Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Monday, September 8, 2014
Friday, August 30, 2013
Beauty Inspiration
Need some inspiration for an up coming portrait session?
Use Pinterest to plan, create and dream. Do you have a favorite board you pin or follow? Please share!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Portrait Envy
I dug through some past portraits I had and picked one out to share with you. It just blows me away. She is such a beauty.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Editing: Before & After
I put together this before and after for you to have a glimpse into what I do in my "digital darkroom".
Custom photography is all about living in the moment and capturing a moment in time. I asked Amanda to let me take photos of her and she chose to spend a wonderful summer evening at her grandparents farm. Letting me follow after her with my camera till we watched the sun set from the loft of the barn and looked down upon the horses I captured some gorgeous shots. An evening neither of us will forget.
After doing some light editing, this portrait went from good to amazing.
Dear Friend,
You are a beauty.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
My Number One Fan
I actually, finally, talked my biggest fan into letting me photograph her.
She is an amazing individual, who like many others think a photograph is about how much volume their hair has, if their makeup is smeared or argue to no lengths, in saying they are not in any shape or form, photogenic.
Some may even go to the lengths of saying they are too aged for a good photograph of themselves.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me introduce to you my biggest fan.
She is my mother.
Now, you won't believe this, but there was some kicking and screaming before this was taken. LOL okay maybe I'm just exaggerating a bit. But she REALLY didn't want me to photograph her.
I couldn't WAIT to photograph her. Mainly to show her that beauty doesn't always come from the outside, but the inside.
A lot of you may be able to relate a relative to this story, but looking through old dusty photo boxes of my childhood, there were hardly any images of my mother. The older I got, the more I realized those things were important to me. She hated being in front of the lens and would argue over and over again that she didn't like her photo taken.
Today I am posting this picture to show her how beautiful she really is. That the face really only projects the person you are inside. I think her heart glows and I'm posting this portrait in order for her to see for herself how amazing she really is.
This is exactly my vision of my mother in my mind, my heart and my soul. Happy, independent, and healthy.
I hope she can see what I see. That I will cherish, and carry the image of her smile with me where ever I may go.
I also wanted to thank her for being my biggest fan. She bought me my first 35mm camera when I was 5 years old. My first digital camera when I was in Junior High. I could have killed her when she bought me a camera for my 16th birthday, instead of a car. But Today, I can only thank her for pushing me and supporting me every step towards my dream.
She could see it was my dream. It took me 26 years to see it. But today I am closer than ever.
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