Welcome to the new blog...

It’s a new day!  After working a blog for several months, I decided to separate my business from my personal opinions.  Shuttered To Think will continue as my personal blog with random thoughts, while this new blog will be dedicated to showcasing my work and all that it takes.

One thing that came to mind is specializing.  Such a little thing, but so major.  How do I limit myself to one area of expertise when an artist must have creative freedom?  It’s through this first step the we open the window to the second.  I am making the decision to focus and become the best photographer I can be for family portraiture.

Since I enjoy people and am intrigued by them, I tend to collect friends.  That’s the approach for our business plan.  We want a partnership that is based on friendship where you can be assured we have your best interests at heart and we can feel the same.  (Below, Millie, and her long whiskers)

We want to be friends for as long as possible, so if we begin with a family shoot, then start documenting the additions and their growth, pretty soon, we’ll have developed a relationship that is rewarding to both of us.

Please feel free to contact me kimla@kimla.com any time for questions or, obviously, appointments.  Following is my observation for this week.

When we document those we love with wanting to capture a specific moment in time, let’s not overlook those in our families that hold a special place.  PETS … Purely exceptionally tolerant souls!  They put up with a lot from us humans, and offer so much in return.

This angel is my “granddog” Shooter.  Due to the drought, she decided she could make do with what she had.  Lesson learned, Shooter!

  "When the lake dries up, make your own pool with what you have."

A friend of mine asked me to photograph her and her special friend, Daisey.  Little did we know that shortly thereafter, Daisey went to case the butterflies of heaven leaving us with tears.  She was such a great model.

Hope these inspire you to capture your special family members.  These can be done way more professionally, but then, isn’t this how we enjoy them the most?

Here’s Shooter doing her professional pose: