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Wendy Laurel is a hippy child at heart :) I love her for that. Wendy is a photographer based in Maui and when we posted our travel schedule saying we would be in Maui to shoot a wedding, Wendy reached out about doing a mentor session with us while we were on the island. We had an awesome day with Wendy! What an incredible person with endless potential.
Chris and I were so excited to dig into Wendy's business with her for an all day mentor session. When we asked Wendy what makes her stand out from other photographers she answered with "my photos are not timid." I am so in love with that answer. Wendy knows who she is and her photos are honest and interesting. So much of this business is not about knowing all the right "rules," (because the truth is that there aren't any), but rather about knowing yourself, trusting your vision and putting it into the world un-apoligetically.
During our time together we talked about marketing/branding, shooting for yourself, harnessing your vision, getting published, processing, workflow among a gamut of other things. It is so cool to see people get so excited about the new levels that they can take their shooting and business to. After our time together, we went to Wendy's site and blog only to discover she had applied many of the pieces of advice that Chris and I gave her during our critique. I would encourage you to read through Wendy's recent post on why she is a photographer... I found it to be a beautiful peek into her heart as a person and artist.
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These are fabulous images, just love them.
OMG absolutely love these, so warm, so summery .. next shoot for me at the beach, or in the sand!
your pictures are wonderful. love each and every single one of them. you are really a great inspiration and a wonderful source on new ideas and ways to improve my own photogprahy skills. thanks :)
viele gruesse, kristina
your photos always tell the story - I look at your images first (before reading your words) and I always feel that I know a lot about the person before reading.
You do such an such amazing job at capturing a persons true essence. Amazing.
At first I just looked at the photos but I just went back and read what you wrote. Wow. Wow. Wow. Thanks you guys.
you guys truly do an amazing job bringing out the personality of the people you mentor through photos! really awesome work!!
That first one rocks my world!!
Wendy is amazing :)
you are just absolutely amazing sarah. I always hate my photos but love these.
Mmmmmm, she is beautiful.
I really like your session ! so lightful !
I couldn't agree more, Wendy is such a beautiful person--inside & out.