Okay…I’m a little behind in blogging. I blame it on my crazy class schedule and my sad little computer that keeps freaking out on me. Quite a few posts to come these next few days. First up…
Jessica here goes to SPU with me and a while back asked me if I would be willing to do a quick photoshoot with her and her little sister. A sister photoshoot? Now how could I turn that down?! Sisters are great. I should know, I grew up being the middle child in a family of 3 girls. It’s just really fun to watch sisters interact with each other. They know how to bring out the most ridiculous, crazy side of you.
So about two weeks ago when Jessica’s sister Veronica was up in Seattle visiting we headed out on Queen Anne for a shoot. It was full of laughter, crazy faces, jumping, music, and swings. Not to mention that the weather decided to cooperate and bring out sunshine. Yes, sunshine in Seattle in January. I didn’t understand it either, but it sure made me happy.
I had a blast with these two, and I think they had fun too…
Laughter is so good…
The girls brought with a guitar and a djembe. They played a song for me and sang beautifully. I’ve decided that they should make a band!
More laughter…
And more laughter…I think this was after Veronica had poked Jessica in the face or something. Oh, sisters!
Favorite from the day! I loved the lighting.
And of course swings! We couldn’t resist.
{Jessica & Veronica} It was great spending the afternoon with you guys. I had a lot of fun running around the park. You two are so sweet. Hope you like the pictures!
On Tuesday 12 January 2010 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook the small nation of Haiti. The damage from the earthquake was devastating. Lives were lost. Homes and buildings fell flat to the ground. Access to food, medicine, and clean water became even more limited than it was before for many people. But it has been amazing to see how many people stepped into action that very same day. Several organizations are working to bring not just help and relief but also hope to Haiti. And we want to support them.
I’ve been hinting here on the blog and on twitter about some plans that Dorothy and I had up our sleeves. So here it is…
For two days in February we will be holding 30 minute mini-sessions to raise money for Haiti. All of the money from these sessions will go directly to a charity in your name. The charities we are donating to are: World Vision, Mercy Corps, and Save the Children.
We are offering sessions for seniors, couples/engagements, families, groups…whatever you can come up with! Each session will be $100 and will include: 30 minutes on location with both Dorothy and myself, a free 8×10 print of your choice, an online gallery of your images lasting for 2 weeks, and you get to choose which charity to donate the money to. After your session if you would like to order more prints or products you could do so through your online gallery. A portion of those sales will also go to support Haiti.
So clear out some time in your schedule on Monday February 15th (it’s a holiday for many people!) and book a session with us at Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill. Or if you live on the eastside, we will be hanging out at Belleuve Downtown Park on Saturday February 20th. Spaces are limited so book soon!
If you need more information or want to book a session, shoot us an email: info@sindisiwephotography.com or give me a call: 206.963.8676.
And please…pass this along to anyone else who you think might be interested. If we get enough requests we might add another day somewhere in there!
Let’s bring some hope to Haiti.
Here is the AMAZING flyer that Dorothy designed for us…she’s pretty brilliant.
I love spending time with friends. I’m a relational kind of person. I like people. People usually like me. I’m not overly outgoing, but I just love people. Lately I’ve found myself stuck under a pile of studying and work that I just can’t seem to get out from under. The madness never ends! So my friend-time has been pretty limited.
When Dorothy suggested that we hang out and have a photo adventure together, I was all for it. Dorothy is someone that I really enjoy spending time with. We have several things in common, the two major ones being: photography and Jesus. Not to mention that we go to the same church, we’re in the same small group, and we go to the same school. It’s been great having a friend who is a young photographer just starting out in the business like myself. We’re at very similar stages in our business and work so it’s great growing together and helping each other out where we can. Dorothy is a great photographer. Really she is. And she completely rocks senior portraits. I think she had, what, 40-some seniors last year? Yeah! That’s craziness right there!
After our little photo adventure we sat down for coffee and talked a little business. We are both dreamers. Our afternoon of dreaming and scheming together had a pretty cool outcome. We have some exciting news and some sweet plans up our sleeves that I am so so so excited to share with you (can’t you just feel the excitement?!)! I’d tell you all about it right now, but we still have details to finalize. I think we will be announcing it later this week hopefully. So keep a look out here and on her blog as well!
Here are some of my favorites from our afternoon together. If you want to see the our afternoon through Dorothy’s lens you can look here.
Favorite number one from the day…the green grass and her purple shirt just make me so happy. Bright colors are fantastical.
Favorite number two. There were just so many good ones it made it hard to decide which I like best.
Dorothy is always wearing these really cool bracelets and rings. They were just screaming at me to take a picture.
If you can’t tell, we are just really really excited…
{Dorothy} I had a blast hanging out with you. We definitely need to do that more often. So excited for our big plans!
P.S. You’re so adorable, I absolutely love shooting you! We’re working on bringing out that inner model. Haha.
Well week 3 moved rather quickly. It involved: lots of reading, photo editing, a trip to Pike Place, sunshine, hanging out with some great people, the start of my independent study project, some cool photographers, lots of emails, and, well, a new blog!
School has been going well even though most days I feel just a little bit overwhelmed with how much reading there is to do. This week marked the beginning of my very cool independent study project. From now until June I will be working with a professor to create a documentary for the school’s education department. I had my first day scoping out the main location this week and I’m looking forward to what this project brings. It will be a good experience, but stretching and challenging for sure!
While school does consume my life much of the time, I’ve been making more of an effort to connect with other photographers and learn more about the field that I’m in. This week I met up with Kate Ford for tea and some great conversation. I also go to hang out with Miss Dorothy Huynh of Red Slippers Photography and do a sweet photoshoot. {to any Seattle photographers out there: I always love meeting new photographers! If you want to meet up sometime for coffee, talk business, or go do a photoshoot just send me an email!}
Here in Seattle we have had some rather glorious weather this week. There has been some random sunshine and a lack of rain the past few days. Strange. But I’m really enjoying it and the opportunity to shoot.
Overall, I think it’s been a good week…
Here is my beautiful sister once again. She manages to show up in my photos a lot.
Doesn’t this look amazing! Well it tastes fantastical. Best part…it’s completely gluten-free and vegan! Thank you Flying Apron for making my day so much better.
Here is a sneak peek of my afternoon with Dorothy. More beautiful pictures of this girl and some exciting news coming soon!
by Mandie
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