"I whip my hair back and forth..."
Had some fun in the studio today with some new equipment I bought over Christmas. Just NOW getting around to breaking out of my comfort zone and I am SO pumped about it.
You are also meeting my amazing intern for the first time, who does a pretty amazing hair flip
P.S. No photoshop was done to the hair- all done in studio, in camera.
And here's a fun little video about what's new in the studio
Sadly, in the last month, I have had 2 people call me and tell me their homes had started on fire.
If everyone made it out alive, what would be the first thing your stomach would get sick over losing?
For me, and for many- pictures, memories, your life.
If you only have physical copies of your memories, you run the chance of them going up in flames, water damage, the kids ripping them, and countless other things I'm sure kids or pets could be capable of. haha Get a digital copy to save.
Now let's look at the flip side of this conversation.
Digital copies.
Digital copies you can store in a fireproof box.
That makes you feel a bit better, right?
BUT, again- what happens when you take that disc out and drop it, and you get a huge scratch from one end to the other. Gone. Everything. In 1 swipe. Or you pull out your disc from 10 years ago to find out- uh oh- just like VHS and tapes, your disc isn't the new cool, hip thing and you have no way to access your images.
Always have 2 versions of your images.
We always assume nothing is going to happen, but it can, and if it does, it will be heartbreaking.
I make sure if someone comes to see me they leave with art to show off and enjoy every day AND a digital image to preserve the memory. I make sure if digital files are important to them that they also walk away with a physical copy to hold and pass around. BOTH are so so so important.
Here's a few ways to keep your memories alive, using 2-3 of these options you should have all your bases covered:
Discs or USB sticks stored in a fire proof box.
External hardrive
Online storage system
Quality prints that won't fade in the sun
Properly framed images to help avoid moisture damage
Don't store your images on your computer and only your computer. Computers crash ALL the time and there's NO WAY to get them back.
Don't post images to any online social site and then delete the original copy in hopes they will be around forever. Remember Myspace. Yeah... times have changed, we've all moved on.
And don't get lose prints to float about in a drawer. If a fire does strike you can throw albums and frames out a window a whole lots faster than digging threw your drawer or attepting to throw out your whole china cabinet.
This little girl steals my heart!
I have been photographing her since she was less than 3 months old <3
For this session I had the little artist (with help from her family)color me some pieces that I turned in to a custom backdrop for her.
We then traveled to the streets of Downtown Port Huron where we splashed in some puddle and stopped in at Kate’s Downtown for a drink (the cutest little cafe with the nicest staff- go say hi!)
Why buy an awesome camera and use it like a point and shoot bc you have NO idea what you are doing!? I can help you learn those buttons and settings!
And this isn't a special- I do these all the time!
