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most of the time when i photograph other photographers and their families, i try to focus on family shots and photos of the photographer with his or her kids (because we're just not in the family's photos very much). needless to say, my heart was so very happy when karen requested some lensbaby photos of her kids. here are a few of my favorites, from our time together in chicago (which reminded me so much of growing up and made me miss the midwest).
visits with old friends.meeting new friends. lunch and shopping at the super cool town of paia. gin and tonics with cucumber and mint. photo session on fleming beach. steve... kite boarding lessons. times two. early morning snorkeling at molokini crater. clear water. lots of fish, an eel and seven sea turtles. an incredible last-night's dinner at nick's fish house. and through it all, i feel so blessed to have experienced the most amazing reconnection with my husband. i never want to forget our time spent together in maui.
steve, thank you for loving me!!
and now... on to vail, for the awesome NAPCP retreat. so excited to be speaking on the 27th.
i'm super excited about this opportunity to teach and share. hope to see you there!!
today, the kindergarten classes had a mother's day celebration -- muffins for moms. when we arrived in the classroom, the moms walked around the room to find their place, based on locating the drawing their child made of them. then we were all served muffins and juice and we received hand made stationary cards as our mother's day gift. so, so thoughtful and special!! couldn't help but laugh, when i saw ryder's drawing of me. i think he got everything just perfect. :-) and sigh...i love him more than the sun and the moon and the stars.
i'll be away for mother's day but wanted to wish all you mommas out there a fabulous mother's day!! i'll be in salt lake city, utah for the weekend. i will miss my family but i'm super excited to do tons of shooting, along with lots of laughter and sharing with friends.
also, here's a couple photos of my family taken by my beautiful friend and amazing photographer, leah, last week. i am so blessed to call leah one of my best friends and cherish her so!!
if you are unsure about having family photos taken (for whatever reason), please read the perfect time post. i hope it will give you the push to get them done SOON!
yep, i'm off to virginia beach, VA. actually by the time this launches, i will already be on my flight. while there, i'll be photographing this family. baby scout is now six months old, with a full head of fabulous hair, and my friend, steph, is now rockin' an awesome, new pixie cut.
and this family. not sure if peanut will be included again this time, but i do know that she is lou's precious baby. it was 30 degrees when we did the photo below. looking forward to the predicted 60s. hoping to dodge saturday's rain/thunder/wind forecast.
along with photographing a few families, who i am super excited to meet, one of them being in OBX!!
i'm home tuesday evening and then headed to san diego on thursday, for family fun and more client shoots.
our wallflower friends winter retreat is quickly approaching and i'm looking for child and family models. optimally, i am looking for a family with two girls, who can take direction and are not shy of the camera. or i could work with one family and then two girls, ages 5-12 (two girls could be from same family or different). the session will begin with the family and progress to lensbaby photos of the girls (see photos below) and be approximately an hour long (start time 4:30 PM).
the shoot location will be at the 29 palms inn, twentynine palms, california. there is no session fee and models will receive complimentary high-resolution digital files of all edited images.
and feel free to email me with any and all questions.
absolutely. and please don't ever feel you need to ask me about using sam's photos at anytime, for anything. please just use them.
for those who didn't follow my journey with sam and his family, let me share a bit. sam went to the same elementary school in san diego, as kiele. i had learned of sam from kiele's deaf itinerant teacher, diane (sam was hearing impaired due to chemo). i asked diane to share with sam's parents that i was available to them any time at all, to photograph sam and their family. time went on. life was busy. and i hadn't heard from sam's parents.
then one day in late 2006, while photographing kiele's classmates, i ran to sam's class and asked the teacher if i could pull sam out of class for a few photos. i knew sam's teacher because kiele had had her for 2nd grade. so i pulled sam out of class and took a few photos. once the prints arrived, i boxed them up, brought them to sam's teacher and asked that she give them to the parents and tell them that they are a gift from me.
one of those photos, from the very first time i photographed sam, is the framed photo below.
i share this for a couple of reasons: first, the power of giving back is beyond words. if you haven't given back in some way (and i'm not talking monetarily; we all have our gifts, talents, information, etc.), i beg you to. give when and however you can. it can be as simple as giving a helping hand to someone in need. second, don't be discouraged whenever attempting to give and it's not working out exactly as planned. if i've made an honest, whole-hearted attempt and it doesn't work out, that's all i can do (except with sam, i was able to find a workaround). the reason i say this is because i have received quite a few emails sharing that they are trying to give their photography services but the person / parent isn't responding and they're wondering how to proceed.
it amazing how when you give and expect absolutely nothing in return, they fill your heart so greatly. these families that i have photographed over the years have touched my heart and soul and given me so much...more than words could ever describe.
after those initial photos of sam at school, i continued to photograph sam and his family for the next three years...until sam, after so much strength and fighting, sadly lost his battle to neuroblastoma on march 12th, 2010.
in memory of sam, here are some of my favorite photos from the years i photographed him. miss you buddy!
if you haven't already, i hope this will help inspire you to incorporate giving into your 2011.