I’m currently home sick with whatever latest plague is going around (of the three things I’ve had to cancel this week, two have informed me that everyone else is also sick – which both comforts me and… doesn’t), and figured I might has well do a little blog post of our February trip to the Everglades and Keys. Most of these are shot on my iPhone (which had its wide-angle broken during this trip, resulting in a weird ring-effect that I kind of liked), and some are shot on a Canon AT-1 film camera with Kodak Portra. If it looks like film, it is. If it looks like an iPhone, it is. You decide! We saw many alligators (I believe the final count was 113), 1 crocodile, 1 manatee that looked like a floating rock, and many birds.

Katherine and Jon have been friends and clients for so many years! It was so much fun to catch up with them and their kiddo, who is a HUGE cat guy even though he doesn’t have a cat. He did like to hear about my cats and see their photos, and then he drew them a picture at the end of the session which was a bunch of smiley faces nested inside other smiley faces. Our cats loved it. He’s also a top notch superhero who excels at riding his scooter around the neighborhood, drawing the beach in chalk, and building Rube Goldberg devices with magnet tiles. He’s a super cool kid with super cool parents who have amazing taste in music and television while being the nicest humans. I love this little family as friends and clients – and there’s nothing better than that!

I always love meeting new people but it’s always especially fun to photograph your friends. Katie and I have been friends since photographing her wedding in 2017 and I adore working with her and also watching Scream movie marathons with her, both in equal measure. She’s one of the most intelligent and calmest women I’ve ever met, and I respect the hell out of her (and her amazing shoes, blazers, and pantsuits). So fun to update her headshots during a mini session in Durham!