess in a heap in the corner of my bedroom comes to mind…and granted, sometimes that happens anyway, but by and far, I get through life one day at a time with a little divine inspiration…’with a little help from my friends’. And don’t we all? Where am I going with this? Most of the time my job puts energetic little creatures in front of my lens…and I get inspired by them. I jump with them, I laugh with them AND at them (and they laugh at me!), I roll on the ground with them…so from the little ones, I gather physical energy. But sometimes I have a client that is a little different…a client that gives me a little spiritual and emotional energy boost instead. A recent shoot brought an incredibly strong women to my viewfinder and I felt so lucky to be in her presence. A woman that really ‘gets’ it – - her physical strength is evident, but talking with her gives a clear understanding of her strength of spirit, faith, love and motherhood. A woman who knows that to define herself, she needs to go beyond just being a mom…just being a wife…just being a woman. And so my ’strong women’ network grows… As an aside, while training to become a childbirth instructor many moons ago, I had the privilege to witness the first (super fast and unmedicated) birth for this strong woman. And two more kids later…
by admin no comments Yes, I’m pooped. And maybe that could be a bad pun because newborns poop a lot…one baby this week pooped four times in two hours! I’d say he is being well fed! Three newborn sessions this week, two in one day, one of them newborns…that all adds up to one pooped photographer. And I am glad to have four days off from shooting…so I can watch the shooting fireworks! Happy Fourth!
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