Posted in beauty, Durham, Engagement photos, fun, love, photography, photos on June 12, 2009| 2 Comments »
Some photos from my recent engagement session with my good friend Eva and her fiance Tim. I will be shooting their wedding in October, and I am so honored and excited! Pictures were all taken at this great little park practically across from our downtown Durham, NC office.
It was actually their idea to do a gum-kissing shot but I love how it came out.
You can see the full session over at flyingmermaid.zenfolio.com under Engagements.
Posted in dreams, fun, goals, happiness, magic, photography, photos, Wedding photography on June 7, 2009| 2 Comments »
Photography has become such a strong passion of mine. I love it. I love sharing how I view the world. And I want to start making photography more than just a passion. I want to grow a business. Put myself out there. Take the risk because to pursue something I love so much means pursuing joy as work, and I love that.
Before the wedding, I created a craigslist ad, looking for wedding dress models and kids for portraits. In exchange for them helping me to build my portfolio, I would give them a few free prints and a few photos for free.
I had my first portfolio session yesterday with a girl who is getting married in November and wanted pictures in her wedding dress. She brought her maid of honor, and they were great to work with. Fun. Open to being silly. Not self-conscious around the camera.
I am very very happy with the photos I got, these will be great to add to my portfolio. I spent today creating a new professional photography site, and I would like to introduce you to Flying Mermaid Photography I am very, very excited about it!!
And I wanted to share some of my favorite photos from my first ever bridal session. I had so much fun on this photo shoot.
She was very sassy in a great way
I asked them if they would mind getting silly. “It’s what we do!”
I bought a parasol from this great vintage store, and she was great with playing with it.
Love the sass.
My FAVORITE from the session
Love the boots with the dress
How fun is this??
Ahh, girlfriends
Nice detail
Posted in change, fun, me, photos on June 5, 2009| 7 Comments »
When I was in high school and college, I had short hair, but since then, I haven’t had it really short again. I have curly hair, and when it grows out, it tends to grow up and sideways and afro-like before it grows down.
But I’ve been wanting to do it for a while, and I was finally ready to deal with the growing out stage when I get sick of it being short (enter lots of cute scarves and headbands!)
So yesterday I cut off ALL My hair, all my curls, and have a very sassy, spunky pixie cut that I absolutely love. I can wear it funky with gel or wax, I can wear it straight, I get to play around with it.This is the shortest it has ever been!
This was last week in Belize on my honeymoon (those pictures and stories will be coming likely this weekend).
And this was me yesterday when I got home from cutting off the curls.
Posted in beach, happiness, love, magic, me, photography, photos, wedding, Wedding photography on June 4, 2009| 6 Comments »
Mr. and Mrs. Flying Mermaid!!
The day was perfect and magical and filled with lots of laughter and dancing on the beach. I couldn’t be happier.
Flying Mermaid 