Portrait Mash-up!

4/8/2016

Aside from covering my childhood bedroom walls in snapshots of my friends and family (and posters of Hanson and the Backstreet Boys... cringe...), my love for photography started out pretty typically as it does for most keen beans... with countless landscapes and macro shots of just about every flower under the sun. But when I began to learn how to photograph people in ways that were actually purposeful, photography took on a whooole new meaning!

Capturing the essence of someone in a single frame is a challenge, and I've loved developing this skill over the years I've photographed weddings and portraits. It's just one of the areas I'm pretty sure I will be forever learning and growing in... and I'm keen to focus more specifically on portrait work in this current season of our lives. I've photographed a LOT of portraits that have never made it to the blog, so I thought I would begin to share a few as a wee portrait mash up... going back over the last year or so!

I adore photographing children and families because they are so unpredictable and hilarious... you just have to roll with the punches and know that things aren't always going to be smooth sailing. Tired kids, excitable kids, hangry kids, energetic kids, inquisitive kids, shy kids, refuse-to-do-anything-you-say kids, smiley kids, mischievous kids... they are all welcome in front of my camera! I know how precious each photo of my own wee munchkin is to me, and I LOVE being able to capture these priceless kid-things for other people.

I also loooove photographing couples! Getting beautiful photos with the one you love is not a very common occurrence for most people and 99% of time it's a pretty nerve-wracking thought... so I know I'm pretty lucky that people open themselves up to me and ask me to photograph a snippet of their relationships.

By the way... how great are these new, bigger blog images?!

I really strive to create stunning, soulful portraits... as well as document life as it happens! I love the mix of candid and created moments in a final collection of images...