Pushing myself

    Every new session brings an opportunity for improvement and even when there are no sessions I have two spectacular- though sometimes less than willing- models to work with. I want to be better, I want to achieve more. I see the beautiful work displayed by the artists I look up to and I reach.

I felt stuck for a bit. Things have been repetitious and I was uninspired for a while. My work lacks direction I think.

I feel as though I've spread myself into every venue of portrait photography and I want to develop into a specialty but I struggle with the idea of limiting myself to one area. If I were to focus on wedding photography I'd miss the families and littles. If I were to soley work with family and newborns, I'd miss the weddings..

Bah, I will have to explore the pros and cons of it all...


Lately, I've been trying to find new angles, new ways to frame and compose a shot- new ways to tell a story. I love the lifestyle and journalistic approach to photography as opposed to studio and posed set ups. The "real" moments are what I've been looking for lately. It started when I looked around and realized all I had were posed set ups of my girls. No real memories of the funny things they were doing, no candids of our everyday life.

So I started keeping the camera out of its case and within reach... and I caught a few cute moments... nothing really portfolio worthy..

Then I began "setting the scene" so to speak. I set out props in hopes to coax the girls into playing and let go of any expectation for the perfect shot. I become a fly on the wall and document what unfolds.. To me, the result is SO much better than anything I could hope to pose and they tell a story that reveals my girls personalities in a way that will bring me back to this time and these moments.

I'm still developing this style and I hope with practice I can improve. So far I'm really loving this direction though. :)