I just started babysitting for the Creasy's this semester, and I already feel like they're family!  Reagan and Rider were perfect test subjects this past week when I was having a focusing issue with one of my lenses.  I tried out a few fixes on these two (and Josie) before a weekend of shoots, and luckily they helped me find the problem!  Loved seeing their reactions to how "crisp" the pictures turned out - and I think it's safe to say we will be having another fun ten minute photo shoot soon.

just because he's cute and she's pretty darn beautiful

milo & lilly

At my most recent wedding, someone said to me, "you're in a great field because you are constantly surrounded by happy people."  Oh how true that is.   Love love this job and all the happiness I get to share with people. 

I am way behind on the blog.  New York has kept me busy, to say the least!  Busy in a good way though, because I am learning so. much.  I have watched my wedding photos improve from the first one I did with Ryan in June to the one I did two days ago, and I can't believe they were even taken with the same camera.  I'm planning to post wedding by wedding - but I have a feeling the city may distract me before I get that done :)

I know I'm about a month late, but happy first birthday to the little man who started it all!!

 

In just one year, I grew as a photographer, an artist, and even a business-woman.  In one year, I bought two new lenses and upgraded from my trusty little Rebel to a Mark II.  I photographed weddings.  I read both of my cameras' manuals.  I grew the courage to show my work to several professionals.  I got an internship in New York City.  In one year, I found myself in a way.  I fell in love with this industry and I hope I never fall out of it.

a little iPhoneography from my spring break trip to california.

“To me, photography is an art of observation.  It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place … I’ve found it has little to do with things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

I've decided that above all else, I prefer to photograph people.  I like capturing emotion.  There is not much emotion in a brick wall or a river.  There is emotion in a laughing child, a mother looking at her newborn, a bride surrounded by her bridesmaids.

So last week, when I had to do a project describing Giles County in pictures, I was challenged.  I had to find that emotion I can so easily pinpoint in a living, breathing human being.  And I think I did - but I won't say it wasn't tough and I won't say I didn't get discouraged (see previous post for the images).

Then I started looking back at some old pictures and realized I had been getting good shots of buildings, objects, and the like long before I started really working with people.  This is what I practiced on, before people came into the picture.  The difference is that back then, I didn't think about it quite so much.  Just like I don't think too much into snapping people now.

Stop thinking about it.  Just do it.  Lesson learned.