i love that winter still tosses us a few of those cold, golden days. on one of them, my friend becky earl (you all know her by now), invited me to an engagement shoot. i almost stayed home, but the chance to shoot only film on a perfectly bright winter day was too much to resist. here are some of the images i got.
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so i guess i talk with my hands...
i'm too tired to get nervous for things anymore. this is what i said to myself the entire week before the filming.
until the camera crew showed up and all at once i felt shy and tongue tied. all of the sudden i didn't know what to do with my hands. which is maybe why when they asked me questions these good old hands of mine went wild. "whoa there hands! stop seeming so offical!" i kept thinking as i watched the episode today. "no really hands, i'm intimidated by you, you remind me of an over zealous politician..."
amidst my protests, uncle marty, on my right, kindly informed me that my hands behave similarly in all kinds of social situations. something to do with when i know there are eyes on me. huh.well, i guess, when i want to make a serious point, my hands, evidently have my back -- or something like that.
anyway, there i was on camera, sitting next to the widely beloved becky earl, my hands were on a rampage, and inside my head, i'm thinking where in the heck is silly/clever yan? the one i usually rely on to get me through things like this? it hits me that i may have lost her somewhere around 2 am the night before, staying up late, finishing up some business related project or another....
i'm rambling now, but what iwant to say that do i wish i would have scheduled a hair appoinment before the filming? yes. do i wish something could have been done about the 15-20lbs of baby weight i'm carrying around 8 whole months after i've had the actual baby? affirmative. am i grossing myself out here by being so vain? uh huh. but still, do i wish becky would have reached out her cool collected hands to swat my party animals back down to my lap? -perhaps--
but none of that would have changed the way i feel about what's important. about keeping my husband and my kids the number one priority in my life. about photographing people simply and honestly. about the importance of prioritizing your life and arranging your business accordingly.
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SIMPLE SESSION SALE! NOW BOOKING FOR MARCH
hey hey hey, good news on the simple session front! as these types of sessions are new, and as i really want to get the word out and about, i've decided to offer a fancy promotion. if you've followed me for awhile, you'll know i don't do this sort of thing very often, so hopefully i'll get this right. its pretty simple (oh how appropriate). basically--
you want to sign up but you kind of want a deal one the whole thing? perfect. all you have to do is:
1. like yan photography on facebook here
-then
2. get a friend to also sign up for simple sessions and
you will each get $100 off your simple session (ie $200 each)
-then
3. blog and/or facebook about the simple session. it could go down any number of ways, such as, "i can't believe i'm going to do a simple session with yan photography, i've waited my whole life for this (insert link back to this here blog)!" or "a simple session with yan photography (link) is better than christmas, my birthday, and disneyland combined!" you get the idea, wink.
4. there is no four. that's it. contact me with the subject "put me in coach!" if you are ready to roll.
but what if, um, heaven forbid you haven't been reading along for a few months and you have no clue what a simple session even is? click here to behold the wonders of a yan simple session. see the pictures in this post, for yet another example, and take a looksy at this lovely family, if you are still not sold.
i love what film can do.
meet melanie. on her wedding day. in seattle. i think she's happy. i think film captured the richness of that happy. really, really well. (these are untouched by photoshop).
