Koos – A Queens NY Family Session

Back in October I had the wonderful opportunity of having a photography mentor session with Yan of Yan Photography while she was traveling to NYC.  I fell in love with her photography just over a year ago when I came across her blog and spent oh I don’t know about 4 hours reading every single post:)  I wrote her an email and literally said, “I just read your entire blog, you may think I’m crazy but I love your work and want to do a mentor session.”  haha.  We talked for 8 hours about all things photography related, my goals, my business, and what I want out of life.  Big serious things that made me stop and think.  About work.  About life.  About family.  What do I really want out of this business and for my life?  Big scary things.

One of the biggest goals for my business was to have it feel more like me, so along came the new website which shows my personality and I hope that you the client gets the opportunity to “get to know me” a bit through my website and blog before you ever even meet me in person.  Writing is not a strong point for me but I’m trying to gets words out of my head and onto the screen for you;)  Another goal is to capture the true, honest emotion between people- whether it be a couple on their wedding day or a family of 5 laughing and playing at the park and to only show this emotion on my blog and website.  I feel one of my biggest strengths as a photographer is knowing when to press the shutter to capture these special moments in your life.  I know for a lot of my clients that it’s not easy to be in front of the camera(heck I’m super shy in front of the lens too!) but I truly hope that I make you relax and become just a little bit more comfortable so you can just be yourself and we can create those memories for you together.

At the end of the day, both exhausted, me from listening and her from teaching, we photographed this quirky and fun family of 3 at their home in Queens, NY.  The little boy Koos was running all over the yard and having a ball!  Please click on over here to see her photos of this incredibly happy family.  Thank you again Yan for spilling your brain out to me and pulling (and pulling!) my thoughts out of my head.  I feel more confident about myself and my photography business which I think shows in my new website and while I’m working with clients.  Thank you!  Thank you!