(Merged post from another blog. Originally posted 6/10/14).
I mean…really. There are no words for this woman's beauty.
I do have some other words about this session though. :)
1) I have been the happiest with this session than I have been in a long time. Random ramblings: I'm really hard on myself, guys. Sometimes I have this vision in my head on how Ihope expect a
session to go. And then for whatever reason, if it doesn't go the way I
anticipated, I get really down on myself. It's honestly the biggest
reason why I'm afraid to go into business doing photography. I have
very very high expectations of myself. Like, I expect myself to be
AMAZING. And I expect every single photo to come out AMAZING. But
let's just be real. That is not going to happen. Even the best of the
best of the best photographers make mistakes and more than likely walk
away with some less than perfect photos. I get that. But I guess maybe
I'm too sensitive? I don't know. I can't figure it out. It's kinda
the "story of my life" though. I get really into something…my passion
runs so strong, and I open myself up and then shortly after I just…give
up. Because if I am not the BEST, I get…I dunno…embarrassed? I don't
know if that's the right word. I just get really hard on myself and I
guess you can call me a quitter, because that's what I do. I quit. But
I don't want to be a quitter.
2) This session made me wonder if maybe I should try to focus on more adult sessions vs. kids sessions. I have done MOSTLY kids and babies so far. And lets just be honest. Kids are HARD to take pictures of. The ones that aren't old enough to understand just want to run around and not pay attention to the lady with the big camera. And the ones that are old enough to understand, typically don't really want to be participating. So you get very fake smiles and awkward poses. I have yet to get lucky and have a session where a little boy or girl just ham it up for the camera for me. Anyway, something about doing this maternity session (which didn't also involve other children running around) made me realize how much fun shooting with INTENTION can be. Since with kids you just kinda have to "go with the flow" and react to their actions. It was fun! Maybe I should get into Senior photography or something. hmm….
3) I think one of the reasons I loved this session was because I practiced with posing more. I know that that is something I always struggle with. For one, I have a hard time coming up with posing ideas. And two, I am not always comfortable actually posing people. I have a hard time explaining and I'm not comfortable actually physically moving them, so in general posing is difficult for me. But for this session I came armed with some posing ideas on my phone. And because it was my sister, I didn't feel weird about whipping out my iPhone and looking through posing ideas I wanted to try, nor did I mind actually moving her where I wanted her. So, in the end I think I ended up with a lot more photos I really liked because I had so many different poses to choose from. And I feel like the poses felt more natural, so that helped too.
4) I think another reason I loved this session was because I was able to use back lighting for the first time while shooting during the "golden hour" (the last hour or so before sunset). I think I may have tried a time or two, but I feel like I mostly got it right this time, so that was fun! :)
Ok, done rambling now. On to the GORGEOUS pictures!!
I mean…really. There are no words for this woman's beauty.
I do have some other words about this session though. :)
1) I have been the happiest with this session than I have been in a long time. Random ramblings: I'm really hard on myself, guys. Sometimes I have this vision in my head on how I
2) This session made me wonder if maybe I should try to focus on more adult sessions vs. kids sessions. I have done MOSTLY kids and babies so far. And lets just be honest. Kids are HARD to take pictures of. The ones that aren't old enough to understand just want to run around and not pay attention to the lady with the big camera. And the ones that are old enough to understand, typically don't really want to be participating. So you get very fake smiles and awkward poses. I have yet to get lucky and have a session where a little boy or girl just ham it up for the camera for me. Anyway, something about doing this maternity session (which didn't also involve other children running around) made me realize how much fun shooting with INTENTION can be. Since with kids you just kinda have to "go with the flow" and react to their actions. It was fun! Maybe I should get into Senior photography or something. hmm….
3) I think one of the reasons I loved this session was because I practiced with posing more. I know that that is something I always struggle with. For one, I have a hard time coming up with posing ideas. And two, I am not always comfortable actually posing people. I have a hard time explaining and I'm not comfortable actually physically moving them, so in general posing is difficult for me. But for this session I came armed with some posing ideas on my phone. And because it was my sister, I didn't feel weird about whipping out my iPhone and looking through posing ideas I wanted to try, nor did I mind actually moving her where I wanted her. So, in the end I think I ended up with a lot more photos I really liked because I had so many different poses to choose from. And I feel like the poses felt more natural, so that helped too.
4) I think another reason I loved this session was because I was able to use back lighting for the first time while shooting during the "golden hour" (the last hour or so before sunset). I think I may have tried a time or two, but I feel like I mostly got it right this time, so that was fun! :)
Ok, done rambling now. On to the GORGEOUS pictures!!
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