Feather Love Workshop Part 2

With some hard work and elbow grease, the life as a photographer that I aspire to, is attainable. I learned and experienced so much at the Feather Love Workshop because Noa Azoulay-Sclater has so much passion for photography and art, be damned what others say or think. 

The workshop was the perfect mix of art, technical, and business. Noa spent the first day talking and sharing ideas, inspiration, and influences. Nicki and Tim Bluhm came over to serenade us with some sweet songs. We spent the evening drinking wine, enjoying the view, and getting to know each other. 

Day 2 Anne Sage (City Sage blog and Rue Magazine) talked to us about all things social media and how to make it work for us. We also had the opportunity to watch a styled shoot for Rue Magazine. Erin, from Apartment 34 styled the shoot and Anne from Rue was there to direct. It was so much fun to watch them put together a lovely little scene and see Noa photograph it. We all just gathered around- it was awesome!! I can’t wait until that issue comes out later this summer. We also got to hang with Chloe Aftel who stopped by for a quick & amazing Polaroid session! We got to test out her cameras and take 2 portrait pictures. I've posted the photo that Aimee Adams took of me: blog, Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook. I love Polaroids and it was so great that Chloe could come show us the light :)

Leaving the Workshop, I feel inspired, confident, lucky. I feel like I have the confidence to stand by the work that I create. I'm going to work my butt off trying to achieve my goals, both professionally and personally. A super huge thank you again to Noa Azoulay-Sclater and Stacy and the 15 other photographers for creating this opportunity to gather, learn, and love. 

Meal support by Square Meals SF and Batter Bakery, Caroline was there from Woodnote Photography to photograph the workshop, and Stacy was Noa's super-assistant! Video was taken and interviews done by Drew and Rachel. 

there was definitely a yellow theme on day one. luckily i wore my yellow shoes :)

rory, from rory amber photography & whitney, from rosie calligraphy

the glorious nick bluhm

looking out at the top of the beach house

a few sneaky peeks at the rue magazine shotsanne and noa looking over the shots

noa and becka review polaroids

chloe aftel's cameras & chloe & noa check out our polaroid gems

noa creating a polaroid portrait of caroline, from woodnote photographyadditional links to my new pals in the photos: Rory from Rory Amber Photography, Whitney from Rosie Caligraphy, Becka from Studio222 Photography

Group Photos that don't suck

I've gotten a few inquiries about group photos recently, so I thought I'd pull a few faves and share them with you. On my INFO page, there is a question/answer part:

Q:   DO YOU SHOOT THE FAMILY GROUP PHOTOS THAT WE NEED?
A:   Yes, of course!! I just don’t feature those on my site because you’ve seen them before. Email me and I'll be happy to send over a few samples. We take the necessary time to capture the formal family portraits that you desire, but please keep in mind that they take time. If your checklist of photos is long, that can add up to a lot of time taken away from the festivities. We will work together in advance to create your list of requested photos so that you get the shots you want while still having plenty of time to eat, drink, and be married! 

I feel that shot lists can get excessive. My philosophy is get the basics/essentials and get on with the party. That said, here are a few favorites that aren't stiff & formal. Just because they're posed, doesn't mean that they have to look posed :)

 

Feather Love Workshop Mini Part 1

I'm freshly back from the most wonderful professional experience ever, the Feather Love Workshop!

I'm inspired, motivated, and focused and I can't wait to get going on new ideas and living it up!

I'm going to start with this Polaroid of me taken by Aimee Adams. Chloe Aftel, a Polaroid ace, was a guest speaker at our workshop and rocked out a Polaroid session! After a brief overview of her different cameras and different gear, she let us take a few portrait shots of each other. Aimee and I paired up and she asked me to flip my hair to the side. Done and done. This rules and I love it. 

Kid Pics

I'm lucky. There are many reasons why I feel like one of the luckiest gals around. The two main reasons are my two main guys... my husband Chris and our sweet little son. Not only are they both kind, sweet, funny, and charming, they're both crazy handsome and I love to take their picture! When our son was born, I decided I wanted to take a photo every day of our boy! I was pretty good the first year, and not super great the year after that. One of my resolutions this year was to get back into it! I've been doing pretty well... not perfect, but I'm ok with that! After approximately 1200 days (3 years & 4 months), we have a great little library of 708 photos. I just uploaded a new batch of photos from the past few weeks. Here's a link to the Flickr site and below is one of my favorites from the new round of pics. 

Overall, I think it's been a great way to document his first few years. We haven't kept a baby book, so this is kind of our thing. Well, we do have a Twitter account for the silly things he says. How are you chronicling your days with your kids?