Photography Burn Out is real. The journey of Unpopular started about a year ago when I became bored with my personal work. I have been shooting my children pretty much non-stop for the past 5.5 years and I have literally thousands of images of them. The styles range from professional portraiture, to documentary photography, to…
Little Girl Smiles Little girl smiles are one of the purest things I have come across since I started my photography business almost 9 years ago. The little girls I usually work with are typically pretty excited about pictures with First Blush Photography because they know that they get to be themselves, get dressed up…
A love that lasts forever – Sisters in Bentley, AB I consider myself very lucky to have the opportunity in my life to photograph children for a living, but when I get to photograph siblings like these two sisters, it really puts the icing on top of the cake. Bentley, Alberta and the surrounding areas…
Child Trafficking Reality. According to Unicef, in 2002 there was 1.2 children who were victims of Child Trafficking. One point two MILLION children who were taken from their families for many reasons – however many of which are for sexual purposes including the creation of child pornography, rape, slavery and the list disgustingly goes on…
First Blush Photography Donated over $2000 to the TTMAC in 2015 between cash donations and the Christmas Party. For the past three years I have had the opportunity to give back to a non-profit that means a lot to me – the TTMAC. TTMAC stands for the Twin, Triplet and More Association of Calgary and…
Karen Arneson- Fischer - I think if you invoke a strong reaction to your art, negative or positive, as an artist you have done a GREAT job
Larissa Clark - Art is synonymous with emotion. So you are successful! And I find it a sadder image and it’s important for people to remember that life isn’t all rainbows- we don’t only post happy pictures or else we give this ugly false happy image. That’s not real life and that is disturbing! Job well done- keep on pressing on!
Lindsay Seber - Personally, i believe this is an amazing piece. It invokes a lot of emotions in me. Happy and sad. Honestly, it’s one of my top three of al your photos. It’s raw. It’s real.
Karena Dyck - I think any great art can illicit a spectrum of emotion and debate. You’ve accomplished this with this image and although it may hurt to receive some of the responses, I think you can view this as a success. Well done!
Jo Guihot - Beautifully written Suzanne. I think it’s a beautiful work of art. Good art always challenges the viewer.
Jenna Kozan - I think it is beautiful, simple, and raw. I am a photographer and social worker too. I don’t think every image needs to be happy and all dressed up. You art is about you and your vision.
P.s. I hope my daughter will let me “pay” her soon. As of now she just says “no”when I pull out my camera or phone lol.
Red Deer Family Photographer | The Beauty of Emotional Connection - […] innocently with one of my daughters showing her back towards the camera. You can view that image HERE and read the backlash I received for that image on […]