Throughout my journey as a portrait photographer I have always worked to do portraits I am proud of. I think I have succeeded in that. But my biggest goal as a photographer is deeper than just taking a picture of a smiling person, posed rigidly with their family.

Some of you may have heard the story of my years in photography classes. My classmates took beautifully composed pictures of bicycle spoke shadows, close ups of a bend in a garden hose, or the distorted reflection of clouds in a hub cap wheel. Looking back I kind of laugh at the silliness it was, but at the time I struggled. I just couldn’t grasp the process of taking abstract pictures.

The problem was I could only think of photography and composition in terms of a story. What was the plot? Who is the main character? What is their motive? For me to do work I loved, I needed faces, creativity, a story.

What does this mean now? Why am I writing about it? Well, it is my goal this year to only do work that I love. What it means is that I wont be doing every session I receive an inquiry for. What I hope it means is that I spend my time well and gain more happiness from this art. I also hope it means that I persuade by beautiful devoted clients to test out the idea of doing something meaningful with their families for their own personal portraits.

Each session will be creatively planned out with you. We will work out what story or message you want to tell in your portraits. We will find the best location, gather any “props” we need, and pull out the perfect wardrobe. Your portraits will be unlike anybody else’s! Because they will be uniquely you, telling your awesome story!

Visit these links to see what a customized session is all about:

T-man
Malinda and the kids
The M Family
Nikki
Dana and Tamaya
Jessica