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long over due…

sometimes it is hard for me to put my thoughts on paper….well on the screen. it doesn’t mean i don’t think about blogging everyday.

a sneak peak of 2 beautiful , and well behaved little ones………

testing……

I JUST FINISHED A 2 DAy PRODUCTION. MY CIRCUS SHOOT……

I just wanted to curl up and die. Two days of shooting i was exhausted. Preparation for the shoot has been since January so literally every night i sleep like 2 hours, if I was lucky.
It’s very hard for me to let go and delegate.on a  production this big it’s almost impossible to do everything yourself.
Day before the shoot whatever could go wrong did.

Day one of circus shoot ,10 kids ,two hours late ,finally started shooting with no tent in place, now I am in my element. All that wasted time pinning ideas, making mood boards ( that I never even looked at) amazing isn’t it.I was running on empty. It wash a long day, and at the end of the day i was standing there alone with ziah…with just a few more things to deal with. Everyone had left, then the ranger told me i couldn’t leave the tent up. We got home around 10 pm.
Ziah was amazing, so well behaved the whole day. When it was time for her to model she was a rock star. She made her momma proud. Wow!!!
I put her in bed, and started to upload all the images from the day. I saw her set of photos and cried…I think some of the best photos I have taken to date. She worked so well with the other models. All the kids had such a good time. One of my little cuties wanted another costume….they didn’t want to leave.
Day 2 what can i say…very hard to rely on people to get the job done on time and the way you want it. After a bunch of obstacles I started shooting…I am so thankful that all the parents and models were so patient and understanding. Finally I get home late and start looking at the images from day 1…
Wait where are the photos of ziah + Tavi …of jojo and the bang gun….ticket sales…

They are all gone…it’s Murphy’s law I guess…out of all my cf cards that was the one I formatted and used the whole thing on day 2.

i have decided to reshoot that part of the shoot. Ziah doesn’t know it yet………

Here is a image from the ones lost. this was shot with my 5d and a ts-e 45mm lens.

Hey everyone that still reads this blog….. Sorry its been so long. It isn’t that I don’t have what to blog about or images to share……

life just gets in the way….you know what I mean.

I really wanted to do things differently this year….but no such luck.

I am still trying to pick my word for the year…..and it is already mid march.

I have been preparing since before the New Year  quite a large photo shoot……which has consumed me. Tomorrow is the big day.

I want to thank everyone that helped me get to this point. With no budget and a lot of paint we made everyday things into colorful surprises.

Be on the look out……the circus is coming to town real soon.

When I was 5, my parents took me to the circus, and it truly was amazing. Did you know Circus is the only live entertainment featuring people and wild animals.

Back in the olden days  kids and adults would go to see wild animals at the circus in their village tents, today we must go to the zoo. (or safari in Africa)

I am slightly obsessed with the whole Big Top, traveling circus….freak shows, carnivals and the people that work at them “Carni’s”

Maybe I am somewhat envious of their nomadic life…….

We must take our children to see the circus

when it comes to town.A fading world of color,music and magical surprises.

I love this little miss sassypants…..she is so funny. May I introduce Ry Madison.We met in the park and she told me she was 5, but she is really 3.

I instantly fell in love. I made plans with her mom for an afternoon in the park, keeping my fingers crossed that Ry would be just as sassy as the day we met.

When we met in the park and she did not let me down……actually she was in rare form. When the kids are enjoying themselves and just go with the flow, it makes photographing them so much easier.

That is when 8 out of 10 photos are all keepers…..

Finally I sit at my desk for the past 8 hours catching up on session edits, without getting distracted by the phone or the internet. (well maybe a little).

I stopped to think about why I am so lucky….
I love my what I do.
I truly am inspired by each an every child that stands before my camera.
I relearn things that I had long forgotten all the time.
It’s really nice even if I only see them once a year watch these little people grow up.

This is the first time I’ve photographed “Isabella”, she def. gave me a run for my money, like speedy gonzalez…….
I am happy that we finally did this session…….it was long overdue.

Can you believe in 2 months I will have photographed 10 sets of twins….of all ages…..
Wow.

On Saturday I has a session in the morning. Ziah who was supposed to have a play date, came and assisted me. Now usually this is not a good thing….but with Eleanor it did. They both had such a good time.

I must admit so did I. One of my favorite looks to photograph is blue eyed redheads………both with and without freckles…….

So we played dress up….Ziah showed her how to pose….and we finished the session just before it started to down pour.

Say Cheese

Sam I Am Photography

it is always nice when someone writes about your work. i was so happy to see this write up.

They described what i do perfectly. the only thing i would change is that i bring the props, you supply the child.

DAILY CANDY MIAMI KIDS

click above to see write up