Today I share with you two portraits of the Jones sisters. Ten years ago Greg Jones wanted to surprise his wife Lani with a portrait of their sweet little girls. Greg and I met and hatched the plan. He dressed his daughters warmly in matching sweaters, brushed their hair and told them that we were going to make a surprise for Mommy. We met at the beach, played and made some very pretty portraits of his little angels. Later he told his wife that he was thinking of having me shoot a portrait of the girls, and that I wanted to meet with them to design the portrait. Little did she know that I had already shot the portraits. When they arrived at the studio I pretended not to know Greg, and proceeded to find out what Lani wanted to see and feel in the portrait of her daughters. Good thing it was exactly what I had already captured.
In most of my design consultations I show my clients a slideshow of my work as a visual aid to help them articulate what they want in their portrait. On that day I started the slideshow, but it was the portraits of her daughters. She had no idea and was happily surprised to tears. It was one of those rich moments that we will always remember.
Now ten years later the oldest daughter Mckenna is a high school senior and Lani felt it was time to create another portrait of her daughters. We returned to the same beach on a minus tide at sunset to created the new portrait. During the shoot I had a moment of De’ja’ vu. Ten years went by in a blink.
Lani and daughters 2010
The Jones sisters have grown into beautiful young ladies. Their loving connection to each other is the same as it was when they were little girls. Below are a few portraits of Mckenna alone. We made these in honor or her last year of high school.
After a long holiday rest, it feels good to be back to work at the studio. I have a lot of shooting days available in 2011. Call upon me soon.
Sincerely,
Tamara Trejo
