My Life Photo Blog » Portrait http://www.mylifephotoblog.com Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:28:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Maternity: The Suggs Family http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/lifestyle-the-suggs-family/ http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/lifestyle-the-suggs-family/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:06:07 +0000 Catherine http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/?p=3280 I was so honored to be asked to photograph Jennifer and Xeric again! I photographed their wedding almost 2 years ago! Jennifer has always been so gorgeous and she looks more stunning now as a growing Mommy! We spent a few hours at their home on Saturday taking photographs, chatting and looking at everything baby! It was really such a wonderful session! Baby Brooklyn will be so adorable and I am so happy for all three of them! Congratulations on your new growing family! I hope I can come back to see Brooklyn soon!

 

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Sweet sleepy girl!

We couldn’t forget to take some photos of Jet! He was such a wonderful pup and I am am sure Millie will love him to pieces!

]]> http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/lifestyle-the-stout-family/feed/ 0 Wild hairs and laugh lines http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/wild-hairs-and-laugh-lines/ http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/wild-hairs-and-laugh-lines/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:37:58 +0000 Catherine http://www.mylifephotoblog.com/?p=3223 Last week my assistant Tracy and I were headed downtown for an engagement session with one of my amazing couples when we got on the topic of editing. Tracy is also a photographer not just a fab assistant.

How much is too much and why do we, by we I mean photographers and those being photographed, feel such a strong need for it? In the beginning of my wedding photography I was like most. I edited and edited and edited to the point that the photo stops being a photograph and is now instead something that is reminiscent of my client with plastic smooth skin, perfect hair and not a bag under her eyes to speak of.

But what was funny was that all the photography I had done prior as a fine art student on my own and the photography of professionals I admire didn’t do this. Why? Because the photograph was real! A real moment. A real person. A real emotion. I did not start on this path to spend hours as a graphic editor in front of a computer. I love photographs. I wanted to be a lifestyle photographer. I love the real memory of that frozen moment that a photograph can generate for us years down the road. I love the wild hairs and wrinkled nose of a smiling truly happy bride.

The photograph ceases to be a photograph once you remove and edit out all of the wonderful details that made it unique and beautiful. It was this uniqueness that caused me to push the shutter to start with. I saw the beauty of the moment, not the possibly of the the beauty once I spend an hour in photoshop trying to make it better because I believe that I can’t make it better. I can’t make the client “better” they are who they are and they are beautiful and I truly believe that!

It is perfect, a perfect moment all by itself. Pure. Real. I want my photographs, despite all the possibility that technology gives us, should be just that….a beautifully captured moment frozen by the click of my shutter.

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Baby kisses!

Mommy kisses!

At every family session I always love to take a few minutes for Mom and Dad! So we let the puppies enjoy the warmth of the car while we took some time for Molly and Brian to enjoy each other without the kids and have some beautiful photos taken.

Who doesn’t love a crazy puppy face?!?

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Mason taking a photograph of Mom and Dad!

I love this kissy shot!

The leaves were the most amazing red color!

I love how Jon looks a bit mischievous with the gorgeous lady by his side!

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What a perfect little photographer!

I loved Grandaddy sitting down to read and play with his Grandchildren! They really enjoyed my basket of random goodies!

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