Summer is almost here!
Oh summer, how we've desperately miss you! Time for hanging out at the lake, beach, park, wherever, as long as it's outside and the sun is shining! I can't wait to not be bundled up and shivering. So tell me, what locations are you dreaming about having your next photoshoot at?
Not that I don't love beach shoots, but I honestly love shoots dripping in plant life even more. Being surrounded by this much greenery just feels like a hug from nature.
I am excited that I have a bridal shoot coming up at a garden. I think it's going to be a beautiful backdrop! The lush greens and pops of color from the flowers are bound to make for a lovely scene.
If you're looking for a portrait, couples, engagement, elopement photographer, reach out and say hi! You can send me an email via my contact form and let me know what vision you have for your next photoshoot! 😍
Controversial? Maybe. But this is why I won't Photoshop.
The one thing I won't do for my clients?
is Photoshop their body. I absolutely don't want to be responsible for making people feel a certain way about their body by the way of altering it to make it fit a specific idea.
As a millennial, our media was flooded by unhealthy body standards and I don't want someone to feel better temporarily but worse in the long run by altering their body in photos to look a certain way. I take the approach of celebrating the client and their body exact as they are in this stage of their life. Making them feel good about exactly how they currently look.
I've had clients be upset that I won't Photoshop out their “fat” or make their faces look like it has sharper angles. I don't know that I can explain it better than I have tried to here already but I am not comfortable altering a clients body. For photographers who do feel comfortable with it, then those clients would be a better fit for those type of photographers. For me, I'm here to highlight all the greatness that exists within my clients. In fact I feel so strongly about this, that there is a section in my contract that explicitly states I will not Photoshop a client’s body. This allows the client to know ahead of time this is not a service I offer. It also helps protect me if a client is upset that during the editing process I don't Photoshop their body to look a certain way.
So what are your thoughts on this? Agree? Disagree?
Here's how I randomly rediscovered these decade old photos...
Ok picture this, a few weeks ago, I'm sitting on the couch, editing photos when I check my email and I have the strangest email that tells me I got a comment on one my original photography website’s blog posts. I was so confused because I thought “blog post?!”. So I clicked on it and it took me to…
A blog post with photos I did with a friend I made when I first moved out to New England (when I was living in Salem, MA). I totally forgot about these photos. Which is crazy because I really did love them. Now don't get me wrong, if I took these photos today (ten years later)….
I feel like they would definitely be better but for being photos I took ten years ago when my style was a bit different, I still love them. I am so glad some random person found my old website and commented on my blog so that I could rediscover these photos! And yes, those photos absolutely…
are what inspired me to create a blog here on White Muck. So that maybe ten years from now I'll be reminded of these posts and take another happy walk down memory lane!
Let's talk about photography in Boston
Boston is one of my favorite cities. So it’s a luxury to live close enough to go so often. And no matter how many times I go, there is always something new to photograph! So lets talk about some of my favorite areas to photograph in Boston!
My Favorite Spots to Shoot
(see below)
Beacon Hill:
Beacon Hill is such a beautiful section of Boston. Quaint shops, stunning Brown Stones, cobblestone allies. Immacuatley upkept, this neighborhood boats so much worth photographing. Great for street photography, architecture photography, and of course photographing people along the streets.
Boston Common:
If you’ve been to Boston, you’ve likely been to Boston Common. If you haven’t, why not?! It is such a beautiful example of how major cities should create and maintain green space. Stunning landscaping, beautiful gardens, calming pond, plenty of benches and trash cans. The Common is a totally different experience depending on the season. Watching the foliage change each year is such an incredible experience.
* Family has been blurred for privacy purposes
North End:
North End, famously the heavily Italian settled area of Boston is beautiful in a way similar to Beacon Hill but think Little Italy. Also filled with wonderful small businesses, Brown Stones, meandering streets, plus endless Italian Restaurants to choose from. If you come to Boston via train at North Station, you’re just a stones throw away from the North End.
