Tom and I had the pleasure of meeting Leah and her mom this afternoon. Leah, fairly new to modeling, is working on expanding her portfolio. She did a fantastic job and is a natural in front of the camera. To top it all off, I can’t believe it, but it’s impossible to take a bad picture of this girl!
I first met Julian back in August when I photographed some mini-session at 141 Boston in Chandler. The flash trigger at the studio wouldn’t work that day and to my horror, I’d accidentally left my back-up at home! I only had two sessions so I tried to make due by triggering the strobe with my on-board flash and it was OK, but perfectionist that I am, I really wanted to re-shoot both sessions. Keren was kind enough to let me re-shoot and she and her hubby drove out to San Tan Valley this time and we shot Julian in our new studo. :)
Now is this little guy adorable or what???
Little Miss A. visited me yesterday for a session with her mom and dad, and was she ever adorable!! :D I have a lot left to edit but couldn’t resist a quick peek!
We received word a little over a week ago that the 141 Boston studio cooperative we participate in will be closing its doors permanently as of the end of the month. At first we were heart-broken; it hadn’t been that long since we’d found the studio and we really couldn’t have asked for a better location (great place to do outdoor shots as well as indoor). But you know the saying that goes something like “When one door closes, another opens…”
After processing the news for a few days and evaluating our options (leasing dedicated space, being 100% on-location or commuting farther to another co-op) we realized that the home studio idea was the best solution as it is incredibly convenient, allows us to keep our overhead as low as possible and is clean and private compared to sharing space. This is the third time we’ve set up a studio in our home but this time we’ve approached the project a little differently–and we’ve designed it from top to bottom to be as functional and client-friendly as possible. It’s also the least disruptive to our children and family life, which is a priority for us as well.
I plan on posting images of the “make-over” once we’ve finished…but of course I forgot to take good “before” pictures before we moved all the original furniture out of the room!
I’ll just share a recent cute image of my son…I’m not sure what he was doing but it’s a cute snap!
Jen and her boyfriend Joe visited us at the studio in Chandler last Sunday and we had a great time and got some incredible images. I haven’t made my way through all of them yet but I know Jen’s excited to see *something* so I put together a preview slideshow with some of my favorites of the ones I’ve already finished. Enjoy!
I played with and re-processed this image, which in 2007 was a silver medallist in one of Better Photo’s quarterly contests. Still one of my favorites!
