Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Mish Mash

Whelp, I probably could've predicted it, but I preferred to be an optimist. That last post? About regularly editing and posting our European vacation photos? Yeah, it was some serious wishful thinking. I haven't had time for that.

Of course I haven't.

The truth is, I've been bouncing among quite a few projects lately, and as I pull together several loose ends today I thought I'd post some shots from several of them.

I've had the opportunity to photograph some more SLO High seniors:

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Sometimes with friends...

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I've also done some corporate work, including for the fun and silly crew at XYZ Textbooks...

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And the slightly more traditional Triage Consulting Group in SF...

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And then just yesterday I popped off a few headshots of a gorgeous lender here in SLO. I mean seriously, she's fabulous, right?

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There is another batch of headshots I need to edit for the City of SLO tonight... and then more senior shooting and editing. And one of these days I'm going to firm up my fall family session shooting calendar.

Sheesh. I knew things felt busy! Add in three kids with ridiculous schedules themselves and it makes sense that the personal projects tend to fall by the wayside.

Oh, well. Someday I'll get to that vacation album. ;)

Friday, August 23, 2013

Roma!

So I was knee-deep in work and general to-dos this afternoon when I was struck with the desire to revisit the photos from our epic Clausen family vacation of a few weeks back. Our crew of five headed to Italy, Austria and Germany for a two-week trek that was filled with fun, craziness, and more than a couple of random challenges (like having to go eight -- EIGHT -- days without our luggage!). And though I traveled for several days while missing key items that I'd packed into my luggage, I did have my camera for every day of the trip. Yay!

After a quick flash of guilt for not hitting the next to-do on the list, I took a timeout to pull some of the shots from our first day in Rome. I figured that I'd post them here, and hopefully I'll follow-up later with shots from each of the other days. My goal is to sort through the 1,000+ images for a half-hour or so each day (or most days) for the next few weeks. Eventually I'd like to have them all organized then put them into a book that we can all flip through together... My photos from our last trip are still sitting on my hard drive, though, waiting for some attention, so I'm not exactly going to hold my breath or get my hopes up too high. :{

The first day we hit the Colosseum and then the Forum. These are just shots from the Colosseum... So I guess I'm really just recapping the first half of the first day. :)

First up was a quick lunch near our hotel and then a snap of the kiddos on the nearby Spanish Steps.

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Then it was off to see this beauty:

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We rented one headset and Brian listened to the guided tour and then explained it all to us as we walked around.

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The partially reconstructed floor shows how it actually looked back when the venue was used for gladiator versus animal fights to the death. We also learned that the Latin word arena means "sand," which is what the floor was made of. We also learned that it was littered with trap doors through which animals and people were raised from the alleyways and cages below.

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The kids took a little time to chill here and there...

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And pose...

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A few more quick stops to rest and return the headset and then it was off for a gelato break!

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We got some water (the first of many, many times we'd buy bottles of water on this trip), and then we headed across the street to the Forum. I have oodles of photos from over there, too. I am dying to dig into them as well, but the kids just wrapped up their first (half-) week of school and they're ready to go swim...

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Fresh Air

I love the new opportunity I have to photograph some of SLO High School's class of 2014. Getting out and photographing these seniors is a breath of fresh air, creatively and quite literally.

Tuesday night we ventured out to Johnson Trail and Avila Beach and soaked up a gorgeous late summer evening.

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So many other sessions and personal events to edit and eventually blog... Hopefully I'll pick up some serious steam now that the kids are back in school!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Now That's How You Do It!

I think I might have actually clapped my hands together in excitement when I saw how this extended family had styled themselves for their session over the weekend. The coral-y red, the happy blue, the mix of patterns...In my book, this is the ideal way to casually coordinate a group. Love it!

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I'm a Central Coast mother of three offering customized photography services to families in the San Luis Obispo area. For more info, please contact me at erin@erinclausenphotography.com.