For her 78th birthday, Judith booked a session for Extraordinary: Over 50 Revolution. She did it because she has few photos of herself at all, let alone ones that make her feel beautiful. Like many women, she is usually the one taking the photos. As a child, she learned to hide from the camera. “My
Headshots for a Postural Fitness Therapist Courtney van Etten is a postural fitness therapist. She owns and runs Functional Fitness. She has literally helped me stand up straight! Her business happens to be in the same building as my studio, the Fox Block, in downtown Plymouth, NH. This spring I started working with Courtney to
Beth wanted to participate in Extraordinary: the Over 50 Revolution because she loves the idea of a movement specifically to show the beauty of older women. “I’ve always observed such character and wisdom in an older woman’s face. I also hoped to get back in touch with a lost part of myself, which Maundy so expertly
Painted Tintypes: Photography for the People If you’re near Boston, go see “Painted Tintypes: Photography for the People” at the Museum of Fine Arts. It runs through October 15, 2023. I went to this special exhibit because I’ve always saved my not-so-great tintype portrait plates. During the pandemic I started painting them and making mixed media
Fall Photo Course Registration Now Open You can learn to take great photos in my fall photo course. You have a great eye and you love taking photos, but you haven’t ventured out of auto mode on your camera. Or maybe you have tried photographing in manual mode, but you’re frustrated by all of the
Knitted Together is a personal project that I began this year. This is Part VI: Sisters. I met sisters Nakiya and Taejah when they came to my studio to be photographed for Protest Portraits in 2020. They stand for family, community, anti-racism, and equal rights. I admire them very much. Special thanks to Sarah Daniels-Campbell for
Happy World Photography Day! My interest in photography began at the age of nine, when I found a library book about how to make a pinhole camera out of cardboard, tape, and aluminum foil. I did it, and it worked! Of course, not everything I try works. Some things are a downright challenge. Self-portraits, for
The real power of portraits is in the connections. A portrait is one of the few things that becomes more valuable with time. For my clients, it’s about connections — to themselves, or to a loved one, past or present. Because of this, portraits are essential pieces of art. You need them in your home, next to the
Kim wanted to participate in Extraordinary the Over 50 Revolution because “At this age, my inner voice and outside forces have been working for a long time to convince me that I am no longer relevant. This is not supported by the facts: I have multiple doctorates, I have raised a healthy son alone, and
Sometimes, I can’t believe my luck that I get to be David’s mother. I might be a bit biased, but he is the greatest kid in the world. (Though what I usually say to him–when no one else is home–is that he’s probably the best kid in the whole house!) Today, he turned seventeen. We have