You won’t find me seeking out fields of flowers for posed photos like you see on Instagram, but you will always see within my photos a connection between place and people.
Something I want more of in my life is connection to my environment. You can see that in my photography – we tend to make photographs about our aspirations.
There is no question about where this desire comes from. I grew up on a little Caribbean island, mostly barefoot and always immersed in the natural world.
Every Sunday we would head to the beach, and if it was windy we would windsurf. I loved to windsurf.
I would wake up those mornings listening for the stirring of palm fronds outside my window. A good sign. Was the air humid and thick, or dry and cool? White caps on the bay by 8am were all but a guarantee of a windy afternoon – we’d pile the boards and sails on top of my dad’s old rusted-out Mazda station wagon and head to Sapphire Beach if the winds were northeast, Bluebeards for southeast.
You won’t find me seeking out fields of flowers for posed photos like you see on Instagram, but you will always see within my photos a connection between place and people. Where are we? What season is it? How are we connecting with time and space?
Spring is the season of rapid change. Lingering rain showers (last breath of winter) followed by bright sun and warmth and then a foggy day here or there (preview of summer). It means wildly windy afternoons and shimmering salt spray in the air and, or course, flowers. In San Francisco we get months of flowers.
If you are into embracing the season and connecting with this beautiful place we call home, let’s chat about making pictures of your family.
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