Tuesday, November 16, 2010

16:30

{16:30}
These photos were not taken today, but I'm still grateful today for the experience.  During the past couple weeks, I've been thinking about photographing other families.  It was becoming a nagging itch that I could no longer ignore.  It's time that I start scratching.  I'm not sure what will happen, but it's time to give it attention.  So I began asking family & friends if I could photograph them.  And a few have asked even before I could dial their phone number.  Asking was the first little jump.  A watermark was the second.  A website will be the third. 

My SIL let me practice on her kids this past weekend.  These kids know me.  They're comfortable with my questions & my camera wielding ways.  I'm aware that these facts make a photographer's job much easier.   Once we got passed the "No Cheese" zone & when they realized I was going to shoot even if they weren't looking, we got along quite well.  Here are a few of my favorites:

 


-Erika

13 comments:

  1. Erika, I'm so excited for you. This is going to be amazing! :)

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  2. Bravo.
    If I may suggest---www.smugmug.com (you would probably need the pro version if you are going to sell your images) works beautifully. I can't recommend them highly enough.

    Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

    lizzard_nyc

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  3. Love the ones on the swings and the woodpile . . . now if you could just take my kids photos, all would be right with the calendar (but there's usually too much booze involved for that to happen).

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  4. yippeee!
    can't wait to see this unfold. and for you to photograph my kids someday.

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  5. linda silva palleschiNovember 16, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    ok i should have read your blog before my goofy stuff on flickr!!! you are amazing and you can do ANYTHING!!!!!!

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  6. Scratching an itch is so much more effective than ignoring it - good for you!
    . . . these are wonderful and I'm sure this venture will be too.

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  7. Yea!! Glad to be a part of that "few" :)
    These are great!

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  8. yipeeeee! i love these! i love that you are stepping out and scratching that itch. i love your style and your new watermark rocks. whoooop whoooop for YOU!
    ~mary

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  9. i knew you could do it, well done for taking the leap :)
    these are great!
    x.

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  10. These are beautiful..you're such a natural! Well done and very exciting!

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  11. LOVE!! good for you!!!
    these have such a good feeling to them!

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