Baby Belly

Baby Belly, originally uploaded by Kimla Life Imagery.

Sweet Baby Avery, it will take a lifetime for you to know how much your parents love you. They look forward to meeting you.

Technology has the word NO in it

I bet way back at the time people were able to switch to electricity for convenience no one ever realized all that would come with it.  It hasn't really been that long ago.  My grandfather was one of the first members of a rural coop and my mother remembers being so excited to have electricity in her home.

Me?  I remember when computers were on tv as giant machines that were extremely temperamental.  Hmmm...not much has changed.  I will say that switching to a MacBook Pro has made my workflow much more efficient.  It works extremely well with my IPhone and I can see a productivity increase in a relatively short time.

In today's technological atmosphere, it seems we users hate the word no.  It probably is the reason behind all of the development.  Do you want to wait until you are home to answer the phone? NO!  Get your mail? NO!  Watch your favorite show or listen to your favorite music? NO!  Yet, we overlook the word "no" in technology.

It can't be the answer to everything.  I just spent one hour trying to organize a more efficient way to communicate my photography activity by choosing one place to upload then have it automatically feed to all my social sites - Facebook, this blog, & Twitter.  I don't want it to feed my website since that must be done personally. Aha.  That's when it hit me.

While I love all the interaction I get from the social media technology, the convenience of having massive information at my fingertips, and the ability to be easily entertained while waiting somewhere, I do miss the actual voice, the handwritten note or recipe, the sweet hug from a long, lost friend.

Technology can't replace you or your touch.  When I do my postings, texting, or updating, I must remember to include the part that technology can't.  If you feel I omit this, please - advise.  How you do it is a wide open variety of ways and I have tried to be accessible through all.

Now, back to the shutter...

Unique or YOUnique?

How many times do you feel like the "odd" one?  Me - often.  Even from birth, my parents insisted I be different.  Later, I claimed unique.  Nature is a great way to see the importance of being unique.

As a portrait photographer, my hobby is nature photography.  If I can't portray humans and their beauty, I turn my trusty "Big Daddy" Nikon D700 towards those that do not require a model release but demand you capture their fleeting beauty.

Texas roads in the springtime are a magnificent display of this fleeting beauty.  If you've never driven them from late March to early May you just haven't lived.  As far as you can see and  drive, the colors abound.  Looking a bit closer, I found some uniqueness hidden amongst them.

In early March, everything turns blue.  The pastures appear to be carpeted in the outrageous Bluebonnet.  But what if it isn't blue?  I found these white ones on the side of the road.  People must find them very attractive and instead of letting them "seed out" they had been picked the next day.  Sad.  Now, we have to hope there are dormant seeds for next year.

A couple of weeks later, the fields begin to turn coral and out pops  the Indian Paintbrush.  Now these are striking in themselves, but I found two of their unique treasures this year.

 

The pink and the yellow paintbrushes were so awesome to find.  A large group of the coral is spectacular, but I found a message starting to emerge.  Be different. Be unique.  Stand out.

By the end of April we are getting so anxious for the third most popular tradition that it's hard to wait for  those wild and crazy Indian Blankets.  The treat?  How about this one that refused the tradition of a dab of yellow on the ends with large amounts of the red/orange in the center.  Oh no, this one has it's own idea - be unique. Can you spot it? Easier to notice isn't it.

Keep in mind, I've seen bluebonnets every spring for every year of my life and I have only seen the white bluebonnets once, and had never seen the pink or lemon paintbrushes.  That's a bit unique.

All of this comes at a time when I am starting a new business where literally everyone can do my job.  Technology has made it extremely easy and affordable for nearly everyone to do photography.  I am thrilled.  But, if it's to be my profession I must be different, unique, odd.  I have to offer something treasurable that no one else can.  But doesn't most businesses?   I'd hate to own a major franchise where I could not be different or unique.

Guess this depends on your perspective, but for me, it will be an adventure to showcase my uniqueness in a way others appreciate and find treasurable.  This is so exciting and I hope you enjoy these examples, but more importantly, look for the unique.  Be confident as the odd one in a group.  Show your beauty as no one else can.  Offer something treasurable by being you.

Hmmm...unique or Younique?

What's Hot Hot Hot

Each day I arise with the question - who's turn is it?  I get so excited just looking for the opportunity to share something unique with everyone else.  Isn't it great that blogs are a wonderful tool to do just that.

This sweet lady is at a very special time in her life and I feel so privileged to help document it for her

Her vitality for life and her pregnancy is unavoidable and such a joy to be able make that stand still in time.  This is her first & very unexpected.  She just glows and is passionate about the impending birth of her daughter. 













Now, this lady is one hot mama and talk about an incredible shoot.  She has a love for life and where she's at in hers.  

Either one is at an important moment in their life and this is a reminder to document those moments.  It will mean so much to someone one day, especially you.

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First one...

Love this sweet angel.  She's already the winner in our book.  Fun, vivacious, strong, and ambitious.