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Writing Home ~ The Daniels

January 3, 2012

How could you not have an amazing shoot when you combine to-die-for scenery with a beautiful family?  Seriously – I had so much fun trotting through this beautiful Peruvian field with the Daniel family in mid-December.

 

Mark, Rachel, Hannah, Eli, Hank, Abe and Reide moved to Cuzco in August to live as long-term missionaries through Mission to the World.  They are here with a handful of other families, serving at La Fuente Clinic in San Jeronimo.  Rachel was thrilled to find out that I was a photographer because in their whirlwind short stint in the US, between moving from Costa Rica (where they lived for a year to learn Spanish) to Peru, they did not have a chance for family photos – and Reide, their six month old, had yet to have some professional prints.  I was thrilled to be back behind the camera in a family photo session!

 

Lots and lots of photos to love from this session:

Haha…Abe’s face says it all in the next two photos:

The boys (above) and daddy with his newest little girl (below).


I just love the photo of Hannah above.  Beautifully content!

So the next series makes me laugh.  Each of the four older kids had a chance to take one nice photo and one goofy photo.  Both Eli and Hank did the same thing for their goofiness.


Rachel and Mark have photos of each of their children in the tub below at 6 months old.  While we were not in a studio with a white backdrop like the other four, I don’t think we can really complain about Reide’s bathtub shots:



My first family shoot where we had to move because of bulls or we were distracted because of sheep.  Haha.

Eliana

November 27, 2011

Meet my friend, Eliana.  I met her my first day working in the Policlinico Parroquial Belen here in Cusco back in August.  When you’re a foreigner, living and working in another country, in a field that you really have not worked in before – it can be a little intimidating.  Especially when you’re trying to do psychotherapy with hurting families and couples in your second language.  However, when your coworker is like Eliana, the transition can become pretty easy.  Eliana is a psychologist with a master’s in Gestalt Therapy.  In the short three months that I worked with her – I learned a lot from her way of interacting with patients.  When we became facebook friends, I asked her where all of her photos were (she did not have one) and she responded that she “never likes herself in photos”.  So, I asked her for the opportunity to photograph her in hopes that maybe she could change that answer.  Eliana – I hope that you love your beautiful self in these photos!

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Te presento a mi amiga, Eliana.  Le conocí mi primer día trabajando en el Policlínico Parroquial Belen, acá en Cusco en Augusto.  Cuando eres un extranjera, viviendo y trabajando en otro país, en un trabajo en que no has trabajado anteriormente – puede ser bastante intimidante.  Específicamente, cuando estás intentando hacer psicoterapia con familias y parejas heridas en tu secundo idioma.  Pero, cuando tu compañera de trabajo es como Eliana es, hace que la transición puede ser bastante fácil.  Eliana es psicólogo con una maestría en terapia gestalt.  En las tres meses que he trabajado con ella, aprendí mucho de su manera de relacionarse con sus pacientes.  Cuando nos conectamos en facebook, le pregunté “donde están tus fotos” porque no tenía ni una y me respondió “nunca me gusta como me salgo en fotos.”  Entonces, le pedí la oportunidad de tomarle fotos esperando que tal vez su respuesta pueda ser distinta.  Eliana – espero que te ames a tu hermosa persona en estas fotos!

We took advantage of Eliana’s aunt’s “home in the country” – which was 15 minutes down the road.  It was simply beautiful!

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Nos aprovechamos de “la casa del campo” de la tia de Eliana – que esta a las 15 minutos de Cusco.  Es una belleza!

During her master’s program Eliana and her classmates made masks that represented the person that they display to others on the outside.  The masks that they wear daily.  They were then challenged to leave those masks behind as they advanced into their career as psychologists.  In the next series of photos we represent:

 

1- Eliana hiding behind her mask

2- Eliana confronting her mask

3- Eliana choosing to leave her mask behind

 

I love the meaning of these next photos for her!

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Durante su maestría, Eliana y sus compañeros hicieron mascaras que representaban la persona que se mostraban delante de otros: las mascaras que llevaban cada día.  Después fueron desafiados a abandonar sus mascarás mientras que seguirán adelantes en sus careras como psicólogos.  La próxima seria de fotos representa:

 

1- Eliana ocultándose detrás de su mascará

2- Eliana confrontando a su mascará

3- Eliana elijando de abandonar a su mascará

 

Me encanta la significancia de estas fotos por ella!


Gracias Eliana!!  Eres bella.

Thank you Eliana – you are beautiful!

 

a beautiful ballerina

October 23, 2011

This might be one of my favorite shoots of all time – it doesn’t hurt when you have a beautiful girl who wants to have some chic photos taken in her dance clothes, perfect light and a chic setting.  I was editing these photos this week in Peru and the little girl I live with saw them and said “she’s pretty – is she pretty on the inside?”  I answered – “even prettier”.  I feel like you have to know that about Natalie before seeing the rest of these photos – she is fun, smart, driven, energetic, down to earth and generally just awesome to be around {I miss her}.  She is one 13 year old who has a world wide open to her.  Natalie, thanks for a fun shoot!

 

PS…in case you were wondering, yes this is Natalie from Natalie Rae Photography who has helped me photograph two {1 & 2} weddings now!  Enjoy.

 

 

a real way

October 13, 2011

One thing that I absolutely love about this job is the fact that I get to watch families change.  I remember trying to coordinate the first session with Margo at the end of 2009 – she wanted to do a Christmas shoot with her girlies and hubby but as the holidays can be such a busy time, it never occurred.  We postponed their first shoot until early 2010 and purposefully tried to wait until Macy was walking.  Now this little one is not only walking but she is talking as well.  What an honor to see these changes in time!

 

If you check out their first shoot, you will realize that this family loves to have fun…from skittle rain to finishing in the sprinklers – they are literally down for anything that will make fun family memories and photos that they’ll treasure forever.  So, this second shoot could not be any different – especially since we were celebrating their moving into their new house (which is beautiful!).  Armed with balloons we headed out to the golf course for a fun family shoot that ended with a splash.

 

Margo, John, (Faith – we missed you!), Cloe, Mya and Macy – thank you for being my clients, I treasure my opportunities to capture your family in a real way.   Enjoy!

(Their new house in the background).

We were totally going for a Modern Family moment…but eventually invented our own version.

(for some reason I liked the dulled effect on the one above)

tampa family photographer

(i {heart} beautiful light)




We then headed home for a couple of photos on the front porch . . . before ending in the backyard.

To be continued . . . during our next session :).

 

goo {teaser}

October 11, 2011

 

goo . . . goo . . . goo . . . goo . . . goo!

I use the word “goo” a lot – I love it!  It just can cover so many different emotions and in this case, it is what came to my mind when there were no other words to describe this photo of Macy.

The rest of her family photos will be up later on this week, but I thought that this little one might bring a smile to your face today.

 

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