Since so many people have asked me to tell them about my recent Lasik surgery, I thought I would share it here for everyone. I hope it helps others like me to deal with the nerves and anxiety of eye surgery. Its a bit long winded, but I wanted to cover all the things people have been asking me! (more…)
Model Call time! Olyn and I love the slower month of February since we try to fill our calendar with fun, creative, artistic model photo shoots. Its a wonderful chance to stretch our creativity and work with wonderful new models and clients. We are busy booking all the model photography sessions for February– if you are interested in being a model or having your child model for a photo session, please read the model descriptions below and submit a form for each session you are interested in. All model photography applications must be received no later than 5pm on Friday, February 8th.
Child Models (both boys and girls) ages 2 1/2-5 years- We are partnering with Hooty Cutie Designs to photograph their Spring children’s clothing line. The sessions will all be on February 20th from 10:30am until 4pm, all scheduled 15 minutes long. Hooty Cutie will be providing the wardrobe. There is no charge for the session, and models will receive a 4×6 print at their order session. Additional prints may be purchased at our standard print prices, but no minimum purchase is required. To submit a model application, please go to: Tallahassee Child Model Photography Call
Maternity Boudoir models- models should be between 30 and 36 weeks pregnant during the month of February. A one hour individual private boudoir maternity photo session will be scheduled for the model with photographer Linda Long. The session is bringing a sexy, glamorous edge to maternity photography. Models should expect to bring lingerie and arrive with their hair and makeup ready. There is no charge for the session, and models will receive a 4×6 print at their order session. Additional prints may be purchased at our standard print prices, but no minimum purchase is required. To submit a model application, please go to: Tallahassee Maternity Boudoir Model Photography Call
Family Model Call- Families with children ages 5-18 that can do a weekday portrait session in the month of February. Long’s Photography will schedule a one hour location or studio portrait session for each family selected. The focus of the family sessions is the relationships between the family members, along with portraits of each member of the family. There is no charge for the session, and models will receive a 4×6 print at their order session. Additional prints may be purchased at our standard print prices, but no minimum purchase is required. To submit a model application, please go to: Tallahassee Family Photography Model Call
Glamour Model Call- Ladies between the ages of 19 and 35 who are open to a sexy, artistic, edgy type of session. Long’s Photography will schedule a one hour studio portrait session for each glamour model. Each session will be dramatically different and Long’s Photography will work with each glamour model to find the concept that best suits her. Glamour models will be providing their own wardrobe and should arrive with hair and makeup ready. Photographers will provide guidance for the styling of each session. There is no charge for the session, and models will receive a 4×6 print at their order session. Additional prints may be purchased at our standard print prices, but no minimum purchase is required. To submit a model application, please go to: Tallahassee Glamour Photography Model Call
Ballerina Model Call- Ballet dancers between the ages of 15 and 25 who are currently enrolled in classes or performances and who have access to costuming should apply. Each ballet session will take place on location in Tallahassee. Location selections will be dependent on costuming, and the styling of the session. Ballet models should expect to provide their own wardrobe and arrive to the model portrait sessions with their hair and makeup ready. There is no charge for the session, and models will receive a 4×6 print at their order session. Additional prints may be purchased at our standard print prices, but no minimum purchase is required. To submit a model application, please go to: Tallahassee Dancer Photography Model Call
Many of you have realized that I have been in a total fog for the last month. One month ago, our nine year old bulldog, Bella, went to sleep and did not wake up. If you are not a dog person, this heartbreak probably does not seem that severe, but for me this has been a significant loss. It has taken me a month to post this and even as I type, tears are flowing down my cheeks.
Bella was my first dog, my first baby and a wonderful friend to me. She was basically me in dog form. She was sassy, silly, stubborn, loyal, protective and loving. She was the first real commitment Olyn and I ever made as a couple. She came along before our first home, our marriage or our children. She taught me volumes about love and devotion and I will be forever grateful to her in so many ways.
I am faced with the most hypocritical regret I can imagine… I have very very few images of Bella and only cell phone photos of her with the boys. I have been saying for about a year that I really needed to bring her into the studio with them for a portrait. As is the case with most families there were always other things going on and I was frankly overwhelmed at the thought of wrangling her and my two wiggly boys. I was in denial about her aging and as a result of my procrastination, I will never have that portrait.
I am posting this not only to let everyone know that I have been lost for the last month and that I am slowly emerging from my emotional stupor, but also to encourage anyone out there who was procrastinating the way I was to please have their family photographed. It doesn’t matter who is behind the camera or how you are dressed… you need to have your family photographed. I am so sad that my boys will never have a framed image with their wonderful dog and I will forever feel guilty about it.
Be photographed with the ones you love– do it for them and do it for yourself. People run into burning buildings to save photographs. Those who have lost everything almost always stand in the devastation commenting on how they have nothing… not even their photographs. Ten, twenty, fifty years from now, the family portraits you create now will be some of your prized possessions. Don’t have a regret like I do– find the time and have portraits with those whom you cannot imagine life without.
At the Tallahassee Photographers Guild formal print competition last month I was thrilled to merit two of my images! I got lots of great feedback from the panel of judges and these two along with two others have been submitted for the International Print Competition! Wish me luck!
Thatcher has spent this year trying out lots of different spots so we can help him figure out what he likes. He is really getting into t-ball, so I made sure to have my camera handy for some candids during the game Saturday. He has so many intense faces in the images, but if you were at the game, you can see his mind is totally somewhere else! He did surprise us this game by becoming a switch hitter! It was pure accident, though… he just didn’t pay attention to which side of the plate he normally hits from!
Everyone thinks I photograph my boys all the time, but sadly, I am terrible about it! I do try to bring them in for every one of our specials, so at least I have a few sessions of them each year. Ducks and Bunnies portraits are by far my favorite and the boys look forward to it each year. I think I only have a few years left of Thatch letting me do this, so I am sure to take advantage of it while I can!
Each year, this Easter promotion books about 50 sessions, so it isn’t possible for me to blog or Facebook sneak peeks, but I will be a show off with my kids and give everyone a glimpse of how the set has turned out this year!
