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Allie
Friday, July 23, 2010, 07:42 AM
Today we leave upstate New York. It has been such an amazing time to be with friends, relax a bit, jet ski, sail and just celebrate life for a few days. Today is back to the "real world" as they say :) But it's a good thing I love my real world so I'm kind of looking forward to getting back at the same time. 

Just wanted to share a few other frames from our shoot in the Country with the beautiful miss Allie. We ended the day with this sequence of images. After running through sheep poop, playing with horses and laying in the grass - hopping into the water trough just seemed appropriate while on the farm :) The light this day was just perfect so was the crew of people involved in the project (all listed below). 

Happy Friday!



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Truc says: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 07:41 AM

Wow. Just wow. The light and images are out of this world.
kylie says: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 10:43 PM

Sarah, these are amazing. You have a special umph that sets you apart from others and you can see it clear as day in these photots. Loverly! " )
Chelsea Patricia says: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 08:40 AM

OMG. Breathless...
schantel Van der Merwe says: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 06:21 AM

Wow this is a stunning shoot, I'm lost for words!
JENNIFER SKOG says: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 01:10 PM

ooh, I love this!!!!
Kayleen T. says: Monday, July 26, 2010, 08:52 PM

Wow so magical! Love all of these!

Rebecca Cash says: Monday, July 26, 2010, 05:14 PM

Absolutely STUNNING! I am in love with this session! Everything about it is magic!!!!!
julie h says: Monday, July 26, 2010, 03:23 PM

LUH-LOVE these! makes me want to play in a trough!
Alexandra says: Monday, July 26, 2010, 12:59 PM

BEYOND AMAZING! You guys are so inspiring:D
Paige Butcher says: Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:09 AM

Wow! Such a fantastic idea. Love these photos :)

ajira says: Monday, July 26, 2010, 01:25 AM

Ugh. The last two are beyond awesome. Like, for real!

emma j photo says: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 08:59 PM

LOVE LOVE LOVE the last one
amber reinink says: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 08:57 PM

love them all! can't even pick a favorite i love them all so much. you rock my world.
kirsten says: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 12:26 PM

loving the photo of her swirling the water with her finger. the whole session is beautiful sarah, well done!
Kaysha says: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 09:41 AM

These are stunning!! I'm especially in love with the last two. You guys rock!!
Alex Beadon says: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 08:18 AM

I looooove these so much, Sarah!!

latteaddict says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 08:55 PM

Just love them, brilliant as usual!
Lindsey Joy says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 07:12 PM

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these!!! So perfect and beautiful :)

Dorothy says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 06:25 PM

oh my goshhhhh I am in love with these. so fun!

HannahTaylor says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 05:29 PM

Gorgeous!!!
Annie says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 04:21 PM

This is so magical and beautiful, I couldn't love it more. Just so perfect.
Shannon says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 03:28 PM

These are gorgeous. I love the light!
Shannon says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 03:27 PM

These are gorgeous. I love the light!
Melissa says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 11:27 AM

Love these, gorgeous work as usual. The light, color and style is especially yummy here.
ShariLee says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 11:02 AM

this series of photos may be my most favorite ever...genius work Sarah + Chris + the crew!

Nirav Patel says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 09:58 AM

Love the water swirl one! Beautiful work Sarah.

Anna says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 09:38 AM

AH the last photo is so entrancing.

Anna says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 09:38 AM

AH the last photo is so entracing.

Stephanie Browne says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 09:02 AM

Wow. These are stunning.

Sarah Danaher says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 08:12 AM

The light is sweet enough to drink. Wow. so much happy beauty.
Ginger says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 07:35 AM

You inspire me. Several of these made me take a deep breath. thank you.

Carmen Farrell says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 07:00 AM

Oh my goodness! This last photo of the floating dress is killing me! So good.
Jakub Majewski says: Friday, July 23, 2010, 05:16 AM

Fantastic photos, amazing atmosphere and colors !!! Sarah and Chris, you know very well how to inspire ;-)
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Claire & Brett
Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 10:38 PM
Claire & Brett are beautiful people. 
I know Brett from our college days back in Oklahoma State. My favorite memory of Brett is when we took a photography class together. At the time, we were the only two in the class that brought in our own SLR camera's and opted out of using the standard point and shoots offered with the class. The professor of the photography class was an old news photographer who wore kahki pants and a pressed blue button up shirt with the top button buttoned every class. This is a guy who had absolutely ZERO passion for photography, it was like listening to Ben Stine for three hours at a time. It was absolute torture.  And now, the irony of it all is both Brett and I are now photographers. Despite our horrific run in with the most un-inspired photography professor of all time we somehow came out okay :) But I just love thinking back to being young kids sitting in photography class being bored out of our minds and laughing at the pure irony in it all :) 

