Many of the clients I photograph, either for grad or teen sessions, also have a love for dance, and are often interested in incorporating this into their time at the studio.
Knowing that I am never one to turn down a challenge, along with having a love for always trying something new, we were able to create these images together.
These types of portraits can either be combined with a full session experience, or a session all on their own. Feel free to contact me for details and product offerings!
1. Keep your camera closeOkay, this is probably a no brainer, and I hope you keep reading the list even if you think "this is what you call a tip?!" haha, but it's seriously one the most overwhelming things for people I talk to. The thought of picking up the camera every day. The "one more thing to add to my list" thought. But really it doesn't have to be that complicated. You can do this on any camera you wish. From your iPhone to a point and shoot to your DSLR. I've chosen to do mine with my canon mkiii, but that's only because I don't find it a burden. I keep it on my counter. And yes, carry it with me most of the time. And have had people comment "I didn't even know they still made cameras like that!". For real. Yea, I'm that mom. Once I have spent my couple of minutes capturing something I'm grateful for I put it away and that's it.
4. So it's a 332Is it really a big deal if your missed a day or two? Nooooooo. It's the collective. Weather you have a perfect record or miss a few days ......or 50, your family (or you) won't care in a year (or 20) from now. Mine wasn't perfect. I would miss one, two or even three days in a row here and there. Sometimes I would fill them in with additional photos from others days and sometimes I wouldn't. Again, I just let it go and reminded myself that at the end project how grateful I would be with however many I ended up with.
6. The power of one photoWhich translates into very little of your time each day (yay!). I heard a speaker at a conference (sorry, I don't remember who it was) once talk about the power of one photo. How one photo can not only take you back to a moment, but a whole day. And it's so true. Try it.
7. Have a systemSomewhat anyhow. Mine isn't perfect but here's a rough rundown.
* I usually keep my card in my camera for the week and download one time over the week (give or take). I knew going in that I am not one to sit down daily to download, edit, organize photos. But once a week seemed manageable.
* I use photo mechanic to download, saved to folders on my computer (example: 2015_365>januaryraw>filedate of download).
* I quickly cull in photo mechanic and bring into Lightroom while renaming to the date captured
* complete my quick edits (I use RedLeaf presets which are so wonderful they make this part super fast)
* export to a new folder (example: 2015_365>januaryedit)
8. You don't have to shareI shared my images last year. But haven't this year. I am sure at one point I will here and there but I felt like I needed a bit of a break from that. I didn't share everyday either, opting to group them into groups of 6. And then quite often shared the whole month at once.
9. ResourcesiPhone: if you decide to take your 365 on your iPhone 
10. What to do with it allAs 2014 was my first year doing a 365 I'm still thinking about how I want to design a large book for myself. 365 pages would be rather HUGE. However, I have ordered small 7x7 books - 2 of them. One for each of my boys. Of which I will be writing a small personal note to them as a keepsake.
