This weekend we’ll be kicking off the Evergreen Women project, documenting as many area women as possible. Please join us! I want to capture your image, hear your story and share it with others in our community. Why? There are a few reasons: 1. Howdy Neighbor – (The Who) We live in an area where there aren’t the traditional midwestern neighborhoods like I grew up in. I used to know all my neighbors, their kids, their pets… Once, soon after I moved to the area, I was working as a waitress (in the restaurant formerly known as Dick’s Hickory Dock) and was chatting with some of my customers. After a while we realized that we were neighbors – next door neighbors and we didn’t even recognize each other! We had an acre of land between us and we never saw each other, except from a great distance. So, one reason for this project, is so that we can get to know our neighbors. 2. You’re here on purpose – (The Where) Evergreen is pretty amazing. This climate is about as perfect as it gets. The scenery is some of Mother Nature’s best work. The open space parks are world class. We have THE best dog park on the planet. We’re full of wilderness, but we are within an hour of downtown Denver, we have our privacy, but we also have many strong community ties. We are a perfect mix of nature, culture, restaurants, activities and people tend to live here on purpose, even if they’ve found themselves “just” born and/or raised here. We choose...
Do you bring your camera with you when you go about your day with your family? Next time you’re heading out, don’t forget to pack it along, even if that just means your camera phone. Go with the intention of taking at least 10 shots. Shoot 10 things that seem totally ordinary, or ask the kids to do something fun together, just for the photo – do as much or as little as you feel like. Just be sure to shoot with intention. It may seem like a not-very-special day, but, looking back on your images, even just a month later, will feel magical (even the frowny faces 🙂 ). The true power of stopping time, stopping those daily average moments. Because they’re normal today, but they won’t be normal tomorrow. Stop – just stop that moment. If I hadn’t packed my camera for our trip to the park, we wouldn’t have this forever-memory. Love!...
Happy New 2013! I hope everybody is off to a good start and adding some positive new resolutions to better your days. One of my resolutions is to be better about more frequent blogging. It’s fun to share images from shoots, news on upcoming special events, interesting outfit and styling ideas and the like. One of my big plans is to start posting interviews with some of the incredible folks I have the opportunity to photograph so you can get to know them as more than just a pretty face. People are doing amazing things with their lives and have good stories to tell. Look for those coming soon! For now, I’d like to share some images from a recent shoot with a friend’s daughter. She spent most of the shoot in her “cat” persona, so if you listen closely, you might hear some purring. 🙂 Meet Miss Maive! Hair and styling: Karinna Wurth ...
