Yoga by the Water

        I have been shooting a lot over the last few weeks and I have been absolutely loving it! Being busy producing work is the kind of busy that I always want to be!

       Two weeks ago I was lucky enough to hang out and do a photo shoot of one of my favorite people. My friend Suzanne needed some portraits to use on her website and she asked me if I would take them for her.  It was so much fun taking shots of this yogi! Her movements were wonderful and so expressive of who she is. The best part was that her boyfriend met up with us and I got to take some shots of them together. What a great bonus!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shots of a Shoot

      A couple of weeks ago I was able to do a shoot with my very good friend Suzanne. We do not get to see each other as much as we would like to, so it was great to be able to catch up with her while producing some new work.

      A few minutes into our visit Suzanne's boyfriend, Frank, met up with us. As I was behind the camera the whole time I was not focused on what Frank was doing. A couple of days later he emailed me some pictures that he took during Suzanne's shoot that were of ME! I was thrilled to have some working shots of myself and it was so nice of him to send them my way.

       The work from Suz's shoot is almost finished being edited so check back for the finished product, but in the meantime here are some pictures of me being a photographer!

* all pictures below were taken with an iphone 4 *

Mendez baptism

     I'm just going to say it. Shooting events is hard work. You are on your feet for a long time, you have to be 100% ready at all times,  and the pressure is really on. Yes shooting events is hard but shooting events in a language that you do not speak is much harder.

     A little over a week ago I shot a double baptism for a lovely Mexican family. The catholic ceremony was beautiful but it was all in Spanish. Now I know some words in Spanish and I can follow tones but most of the time I was guessing at what was going on. Plus there were about 10 other family's with children getting baptized, and each of them had their own photographer AND videographer with them. Think about how many bodies that is for a minute. It was a lot of dodging and weaving through people to get a shot. I felt like a paparazzi photographer!

     Despite all of that I think that I got some shots that the family will really enjoy. It was a great opportunity for me to expand my event photography know how.