Category archives: blog posts
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- When this gentleman opened the door, I knew he was ready for our portrait session.
What’s not to love here? His sweet smile had me at “Hello.” He was dressed in his best sport coat, he later told me. {swoon}
Often when I talk with my clients about preparing for their portrait session, the number one question [...]
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- Hey, there!
Don't let the end of summer vacation get you down!
There are plenty of ways - fun, fresh ways! - to relive those summer adventures again and again. Here are some stylish was that keep those summer days (and adventures!) fresh in your memory, no matter how busy your fall days get.
How to org you[...]
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- It was Imogen Cunningham who once said,
“The thing that’s fascinating
about portraiture
is that nobody is alike.”
When I first stumbled across these words while working on another project, I thought nothing of them. Then, as time went on, her words had a way of sticking with me. They came to mind every[...]
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- Hello, my peeps! How are you? It's November, and from what I gather in my conversations with people, this month holds some mixed feelings for people. Some of you love it for fall, football, and family gatherings at Thanksgiving. Others of you find the month a bit quieter with thoughts of hibernation as the month he[...]
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I love to celebrate birthdays. They're a milestone like any other, and also so personal at the same time. Through my years of teaching, photographing, working, living, laughing, hugging, and just being, I know that each person brings a unique set of talents, strengths, and fantastic ideas that can only be contrib[...]
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- I grew up with cousins, and I am talking, LOTS of cousins! It was only when I was older that I realized we are all second- and third- and cousins of cousins. We all got together over various seasons and holidays, and our social life as a large Italian family pretty much revolved around this. I thought everyone's fam[...]
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- Who is Henri Cartier-Bresson, you ask?
He was a French photographer whose spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form. He was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos, which offered global coverage to periodicals by some of the most talented photojournalists of the time. Also, t[...]
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- 'Tis the season of summer, swimming, and snapshots,
watermelon, water balloons, and water-resistant cameras
My favorite part of summer, though, is hearing people's stories. Maybe it's where they've been or where they are planning to go.
Sometimes, it's heari[...]
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- Photography is so subjective. An image that you love may not elicit the same reaction from everyone. It was Ansel Adams who said,
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera.
You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen,
the books you have read,
the music you have heard,
the people you [...]
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- Today would have been Maya Angelou's 90th birthday.
I often teach and write on the topic of creativity, and recently I ran across this quote by her:
“You can't use up creativity.
The more you use,
the more you have.”
What a great reminder to do and be and try and fail and try again. Wh[...]
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- With the start of this new year, I have loved reading and seeing how people are kicking off the year. Some of you are goal-driven and some of you have shed the idea of resolutions altogether. Either way, hurrah! I am convinced that knowing what you need and embracing it is what "fills your well."
Of course, we ma[...]
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- During these holidays, I would like to talk with you about the word love.
We use it often to describe things, people, and our affection for both. I am totally that person who often exclaims, "I LOVE THAT!"
And when we hear that word love, how many of us think in terms of romantic love? What if we reminde[...]
