So much has been said about the way photography serves as therapy, do you feel that is accurate? I recently took a class from Michelle Gardella who said “art not only heals, it empowers…” and I feel those words deeply in my bones. Photography has been an incredible tool for me to get to know …
My biggest challenge, in the beginning, was matching up the vision I had in my mind to what was coming out of the camera. I wanted to know and understand how my camera worked and how it interpreted light.
Tell us a bit about your approach to the work you do, your time in the business and a few personal facts about you. My name is Renee and I am a dreamer. For real. I don’t stop. I cruise through life with no exact plan from day to day and wing it. I have …
Tell us a bit about your approach to the work you do, your time in the business and a few personal facts about you. My approach to my work is very similar whether it be a lifestyle session, a documentary session or a creative session. While my subjects may be very comfortable with me they …
Tell us a bit about your approach to the work you do, your time in the business and a few personal facts about you. I photograph to remember and to create a visual record of the people I love, the places that inspire me, and the pulse of the time period I am living in. …
Tell us a bit about your approach to the work you do, your time in the business and a few personal facts about you. When I photograph people, especially mothers to be, my goal is to first make them feel comfortable, I feel that once my client and I have a repertoire, then getting them …
SOUL STARING -LITERALLY words by Adri De La Cruz I’ve never been more excited about a feature. Each of the specific images is like a window to the soul of the artist. It was a theme that quite frankly I was afraid to share because I didn’t think many would embrace, but it turns …
Please don’t ever lose yourself again. But if you ever do, remember only when you are your genuine self can you truly create and love. Only when you love yourself you can be that person. Listen to the whisper of your soul and you can do anything. You are strong and capable. You are not who you have been told you are by society, by your critical self. You are who you choose to be. Always choose you.
Every Friday until February we are going to be sharing one of our ten finalists for the First Annual Gallery Showcase, sponsored by WHCC Co. These images will be on display at our annual Dear Photographer Workshop – Elevate + Grow, This year the Gallery will be hosted at the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, …
Words by Adri De La Cruz Oh what a year it’s been. If you’re like me than 2017 hit you like a ton of bricks. My only hope is that you grew from every experience, as a human and as an artist. I am so tremendously proud of the community we are building over at …