A new twist on pregnancy portraits, Arlington, MA

Last year I make the decision to go back to school to study editorial photography.  While I still love (and will always love) to photograph portraits and weddings, I want to also venture into the world of editorial photography, hopefully shooting for Food & Wine, Budget Travel, or Martha Stewart Magazine one day.

This past year has been tough, but amazing.  I have learned more than you can ever imagine, and I’m only half way through the program.  Not only have I grown as a photographer, but I have had the amazing opportunity to befriend and carry on critiques with some truly amazing photogaphers.  If you have contacted me for a shoot this year when I am unavailable, I’ve already introduced you to some of these people, because I sent you their way.  I feel incredibly lucky to be a part of such a wonderful network of photographers.

I’m now on summer break, happily busy with summer portrait sessions and weddings.  Now that I have more time, I’m going to post more of my sessions to the blog.  To kick it off, I’m going to share a portrait I shot that I feel really shows off what I’ve learned this past year.

Carrie was a great person to explore a less traditional, more editorial style with, since she herself is cutting edge and not so traditional.  We spent a relaxing afternoon shooting, trying with all our might to work her timid, skittish greyhound Tabitha into the shoot.  Only when I backed up nearly two rooms away did she make an appearance.  It worked out wonderfully and got us the best shot of the day, a shot I could see just as much in the pages of a magazine as hanging on a wall in their home.  And that is exactly what I went back to school to achieve.