NJ Photographer get together

I am so lucky that I belong to a group of NJ photographers. Since other than actually photographing my clients, much of my time is spent alone in front of a computer. It's nice to have a group to bounce ideas off of, get advice and share war stories!

Right before the holidays last year we got together for a bit of a fun shoot out. It was so nerve wracking photographing other professionals, but everyone was supportive and friendly. I even got the chance to be behind the camera, also nerve wracking, but fun. I was able to experience what it's like to be a "client" and let me tell you, that big lens is scary! I decided to just let loose and be myself. Of course that means so many pics of me are laughing hysterically, but pretty much that is what you would get on a session with me anyway!

Here's a few that I took that day:

It was quite chilly and this little one just had his eyes peeping out of that jacket and what gorgeous eyes they are!

The typical me taking a picture of him taking a picture, love it!

Another set of eyes to die for, those lashes!

The cutest family, love their style!

The serious version...

The real life version!

Another gorgeous family, wish my kids were there!

Look at those big guns!

Every child was in love with Natalie, but what's not to love?? 

A beautiful couple!

And another beautiful coupl!

These are the tough guys of photography!

Yes, we had some serious fun. Here's a bunch from the other fabulous photographers that were there. Huge thanks to Feuza, Natalie, Lara, David, John and Inku all amazing photographers, definitely click on their names and check out there work. I recommend each one of them, love you guys!

Here I am shooting, this is what I look like?? 

We are the Charlie's Angels of Photography!

Working with the big guns!

A new head shot perhaps?

Our little group, yes, they really are this fun!

Just us girls!

I seriously could not stop laughing...

And laughing...

And some more laughing!

It was a great experience. I hope my clients have as much fun as I had with this group.  It was an amazing experience, I had so much fun and got some great pictures out of it. Thank you guys again!!

Hugs,

Stacey

Well, I'm 2 weeks into the workout/diet routine and so far so good. I haven't missed a day, I feel like shit, everything in my body hurts. This sucks, but it's good. I've lost a few pounds, that keeps me motivated! The smoking, to be honest I'm doing terrible. It may be the hardest thing I will ever have to do. I've done it before, I know I can do it, I just have to want it more.

Other changes for this year.... this is a hard one. I'm going to make an effort to be a better friend and to make new friends. I have a lot of online friends. Online friends are people you can keep at arms length, tell them what you want, keep from them what you want. I've closed off a bit on "real" friends for the last few years. I've had a wall up, I've been hurt and it's hard to let people back in. To have a real relationship, but this year I'm going to make that effort. What I've realized is that you can get hurt and you can rebound and move on, forgive, get over it.  That's another big one I'm working on, forgiveness. I have learned that real friends can hurt you and you can forgive them and still have a relationship. I have lost many good friends by not forgiving, you hurt me and your done has been my attitude and I really miss some of those people that were in my life and I'm going to make an effort to not let that happen again. So call me miss friendly, because that's who I will be this year, instead of running down the other aisle at the supermarket to avoid real life conversations I'm going to stop you and say hello!! I'm going to make plans to see friends more often and have some girls nights. I'm going to try to call rather than text (it's so easy to hide in this digital age). I'm going to let the inner me out in public, so beware!

So if you haven't spoken to me in a while, we had a falling out along time ago, you miss me... call me, ok, you can even fb message me, text me or email me. Just reach out because I will extend my hand as well.

 Hugs!

Stacey

A photo shoot out, woot woot!!

A few weeks ago I attended a workshop run by Natalie Licini with Natalie teaching as well as Neil Van Niekerk and Jennifer Goldberg Rozenbaum from Jenerations Boudoir at the beautiful Casa Belvedere in Staten Island, NY.

The triage was broken up into 3 areas, Boudoir, Families/kids and off camera lighting. Each instructor being an expert in their field and there were gorgeous models for each part of the day. I learned, I photographed, I networked with other photographers and I came home exhausted, inspired and refreshed (yes, exhausted and refreshed!). Here are some of the images I captured that day. There are a ton of images here, I just couldn't scale it down. I renewed my life for boudoir and child/family photography, I got a better grasp on off camera flash and I'm excited to play!

Can you tell I love Boudoir, the light was amazing, the models... all legs! What fun. I can't wait to put what I learned into practice! Bring it on 2012!!

 Hugs,

 Stacey