I have a love/hate relationship with portrait photography. Achieving the expectations of the families who hire me is rewarding, but it takes a lot of patience and high energy. My style is natural light photographs, most often at the beach, or a local park. My clients show up knowing that we will get dirty and …
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Captured Moments – Family Photo Sessions
Beginning in late October I start to receive requests to shoot family photos. It is something I enjoy doing, but am still learning. The skill-set is quite different from what I know about shooting the landscape photographs that fill my Instagram feed. First of all, anything can happen in a family photo session; people blink, …
Captured Moments – Out of My Comfort Zone
Lately, I have had several opportunities to take family portraits of friends and friends of friends... In just a few sessions, I have developed a newfound respect for people who do this to make a living. It is hard work! These sessions were just casual family photo shoots done for a few friends and my …