These two were visiting Seattle when we had Genevieve & Joel's mentor session so they were kind enough to be our beautiful models for a bit so that Genevieve & Joel could see how we work together on a shoot. I love the way life comes full circle and people that you share a seemingly random class in college with cross paths with you later in life. Small world moments make me happy. Enjoy a bit of Claire & Brett!




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Truc says: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 07:41 AM

What a funny story! Beautiful session!
kate says: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 12:31 PM

How funny, I seem to be somehow connected to the Oklahomans who model for you. Claire and I went to the same high school, and I went to Jake and Ryann's wedding last month!
Josh McCullock says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 09:32 PM

Brett & Claire are winners, thats all there is to it.

Meggan Petty says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 08:26 PM

Had the EXACT same professor in the EXACT same class who wore the EXACT same outfit every night... probably two years after you guys had him. Awful. This post made me laugh. : ) Amazing work, Sarah and Chris!

Tim G says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 08:20 PM

Wonderful - again and again!! :) Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful work.
Dennis Bullock says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 05:48 PM

These are so great!
Sean says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 05:31 PM

That class was so boring...i used a SLR too...it was torture. I'm glad you have PASSION
Kip says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 10:32 AM

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Kevin Wrenn Photography says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 01:29 AM

Is every woman you guys shoot drop dead gorgeous or what?!!! Love first 3 images and the last B/W is prob my fav!!! Rock on!
Brett says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 08:22 PM

Sarah! Your images always make me smile... Even more when they include my beautiful wife!

Gemma says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 08:22 PM

simply lurvely!
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Genevieve & Joel
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 04:44 PM
Genevieve & Joel made the trek from Canada to come spend the day with us as we dug into their business, their art and everything in between for a mentor session. Genevieve & Joel are such a talented couple who love life and people. When I asked Genevieve why she is a photographer her answer was as simple as, I couldn't imagine myself doing anything else. With an answer like that, I just knew that these two had roots that go deeper than "being my own boss" or "having a more flexible schedule." With passion and purpose behind you I think you can do anything you put your mind to. These are people who are going places. They have passion, talent and a great foundation. Already I have seen these two take the things that we talked about and apply them to their business and I am SO SO proud of them. We talked a lot about creating a brand that is un-apologetically them. When they first came to us they had a totally different web site that felt, dark, heavy and serious. When you meet these two they are anything but that. They are fresh, open, charming, hip, fun and so endearing. Their new site and brand does a much better job reflecting that wonderful bright and charming spirit! 

We cannot wait to see where these two go with their art and business. As I watched Genevieve & Joel interact with the couple that we had on their shoot I kept smiling to myself because they reminded me a bit of us. Joel is a natural born entrepreneur, much like Chris, and Genevieve is a dreamer who loves life and takes it all in. I am so proud of these two and we feel so blessed to have played even a small roll in their journey. Here are just a few frames from our 15 minute mini shoot together. enjoy!

Also, we are so excited to be giving away one spot to our sold out workshop in Australia through Totally Rad Actions. We have narrowed down the videos (Rollie Dundee/ Laura Elle/ Tessa's video) to our top three picks and we need your votes to decide who should get the seat! Voting closes this Friday at noon! And you can vote via the below poll. 



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Truc says: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 07:35 AM

Gorgeous images! And I love Genevieve's website!
Chris Cooke says: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 09:09 AM

Lookin' great guys! Keep the creativity flowing Genevieve & Joel... your website is looking sweeeet :)
Nathan says: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 03:53 PM

love em, love em! great session Sarah :)
Dennis Bullock says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 03:22 PM

These are all so great Sarah!
Jolene says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 08:49 AM

I agree! So great to see these gorgeous shots of someone who is usually on the other side of the camera. Stunning!

Lilly Van Loo says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 06:23 AM

It's so nice to see Genevieve as the subject of photography. Oh the joy of raising this daughter, she is amazing and Joel a wonderful support and compliment to her. They will realize their dreams. Beautiful pictures, thank you Sarah and Chris.
ShariLee says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 01:43 AM

LOVE these images of Genevieve + Joel! They truly are an amazing couple + gifted photographers!

