Miss Devin Harley-Grace... America's Next Child Model! :)

I finished the file today with Devin Harley-Grace's images from our portfolio update photo shoot. What a character this little one is!!! I couldn't keep up with tiny feet. How they can carry her so far so fast is beyond me? :)

I'm looking forward to watching this young lady grow up and blossom into an amazing model, if that's her chosen path. 
I have to keep reminding myself that she is only 4~

Until then...

Devin Harley-Grace... A Photoshoot

Not often do I shoot newborns, mostly because I understand that taking a photograph is more than clicking the button. It is, I would hope, a connection between the subject matter and you the artist. I have a difficult time with newborns, and I will be the first to admit that (to me) it is extremely difficult photography to do and do right. I know my limits, and I know that this style imagery is not my specialty.
I just can't seem to ever make it click. (no pun intended) Lol!

Every now and again I will photograph children though, and today I had an excited little girl in front of my lens who models, competes in pageants, and walks the runways of some of the areas hottest fashion shows. 
This little one was just rip roaring and ready to go. Ready to go play that was. Surely she didn't want to waste this beautiful day and the acres and acres of wonderland she just now discovered on taking pictures.
Heck, who could blame her? It was a pretty amazing day, and our location (The Historical Cayce Museum Grounds) was pretty amazing as well.

So I snapped as many images as I could of this smart, spunky, opinionated, stylish, and absolutely adorable 4 year old (YES I SAID 4 YEAR OLD) while she ran from one exploration to the other. I just let her play, and kept taking pictures.

It was a great evening...

(I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS FIRST SHOT!!!)

 

Photography Styles and the pigeon hole...

Photography styles... Journalistic, Candid, Lifestyle, Natural Light, Modernistic. Whatever you refer to as your "style", what does that really mean these days?

I get the whole branding thing. Doing something that makes the images you capture something that is solely your own. And I see so many people capturing image after image that is categorized into a specific arena of photography. And I ask myself why?

Yes, at times there are images that I will come across on one of the more popular wedding photography blogs and I will say to myself "Yes, I will venture to guess that those images are by so-and-so." And more than not I would be correct. But lately I find myself having to look at the finer details of the image to tell one apart from another... meaning, somewhere amongst all the "current new hot things for wedding photography" we have lost our individuality. So I ask myself, was it lost, or was is never really there to begin with? Not to be harsh, but if you find yourself changing the style of your imagery to match the current trend then this is about more than the creativity for you.

I believe in adapting to new and unique concepts, ideas, etc. And with the ease of use, popularity, and down right impressive software and equipment available to even the weekend hobbyist, you're going to have to continue to change. But I believe that your artistic change should come from a natural progression of an artists works and not the excitement of being a part of next best thing.

With that said, here is a collage of some of our work, past and present. Our style really is not of any specific style at all. It is what ever that shoot, that couple, that emotion, that moment allows me to capture, and I hope this keeps people guessing...
ALWAYS!