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Remember a little while ago I shared a very exciting news that TEN of my images were selected as Top 100 in by National Association of Professional Children Photographers ? The final round of judging of this competition and a gallery event celebrating all Top 100 images took place in Atlanta at the end of July.
With so many of my images being on display I just had to go Atlanta to attend this event and see all prints in person. And I am so glad I did – not only it was wonderful to see works by so many talented artists from all over North America and catch up with friends I’ve made over the years, I found out that one of my images got a second place in the Portrait category! To say I was thrilled about it is an understatement 🙂
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This portrait was created at my Ridgewood photography studio and is different from the work I usually share here, but I gotta say – I love playing with studio lights creating moody portraits at the studio. So if you are interested in Bergen county studio photography – don’t hesitate and reach out!
I firmly believe in challenging yourself and doing something you are not 100% comfortable with and one of the best way to do that in my opinion is to participate in photography competitions.
One of the competitions I enter every year is National Association of Professional Children Photographers Inspired Competition. This is a big event with professional photographers from across the continent (and a few countries outside of North America) applying and in the past I was honored to have a couple of my images make the cut and being selected as Top 100 – it’s always a huge high!
Imagine my complete SHOCK when EIGHT of my images were selected!! EIGHT!!! I am still having a hard time believing that. They will be displayed at the Inspired Gallery event that will take place at Park Studios in Atlanta on July 20th!
Want to see which images got this honor?? Check them out!
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I firmly believe in continuing education (even when I have to pay for the said education myself) and every year for pretty much as long as I’ve been in business I’ve attended some sort of a photography workshop, forum or a retreat. My last one was in March of 2020 – I remember boarding the plane to fly to Atlanta for The Family Narrative conference just as WHO declared a global pandemic.
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So you can imagine, after a 3 year hiatus due to covid, I was more than excited to resume my photography education. In January I attended a NAPCP Elevate Photography summit in Nashville and in March it was time to fly to Palm Springs for The Family Narrative retreat. Both of these were wonderful and very different from each other. I did not bring my camera to Nashville so have no photos to share:). But I did bring it to me to Palm Springs so hence this post:)
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This was my first time in Palm Springs and I LOVED it! I loved everything about it: how laid back it was, how close the mountains were (it seems that you could just reach out and touch them), the weather, the restaurants… I loved the desert and snow capped mountains, stunning sunrises and amazing sunsets.. I loved hanging out with my old photographer friends and meeting new ones.. I loved picking up nuggets of business and technical wisdom that I will use in my business and rediscovering what type of photography brings me joy.
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There was time for learning but there was also time for exploring the area – one of my favorite things was waking up before sunrise and driving with a bunch of photog friends to Joshua tree, watching the sun rise over the desert and hiking all over the place. We hung out, had great meals, talked shop (and life) and of course took lots and lots of photos:)
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We stayed at the ACE – it was not super fancy but funky and cool and I would stay there again.
And here are a few places I would recommend for food:
Sandfish Sushi and whiskey – hands down my FAV place out of all the restaurants we visited – it was SOOO GOOD!!! We had all the rolls (literally) and I still dream about their duck liver mousse!
French Miso – french japanese fusion (who would’ve guessed?!
Workshop Kitchen and Bar – very cool, industrial looking place with pretty good food.
Every year for as long as I remember, I look through the family and children sessions I’ve done the prior year and select my favorites – and sometimes I throw in a few branding sessions for good measure:). Here is the result – enjoy!
2022 has been a pretty great year for Live Love Laugh Photos. I’ve received awards in several photography competitions and had my work published. I reconnected with old families and met of new ones. I’ve photographed teens and babies, working professionals and small business owners. And I was able to balance my work and life pretty well!
As the year comes to a close I want to thank each and every one of you – whether you had your first session with me this year or your 10th, recommended me to a friend for a family photo session, or referred me to a colleague for a headshot session – thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! YOU are the reason why I am able to have this business that I love and I am forever grateful for your support!
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