Sometimes it feels like a marathon.  And I’m not talking about a 5K.  I’m referring to a legit-loooooong-shaky legs-sweaty pits-scrunched brows-achy knees marathon.  The summer wedding season can sometimes feel like a marathon for a photographer.  And the month of September is like the final stretch to the proverbial finish line. 

There are moments when I wonder, honestly, if I’m as fresh and electrified as when I first started my season in May.  Whenever I find myself doubting, I actively search for inspiration.  On the streets.  On billboards.  In art.  In architecture.  In fashion magazines.  I cut and save pieces of inspiration and file them away, only to unearth them before a wedding or shoot.

When I find a picture I like, or a pose I’d love to get my clients to do, I rip out the image and I study it.  I study the lighting, the pose and the formation of each body, so when my chance comes, I ready to pull a little from that one W Magazine cover, a tad from the Banana Republic ad, and flavor it with a little sauce from a photoshoot in Blender magazine.  I’m constantly trying to learn how to be better…because I know I can.  And should.  Be better, that is.

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