or trying to, at least. it was a busy weekend. starting friday when I took my car in for servicing and to finally get the winter tires off. and then that evening I had a shoot booked. to tell the honest truth, I was TIRED! but, i’ve shot with this model before so I knew we’d have a good time, regardless. i made sure to put some music on [it’s better than stifiling silence and i have to remember to […]

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Model: Romone i never thought of myself as one, but my sister says i am – a perfectionist. maybe it’s because certain things I don’t want to do, unless it’s done exactly right. and if i can’t do it exactly right, i usually don’t want to do it. this shoot was a challenge to that perfectionism, when it comes to photography. the light was pretty good [although I think I’m not challenging the 85 f1.8 enough, when i shoot with […]

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Got a new lens and I think I’m in love. Really sweet images, straight outta the camera. And how do I love this girl. worked with her for the first time yesterday and she is pretty awesome. Not bad for a quick off the cuff shoot. Looking forward to coordinating a shoot in the future with her and see what we can come up with, with some planning thrown in!

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i think more than ever young people, young women are choosing to define themselves. period. without regard to societal norms and imposed ideas of what is ‘normal’ and ‘acceptable’. i like that.

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i’m actually quite conflicted with commercial photography and shooting people. what we see in media everyday is not necessarily reality, and now I feel like I’m playing into that as a photographer. but it can be fun making ‘pretty’ pictures. Arrgh! i do try and shoot with the intention of getting the best possible shot, in-camera. i really don’t want to have to spend extra time in post processing, try to ‘shop’ the picture ‘better’. so I try not to […]

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