by Teresa | Feb 19, 2016 | Featured, Studio Stories
As we unboxed Ella’s senior portrait collage there was an audible gasp from all the members of the My Friend Teresa Studios team. We all gathered around the large office table to see it close up. My perfectionist side kicked in and I started checking...
by Teresa | Feb 11, 2016 | Featured, Personal, Studio Stories
Most professional photographers quit within the first five years of their business. I almost did. I was in a car accident on my way to shoot a wedding and spent the next 6 months learning to walk again, quitting seemed to make a lot more sense than continuing. I...
by Teresa | