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As it is a new year, in a long overdue blog post, it seems fitting to start out with simplicity. "Grace," a single word and it seems all that is needed to describe this amazing photo shoot. I could add "poise," "charm" and other words to describe Mary, but "grace" is my initial impression. (Of course it doesn't hurt that her mother has been my best friend for decades and she also happens to embody grace and a plenitude of other rare qualities.)
I have had the privilege of watching Mary grow up. We even recalled my photographing her back in the late 80's when she was a little girl. What a difference from her holding a doll and the "Little House on the Prairie" look back then to the sophisticated young woman here today.
We arranged this recent photo shoot during her autumn stay on Long Island. The shoot spanned over a few days and we decided on different styles, a natural feel and a romantic, "daydreamy" feel. This shoot actually inspired the new "Daydream" category on the main website. I meet so many women who tell me that they would love to be transported back to a romantic time, when fashions were decidedly feminine and when chivalry was still alive and well. We so often see these scenes in old and even more recent films, how wonderful to recreate that mood in photographs? Mary was excited and courageous and we tried a few different looks.
She was a natural and had a great sense of humor as we worked around wind, sand, geese and even a stalking swan.
The results? Well, it has been said that, "It is beauty that captures your attention but it is personality which captures your heart." Everyone who knows Mary agrees that she captures both heart and attention, not just with her beauty and her personality but as simply first stated... with her grace.
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Just lovely... very warm and Mary's natural beauty abounds. Your work is a blessing and a window into a place where the power of the heart brings us all closer together.
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