Been busy all week proofing and editing a few different sessions. Here's a preview of one. I love this beautiful girl's face. Her expressions were so relaxed. When I saw this shot through the lens, I instantly felt it would be special. Sometimes, poses like this one are so natural and serene and yet they still evoke so much feeling.

Previews from a 1940's style portrait session we did this afternoon/evening.  This session was the challenge I predicted and is.... to be continued! This model is sooo beautiful, and at the risk of being cliche-  she is truly beautiful inside and out. This session had about 3 or 4 wardrobe changes and we didn't get to accomplish all we had planned. When warmer weather arrives for good, we will continue as planned.  Once outdoors, after a warm and sunny day, we didn't count on the cold front coming through and temperatures dropping 15-20 degrees within an hour. Fortunately the model and I are tough and impervious to unexpected weather conditions (after having endured worse things in life). Thanks also is due to our friends for the great vintage car. (a working 1948 Chrysler!) More photos of that soon.  Right now our studio looks like backstage at MGM circa 1945. Well, not everything is vintage but when my Golden Retriever takes a nap on a Tafetta and lace gown he came across on the floor, I know Friday is editing AND clean up day! 

Just a preview of an amazing portrait session last evening! We had perfect late day lighting and flowering trees. These amazing and beautiful sisters were so relaxed and easy to work with. I could have continued this session for hours! Here are just two photos, many more next week! Thanks to them and their mom, who is really a special, caring person. Our daughters have had similar experiences in life, and that creates an instant bond of friendship. 

Spring; it's really here. I think I read somewhere that we had 22 storms this past winter. That's incredible. I make no apologies for saying that I enjoyed every one of them. Sure the shoveling was a hassle, the constant snow, the ice, the cold, the giant branch falling on my roof and taking out my gutter (Which subsequently led to the flooding of my basement from the last rain storm.)  (I don't count historic, torrential, flooding rain storms as enjoyable storms.) However, it was winter and it snows in the winter. We used to have huge storms growing up and I had been missing that.