I had the pleasure of photographing my friend Megan and her 3 month old Sarah Grace (at the time) in February.
It is always nerve racking photographing a fellow photographer, but Megan was chill and relaxed and moved with the flow. I adore the connection these two have.
Last year I ran a session giveaway and awarded 2 sessions to persons I thought could benefit from new photos. One of the winners was Natalie Dean who runs a female empowerment non-profit group called Whine & Cheese. It is a safe space for women "whine about the stresses of life and cheese (smile) in acknowledgement of their blessings".
Natalie is an inspiring young woman and it was an honor to capture portraits that she can use in blog posts, on her website or personally.
My friend Jen took some behind the scenes photos of my capturing Natalie. Its always hard seeing pictures of myself but I resolve this year to get in more pictures and become more comfortable in front of the camera as well.
I took these photos about 2 years ago at one of my favorite farms, Maple Acres in Plymouth Meeting. It has a cut your own flowers, a market, horses and a host of other farm animals that kids can pet. This session with Ari remains one of my favorite to date.
In January 2017, we spent a day in Barbados with 2 of my favorite persons, walking on the beach, eating Chefette, drinking Banks beer, catching up and talking about "the good ole days".
If you have never been to Barbados, you should put it on the list along with the rest of the Caribbean. Seriously! The Caribbean is so much more than beaches and sun. The food, the music and the people make the Caribbean worth exploring.
“You let time pass. That’s the cure. You survive the days. You float like a rabid ghost through the weeks. You cry and wallow and lament and scratch your way back up through the months. And then one day you find yourself alone on a bench in the sun and you close your eyes and lean your head back and you realize you’re okay.”
- Cheryl Strayed
Holiday Blues
As the holidays festivities intensifies and winter's cold and darkness sets into the bones, if you are feeling blue, missing someone or disappointed in missing your 2017 goals, take comfort: this season will pass. Hang on, do as much self care as you need to, focus on the slivers of beauty around you.
-- Taken from my December 10th Newsletter. You can view the entire newsletter here and past newsletters here.
Contrary to popular opinion I do shoot men. I did a recent evening city shoot with Phil around Old City and on the Ben Franklin Bridge. There is nothing like a well dressed man in the suit.
We again collaborated with Abena ( you can see previous feature on her here) and created content for her on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in a striking red dress.
