Meet Stunning Sari {Missoula, MT Portrait Photographer}

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of photographing my beautiful friend Sari. Sari is an Arbonne expert and my go-to gal for all questions skincare related.  I'm pretty set in my ways when it comes to skincare. I come from a long line of Clinique users. My grandmother, mother and I all have Clinique products in our medicine cabinets. After telling Sari my biggest skincare gripe that Clinique hasn't been able to solve -- the rashy-looking redness on my cheeks -- she convinced me to try a demo of Arbonne's Calm Collection. It's only day four, but I can tell my rosy cheeks have improved. I trust Sari a lot with my skin!

I also trust her with my clients. In fact, Sari and I are going to be working closely together from now on, as she's also my makeup consultant for boudoir, glamour, senior, and maternity shoots in Missoula. First thing was first, I needed to photograph Sari for the About page on my website. "Get ready for the biggest challenge of your photography career!" Sari joked, adding that she NEVER photographs well. I disagreed, but I like challenges. Here's Sari!:

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I'm still trying to figure out which style I prefer after creating my own film mattes. The top is with the film matte effect. The bottom is a more tradition, clean edit. Which do you prefer?

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I hope Sari can use these for her professional portfolio as she meets with clients and makes their skin care dreams come true. If you would like to schedule a similar head shot session like the one I did with Sari, give me a call at (254) 760-4641.

My Funny Valentine

My small-town community has a pharmacy with an ol' fashioned soda shop in it. I love to take my 2-year-old son on dates there on Fridays, to eat ice cream or drink malts and sit on the old bar stools. It's great mom-and-son time, and he's often making funny faces or performing in some way as he eats his ice cream, so I've started taking my camera along too. 

With cold weather, sickness and car trouble, I've been spending a lot of time indoors. It's kind of driving me nuts. I'm an outdoorsy person -- I love summers in Montana, spent hiking, camping, swimming in lakes, gardening, grilling, running, bonfires, the list goes on and on. In the absence of those things, I'm hunkering down and honing my craft. I've been fascinated by the vintage film look some of my fellow photographers use on a regular basis. The upside of being indoors is that it forces me to be still, to explore and discover and challenge myself in ways I might not otherwise. 

After doing some research, I've made a few presets in Lightroom in the vintage film style I love so much. Today I decided to try this style out on the photos of my son from the coffee shop.

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I'm really in love with this style, and this soda shop. I can't wait to schedule another shoot here.