Golden Hour at the Farm

Have you ever had a vision of yourself just frolicking in the field for no reason? Maybe dancing in the rain just because? Something about allowing ourselves to feel free, in the moment and a dash of “who cares” confidence was the vision of last nights session. I must admit, it should ALWAYS be the vision.

Anna danced, ran, laughed, and embraced herself fully. I couldn't be more thrilled with this session or the client (friend) who was help creating, too. I felt like it was worthy of its own space here and to explain more to why I decided on a whim to want to do this.

Sometimes I recognize when I lose my vision for the most artsier side of myself. I’m human and going through the stresses of my own personal life can be daunting and not so exciting.. I wanted to get excited again. It can look different at any moment but in this one, I just wanted to chase a sunset and capture what many want to personally feel. Free.

Free of stress.

Free of pain.

Free of worrying.

Free of letting go of what you can not control.

In the world of photography, not much is out of bounds. Art is shown in many forms. This so happens to be my creative outlet~

I think what these sessions do for photographers are something magical but what they can even do for you?… priceless. This can also be some type of way to release whatever you have going on and be in the moment and I think there is something extremely powerful in that. Anna let me know that after two years, she was finally allowing herself to be captured like this again and it made my heart so happy I got to do that for her.

Feel. Touch. Explore. Smell. Listen.

Allowing yourself to open your mind and senses to these sessions or even letting the artist help you with the poses or letting loose, is so freeing, relaxing and very fun. I can’t wait for my next project already with so many ideas in my head ~ they are flowing like a river and ready to break though.

As much as I love family sessions (LOVE meeting new people), these portrait/lifestyle sessions make my heart happy and realize why I started in the first place.

Story telling.

My vision is clear to me, but you also get to look at these images, look at the story I am telling and come up with something magical on your own.

Isn’t art fascinating? I sure think so.

Trust yourself.

Trust the process.

Story telling is a form of self expression. A form of being able to be whomever you want to be or showcase yourself. My favorite thing as a photographer is being able to show you the images and you getting to see the true beauty you truly are.

Take the shot, you won’t regret it.

Joy + Antwane | Farm Location

So, city style meets farm. Does it work? The answer is YES! I was blown away by the whole entire session and I was totally bummed when I couldn’t share my sneak peek to Facebook right away (some reason my account is restricted by someone that keeps reporting my posts, so that’s nice.). It wasn't going to stop me from sharing so I just made a blog post out of it because it’s FIRE.

I wish I could’ve taken credit to “que the fog”, but it just happened to be insanely foggy that morning from all the rain we had gotten - again, it just did not disappoint my creative heart. Ia felt like it just added this awesome touch to the images and gave it a whole new vibe. Rainy weather on the farm = foggy backdrops. It’s also giving me flashbacks from my foggy maternity session (Jasmin + Trent session).

Not all holiday sessions are going to look the same & that’s totally great. I get to photograph each session in it’s own unique fashion. That’s what makes it yours.

So Joy did wear the amazing heels throughout the session but it did not stop her from getting into those woods or climbing up the hill to get the shot. Sometimes pushing yourself to adventure a bit more is going to give you a bit more drama to your images and I am so glad she accepted the challenge! Heels & all - she was a total badass. We went all around, at least to the parts that weren’t swarming in mud baths. We had a rain for a week straight so I was just glad it held off for us to make this all possible!

Though I am currently hyped up on peppermint mocha coffee, lol, I won’t write a novel about the whole session (because I totally could). I am just grateful for how it all turned out and feels like the coolest album cover ever. Shout out these two for trusting me to get these amazing shots and traveling around our rainy, mess of a farm.