As someone who makes a living photographing people I still have to remind myself to pull out a camera on my downtime. When my oldest child turned 12 I knew it was time to schedule a portrait session. Oddly enough I have found that even through I am with my children and do photograph many of their daily activities I still need to schedule time to get those all important portraits. For me portraits go beyond the everyday snapshot and I need to give my own children the time and presents when photographing them that I do my paying customers. So like I try to do with my other portrait subjects we picked an early evening when the sun was just right, also know as the "golden hour." I spent some time looking thorough wardrobes finding the right location and then took all the time needed to capture this boy I adore.
Archive for Feb 2012
Portrait Time
February 28, 2012
Flashback Friday – The BIG 40!
February 3, 2012Ok so today I'm going waaaaayyyyy back......... close to 40 years. YIKES! As I celebrate 40 years of wandering this world I decided to dig into the boxes of old slides my Father took of me growing up. Here are a few from babyhood to some early Birthday Parties. Wow check out the cool home-made hats. Perhaps I can convince Dave and the boys to hit the town tonight in some of these. I am so grateful for the unique and wonderful childhood I had and these photos remind me of that. I will make it a mission this year to help preserve these memories. These slides were scanned on a cheap desktop scanner and I am not super happy with the quality. Sending hundreds upon hundreds of photos out for professional scanning is cost prohibitive as is buying a quality scanner. Thus my increased use of rental services. With the price