I'm so excited about this exciting challenge I've been asked to be a part of. And what a great group of ladies to do this with! As photographers, we're always looking for ways to challenge ourselves. So this year I am taking on an exciting new challenge - the 26 week project. It is similar to the 52 week project most of you are familiar with, except this year we are working on techniques along with our themes. The themes for our 26 week project will be more thought provoking, so it will be fun to see the different interpretations from all the participants in this group (12 of us total). I am working along with 11 other AMAZING photographers who will be challenging me as the year goes on. Each month we will have a different technique we are working on, and each week (well, every other week really) we will have a new theme.
For the month of January, our technique is unique lighting and our theme is “view from up here”. For this challenge I took on the perspective of moving away from lowering myself to my subject's level like most of us do in portrait photography. Instead, I stayed higher than my subject, Brielle & Tyler, and saw things from a different angle. The first image (above this) was not taken from up high but instead focused on the light and it's slight haziness filtering around Brielle but not necessarily 'backlit', more side lit. The images below show more of the theme - my 'view from up here'.
After reading this post , be sure to continue clicking through the different photographers links (I'll link one below) so you can see the complete circle. And come back in 2 weeks to see our next theme, you don’t want to miss it!
Now check out Kara Jo's (yes, another Kara!) project 26 'view from up here' post - Kara Jo Memphis Newborn and Child Photographer
Brunette's! Gorgeous brunette's! Isn't this family beautiful? This session was taken when it was still warm so it was perfect for our session. Things have changed and it's now suddenly REALLY cold! Eeps! And I'm still doing sessions - 3 more this year and then I'm done for 2011! Here's a peek at our session.
Wow, I feel like a slacker! I photographed this family in Late October or Early November...everything's a blur this this month lol. Anyway, I have photographed little Savannah since she was a newborn. I just love her and her parents. A little baby brother is on the way in March, doesn't my client look beautiful pregnant? Here's a peak at our session. :) Hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season! I just started my Christmas shopping and thanks to Amazon.com I've been laying in bed in the evenings doing my shopping! It's awesome! Such a relief and I'm avoiding the craziness of the stores. I'm almost done now! Yay! Happy shopping, baking, wrapping and eating (I just made eggnog bread- delish!) :)
I don't want Halloween to be over :( Tyler woke up the morning after Halloween and said sadly 'I wish Halloween would never end. I'm sad it's over.' I told him I was too. But assured him that there are so many fun holiday's coming up and next Halloween will be here before we know it. He wasn't very convinced. Tyler had a Halloween Birthday party even though his Birthday is November 8th. He loved the celebration with 18 kids (nutty - but fun). And we had a 'grown-up Halloween party' of our own last weekend. Yes, we're just big kids :) Jeff went as 'Where's Waldo' and I was a ladybug. My peacock costume didn't turn out so a last minute change to a ladybug was in order :) And on Halloween, we went trick-or-treating with neighbors and then hung out by the fire in our driveway recapping the evenings fun events. Such a wonderful time of year. Here's little snippet of our Halloween celebrations.
