Your photography is more than just a highlight reel.
Old school af is my approach. In the past people carried a camera with them intentionally, and with only so much film or battery life. They were solely snapping for the memories and not for social media.
That’s what’s missing these days.
For years, I gave my clients “smile & say cheese” picture-perfect frame-worthy photos for the family room. But then I realized, that’s not the kind of photo I want to take because it’s not the kind of memories people in them want to remember.
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For the ‘gram or for the generations to come? I think it’s the latter.
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Simply put, this is life as you know it. The good and the messy. The memories.
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Sentimental, and cinematic without prom poses & “smile and say cheese”.
My cedar chest approach
One of my pandemic projects was sorting through all of the old family photos in my mom’s cedar chest. There were tons of albums from before they were married, baby pictures, family vacations, etc. Every photo, every “pose” was all candid. My parents were the same age I am now, and seeing the photos they intentionally chose to take changed my perspective on photography.
My approach is just that - getting back to cedar chests full of candid memories.
More about me -
Think of me as your down-to-earth, fun 75-year-old grandma living inside a 30+-year-old body. Sometimes I like to travel the world. But a lot of times, you can catch my husband Dwaine and I cruising around in our '69 Chevelle, riding our bikes through our small town, or looking for a new way to spoil our fur babies. My ideal perfect day is chill AF. It looks like sleeping in, hitting some estate sales (every Friday), watering plants, an afternoon nap, and some editing somewhere
