I am grateful for all the chances I've had recently to dream big and realise my dreams. I am grateful that I did not strangle any of my children today. I am grateful for last night's glorious, amazing thunderstorm, for feeling a cool breeze steal away all...
How do you feel about Photoshop? Recently my favourite big company DOVE played a prank on retouchers and photographers- creating a one-click Photoshop action that said it would give photos "a beautiful healthy glow" and in reality undid all retouching. The video they produced outting themselves...
What's the only thing better than beautiful photos? Fabulous photos on a beach, of course! Join me and a small group of amazing women as we travel to Puerto Rico, conquering beaches, waterfalls, cabana boys and our own fears. No excuses- come have the time...
You may have heard the rumblings. Well, it's all true- this November Acts of Beauty Photography is hosting a fabulous Love Your Body Retreat to Puerto Rico! See, glamour, boudoir and fantasy couture photography are already about the most fun you can possibly have. Chocolate, corsets,...
I am grateful for one of my favourite clients finding new love and happiness. <3 Miss J! I am grateful for my own bed, after a road trip and a leaky air mattress. Turns out kittens + air mattress = doom. Who knew? I am grateful for...
Miss N is a brilliant woman with who is really unreasonably talented and skilled, as well as utterly gorgeous. She moved here from California and loves it, so clearly she's a bit cracked, but man, with those legs and that smile she can do what...
Well, in retrospect, I never said I'd do 100 CONSECUTIVE days of gratitude. So I'm fine. Day Three I am grateful for blueberries, even if it appears that, eaten in enough quantity, they shoot out of my son like a rocket and require me to abandon work...
Bugger, I almost forgot already! Today will have to be quick as I'm already in bed. I am grateful for my friends Wally and Rick, who showed up unexpectedly with Timbits and a third studio strobe this morning and gave me a good reason to get...
Sometimes, and I know this will shock you right out of your pants, I forget to update my blog. I have a stack so deep of gorgeous boudoir photography and fantasy couture sessions to blog it's just appalling(ly awesome). But I'm doing this new thing,...
This Dove ad campaign is so beautifully and eloquently revealing the weight of self-criticism that we women carry. I love it, and if you haven't seen it yet here you are: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iswiKQbtwXQ&w=560&h=315] Every photoshoot I do is a revelation like this. Sometime women come in for...
Miss L and I have been talking about booking her glamour shoot for at least a year, and though I'm not always a patient person I think you'll agree- TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT. Starting with poured-on-leopard print and an inspired vintage feel to the hair...
Newsflash! On Saturday February 9th School of Raq Bellydance Studio is having their one-year birthday party, and in addition to the awesome entertainment, cool door prizes, workshops to be unveiled and sales on the coolest clothing and costumes (I seriously need those amazing yoga pants...