ShariLee says: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 01:40 AM

LOVE these images of Genevieve + Joel! They truly are an amazing couple + talented photographers!

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In the Country: part I
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Friday, July 9, 2010, 09:12 AM
A while back I was contacted by a fantastic stylist in Portland, Rebecca Westby about putting together a test this summer on her parents property in Gig Harbor. When she told me there was mini-ponies, sheep and all kinds of other little intriguing creatures I was sold! :) 

This is part one of an all day shoot we had in the country a few weeks ago. I cannot stress the importance of shooting for yourself enough. We are so busy right now it would seem crazy to most people to go out and do a test, but I would dare to say they are absolutely necessary to staying fresh and pushing ourselves as photographers and artists. It's essential to go out and shoot something different than what you are used to and have the freedom to try something different and see things from an entirely new perspective. This shoot was exactly what I needed in the middle of our busy season. It was so much fun to be out there frolicking in the sunshine with an amazing group of people who made this shoot a reality. I am so thankful for the talented friends that gather round to share their talents with the world. They are what make shoots like this come to life. Happy Friday everyone!

Styling: Rebecca Westby
Hair/Makeup: Tiffany Lowry
Hair Pieces: Phoebe at El Sage



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Truc says: Thursday, July 15, 2010, 04:50 AM

I'm in love with these images. Gorgeous!
Kayleen T. says: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 09:11 PM

Aww... a little pony! I heart it!

Alex says: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 03:32 AM

Beautiful work! Shooting for yourself is so important!

Spencer Combs says: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 01:34 PM

Awesome Series!! Love the mini horse and the image through the glass super epic!

Casia Fletcher says: Monday, July 12, 2010, 06:25 PM

This shoot reminds me sooooo much of my sister! I know weird huh?! But throughout high school she was my 'test' model with all my school projects and we would just go out into the desert/junk yards and experiment with light, clothing, pets (chickens & rabbits) and pretty much goof off. It was a BLAST and this shoot has made me realize I need to do that more often. Thank you :)
Kirstie says: Monday, July 12, 2010, 06:10 PM

The black and white of her leaning into the pony's face is simply magical.

Anda says: Monday, July 12, 2010, 04:50 PM

Love love loverly loveliness. Basically I love this.
Laura says: Monday, July 12, 2010, 09:01 AM

Amazing photos! They are so pretty - thanks for the inspiration!
Sylwia Kotlarz says: Monday, July 12, 2010, 05:50 AM

through the window - amazing! extra atmosphere ...
latteaddict says: Monday, July 12, 2010, 12:03 AM

love to visit your blog. Inspirational yet again. Love the b/w one with the vines :)
Michele DeVries says: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 09:31 PM

Gorgeous! I just love visiting your blog to see all the beautiful work you have to share every week. It's inspiring!
mike larson says: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 04:18 AM

sweet post here, I love the vibe of the shoot, the colors and framing you pull off, sweetly wonderful!
ketti says: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 01:29 PM

You're killing me with the pony. I heart it so much!
heather says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 11:34 PM

How fun! I grew up in Gig Harbor and had a pony. What a sweet idea for a fashion session.
jeff denapoli says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 03:00 PM

love this set. great job!
Sarah Danaher says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 02:54 PM

Ooooooooooohhhhh I love them!!
Brandon says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 01:03 PM

Nice work! Love these.
Sid says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 10:35 AM

Amazing! Wow... I loooove it! The 6th shot (B&W) is my favorite. I really like the last one too!

Well, the Allie & pony picture is really good too...okay, shoot, I like 'em ALL! :)

Great job! As always, you inspire!
Katie says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 10:08 AM

Totally love these. Incredible.
Mary says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 10:02 AM

Oh my goodness this is a gorgeous shoot. Makes me want to run outside through a sprinkler. Love the B&W of her and the pony! Definitely my favorite.
mikhail says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 09:59 AM

super photos! great use of the location and wonderfully composed shots!
Briony says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 09:30 AM

these are lovely. the light is gorgeous and the concept is beautiful.
ShariLee says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 09:30 AM

LOVE :)

Patrina says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 09:29 AM

I love everything about this. I'm a nature girl at heart, I love the simple beauty of the location, the styling, the perspective you shoot from, everything.

maile says: Friday, July 9, 2010, 09:22 AM

one of the best sessions EVER. Amazing work Sarah!