“The rarest thing in the world is a woman who is pleased with photographs of herself.”
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Oh my word! How true is that?? You can’t imagine how often I hear the words.. “I hate taking pictures” – “I never take a good picture”— “I look horrible in pictures” The funny thing is that these same women, after I have taken their pictures, say “Oh my… I love it!”— “Look at me, I look great!”—- “I love my pictures!”
Now be honest… you know who you are and you know that I am telling it like it is. You are who you are and pictures reflect that. We all have flaws that we would love to change, but we all have great features that suit us just fine. My goal is to help to minimize the flaws and accentuate your best features. Most photographers don’t take the time to find out what you want and how you feel before sticking a camera in your face and snapping away. Some photographers just don’t have the “eye” for it.
This is actually the best part of being a photographer, to me. Seeing the shot before I even take it. Knowing just the right angle is most flattering, yet still capturing YOU as you really are. This is not only for us women, but children as well. What most damaging time in your life than being a kid that is made fun of because of being too tall, too freckled, too chubby? To top it all off, you have the pleasure of being reminded of this every time you look at the most unflattering “school picture” ever taken and it follows you thru life! Then you end up being one of those adults that HATE having pics made of your self, there fore you have nothing to show your kids and/or grandkids for that matter. And tell me, who doesn’t long to have photos of their parents and/or grandparents in their younger years? See? Pictures are IMPORTANT and most important is to have pictures that you actually like seeing and sharing of you and your family.
Ok, so with all of that being said……….. I will share with you a few pics from a session that I did very different from anything I have done in a long time. While these two felt too old, fat & ugly to have a photo session… I have to say that they were far from too old, fat and ugly and I can bet you that their kids and grandkids will absolutely cherish these for a very long time! Thanks Mr. & Mrs. Harris for letting me capture you both…
