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Andy & Emily's Engagement Photos

1/31/2014

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While home I had the opportunity to photograph Emily & Andy as they celebrate their recent engagement.  Wedding is in September!  We'll be back to visit, with baby, to celebrate with them!

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Getting Out from Behind the Camera - sometimes a hard task...

1/28/2014

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I read this article this morning from a photographer on a regret she's made as a photographer and a mom - not getting in photos with her children due to her own insecurities.  I can relate to this just from being a girl and from being the photographer in the family. We always have tons of pictures of Jason on vacation, but good ones of me are rare.  


I've tried to get better since having a meltdown after a trip to Italy where the only pictures I was in were unflattering.  I wasn't liking my body at the time and didn't feel like it was fair that I always tried to frame my friends and family so that they would look good, but then no effort went into photos taken of me.  Really it wasn't anyone's fault but my own because I hadn't voiced how I felt until that moment, so things have been better since, but I do have to make a conscious effort to hand the camera over.  

As we welcome our first child, I think this will be more important than ever.  I liked the line of this article that stated: 

"Photographs help children tell themselves the narrative of their lives, of how their parents loved them and how they were once small and then they grew and changed and prospered. Photographs stake a claim to our past–it was us! we were there!–that let us know that we matter."  

I believe this to be so true.  I myself, like the photographer that wrote this article, treasure photos of myself when I was little with my parents.  Those photos matter so much more than the ones of just myself as a kid.  SO learn with me and get out from behind the camera!
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Mom

1/27/2014

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I snapped some pictures of my mom when I was visiting this month.  Here are some of my favorites.
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What I've Been Up to...

1/27/2014

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Its been hard getting established here in Germany.  We moved at the end of July and I feel like we're still not settled in.  Its honestly been a lot different and a lot harder than I had expected.  After Kuwait, I think I just thought Germany would be a cake-walk.  We're slowly getting acclimated though and things are starting to fall into place slowly.  

Photography here is something that has been more difficult than I had thought as well.  The community is so much larger than I had anticipated and getting involved/meeting people has been harder as well.  In Kuwait there was one central activity office that I connected with and was able to get involved and get some photography practice there.  In Colorado, I just contacted the City Parks & Recreation department.  Here, I'm not even sure where to start....  So that's why this page has been silent.

I'm still looking for opportunities and have not given up hope.  I still continue to photograph for just myself and friends/family.  Also, thanks to Jason, I have also started learning Adobe Lightroom to help streamline my editing process.  

So things are progressing, they're just a little behind the scenes at the moment.  Soon there will be a new little subject for me to practice on though, so get ready to see a lot of her face on here :)
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