The thing I love about family portraits is the way families tend to frame each other. Photography is like life for me, and life is like dancing. In dancing, the man is in most cases a frame to showcase the beauty of his partner. In turn the womans beauty showcases the strength and intricateness of the frame. It is that combination of strength and sesitivity that most men cannot help but portray. Dancing, and I’m talking ballroom and the like, requires complete trust in the partners, especially from the woman, and men always seem to take that trust so seriously. Which I bet while flying thru the air their partners are thankful for.
In photography, for mr at least when a woman says to her partner I want to take a photo with you, she is telling him in so many words, I trust you. I want to show off what we are to me, and she does when she is comfortable and secure in that moment. For him he wants to portray that trust. For him he wants to be solid, wants to portray the stability that he offers and that she gives him. He wants to stand and allow his pride and affection to be seen, and the childeren become the decoration, like the perfect gown or the exact right music. And then we can begin the dance.
WIth this family, it was very easy, to begin the dance. I often got caught up in just watching them together. Dad was the perfect frame, Mom with her easy beauty and son the perfect decoration. That day we met at the Boat House At Forest Park, we talked about light sabers and Yoda, their son and my girls, and marriage and life in general. We got rained on, and I think the best images came after the storm cleared. Which I think is a testiment to life and dancing, and hopefully photography.
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Great shots! And I LOVE how you described your thoughts on dancing and photography - I thought that was beautiful.
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Coming out of lurkdome to say that I am so impressed with the quality of your photos! You are very talented Raquita!
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See, now you are combining your ability with poetry and your ability with photography!
I like that layered blurred effect on photos, just started playing with a similar thing, but not with portraits! Portraits scare me.
I love how you bring out people’s personalities both with individual shots as well as group shots. That is a great skill to have! You should send your writing that you do here along with the final prints to your clients.
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Midwestern mommy! god, her son is the spitting image of her!
You are a poet and you already know it:)
xxoo
when i lose 30 pounds, i’ll ask you to take pics of me and soph:)
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Wow! Those are great! I should have you take pictures of my little girl!
You have some serious talent, lady, and I love these pictures! Lisa is so pretty and I love your descriptions of the dancing. Perfect.
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You are all so gorgeous, Lisa! And oh my lands, Raquita, your photographs are stunning. All of them. They’re like a breath of fresh air. They show people as themselves, but so happy looking!
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This is probably my favorite thing that you’ve ever written. Just brilliant. And my gawd the photos. I am all at once inspired and awed.
P.S. Lisa you look so hot!
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