Wednesday, May 14, 2014

My amazing mom

Over the weekend, we celebrated Mother's day on a little mini vacation, and decided to postpone our new annual tradition of a Mother's Day portrait until we were all back at home.

In the meantime, I came across some old negatives (yes, as in film!) of a portrait session I did with my mom in 1990.  I was working for another photographer at the time and shot this in the studio.  Back then, glamour photography was popularized by a company called Glamour Shots.  You know, the feather boa and all.  I had women who requested that, but mom's portraits were different. They reflected my style of shooting as well as my mom's style and personality.  I look at them now and think that as much as my style has evolved and changed, it's stayed the same.  Knowing my mom intimately, I see how much these portraits reflect how much she has evolved and changed and yet stayed the same.  I LOVE these portraits and can't wait to have them printed properly.  Until then, I scanned this one and digitized it.  Not properly, but it conveys the feeling of this gorgeous woman that I am lucky to call my mom.


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