– the storypeople

I am so fortunate that every family I have ever worked with has been awesome. The M’s were no exception.  For one, they had serious style in footwear. And second, they made my job so easy — all they had to do was be themselves and let the camera do the capturing. The love, happiness and deep connection they each shared just shone through.  Here’s hoping my camera did it justice!

K & S, Thank you for sharing a snippet of your lives with me. It was my pleasure.

]]> http://sriluviene.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1373 http://sriluviene.com/blog/?p=1364 http://sriluviene.com/blog/?p=1364#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:04:19 +0000 srilu http://sriluviene.com/blog/?p=1364 A sneak peek of a fantastic recent shoot.  More to follow!

E & S– It was my absolute pleasure to capture this time in your lives.  Thank you for the opportunity. Here’s your sneak peek… enjoy!

I have started and stopped so many drafts, its borderline ridiculous. Here’s one from January!

Here are some pictures that I LOVE from an impromptu photo session which later resulted in Christmas card pictures. You may have seen a couple of these before but here they are in full-glory. I tried to process them with a faded winter look (as much as you can truly achieve in our sunny weather) and i like the resultant color tones.

I believe the best pictures have layers upon layers.  Layers of meaning.  You dig deeper and you find yet another layer that previously went unnoticed. This was a decent enough picture on its own.  Boy meets ocean.  The littleness of the boy in relation to the vastness of the ocean. The sun showing every ripple in the water.  The bird off to the side, smaller yet than the boy but coexisting in harmony with the ocean.  And a little bit of seaweed thrown in for good measure.

Then there is the moment this picture was made. We had just reached Newport after a long day’s drive. The kids were clamoring to go to the beach. After all it was why we were there.   While we were walking, he takes off and runs down the beach.  And pauses.  And turns to face the water. Simply thrilled to be there.

And whilst it is really hard to see on the big picture, here is a close crop of his silhouette. You can see his wide smile. His excitement is palpable.

I hope to always remember this moment — his unadulterated joy. But for good measure, I hung a large framed print on my wall.

GO coyotes!

As we are getting ready to say hello to a brand new year, I think it’s worth looking back on the year that was.  I have come to truly enjoy putting together these “year in review” slide-shows.  While it amounts to a fair amount of effort, it’s well worth it.  It forces me to look back at each month and allows me to relive moments that get lost in the drudgery of everyday. And it’s not just the big moments like birthdays and holidays but the small, fleeting everyday ones.

Without further ado, here it is - our 2009 Year in Review ( <–click here).

Like my choice of music?

For those worried, it’s a proshow file that is safe. The link above will open a proshow file which is quicker to load and of better quality.  It is perfectly safe to accept that plugin.

You can see last year’s HERE (2008) .  My, how the kids have grown.

Happy New Year guys!

Now that I finally got our Christmas cards out, I figured, I could post this.

Thank you all for the continued love and support through my photographic journey. I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know!

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