A few months ago I got a call from beautiful Viviane, who attends one of our affiliated churches asking about a month to month package.  I have mentioned that Brazilians love pictures and parents usually wish to get them done every month for a watch them grow album. Our first month, I came to Viviane’s house and we had fun with little Asafe and his big sister Victoria and then month two we headed to a nice lake park area with the whole family including daddy. Unfortunately, they got into a car accident, a lady totally did not stop at a stop sign, hit their car and it was total loss so we were not able to do little Asaf’e’s 3 month shots. So I missed the little guy, I too like to watch them grow, to try and be different from the last shoot.

                       It is not always easy being different, being creative and sometimes the pressure is on from people who are like your work is amazing, make me look good, do something creative, make me beautiful, make me not look like me. Or they will compare other shoots and are like, will mine be creative too? Yikes, I do not know, will it? This thing called creativity makes some wonder. I remember in College, in a Portuguese Literature class, this was being discussed. Is it inherited? Can one learn to be creative?  Does it come with time? What can we do to become more creative? Hard things to answer, I once thought one of my strong points was creativity and nowadays not always. I do know that I love ideas, love having many many many ideas, some times there are so many ideas in my brain, I can not sleep and my brain capsule feels like it will explode! Just made up Brain Capsule, but you know what I mean.  love planning things but for photoshootsI almost do not want to think about it too much, afraod of that capsule perhaps and I rather let things happen. I do bring some props, once in a while, or I have some ideas in mind, but I do not study it too much because then I feel like I will not be creative at all and will not meet even my own expectations. My good friend from Photo Passion, once said, it is okay for you to copy a pose, but make it your own, add your touch, your feel, make it yours. I often do want to try a new pose, or something I have seen but I do try to do it in a differant way, make it my way I guess.

 Well I mostly rely on the clients themselves for posing and am starting to learn more about posing and yes once or twice I will get a grandiose idea but not always like the baby shoes at the beach from Neila’s Session which was a big hit but to be expected to perform every time, makes me sweat and become pale, makes me have butterflies all over, like right before riding a roller coaster. So these month to months are a bit challenging but I love it and believe me I do not always nail it. I love the adrenaline. I get so nervous before photo shoots but once I glue that camera to my face, I know it will be ok, sometimes I do not know that till much later on the shoot but my favorite is when I will get a last minute idea, or even the clients and things just fall into place or when the child is fussy or not really smiling and I will get home and see some beautiful natural shots. Lifestyle Portraits should be natural, should be true so I would like to thank all my clients for contributing, for matching out fits, for props, for flower arrangements, for your funkyideas, for neat places you take me and for all your fun, for happiness for trying out my crazy ideas like baring your prego belly in the winter on the beach or kneeling on snow or sand. There would not be a Feuza Reis Photography, if it was not for you and our combined efforts to get those shots that make me want to learn more and more and get better and better and it is a long road.  Have a Blessed Sunday. Here are few from yesterday’s shoot with Asafe.  I am like 5 blog posts behind so stay tuned for many this week.

How beautiful is Viviane huh!

 Speedos perfect for Catching some waves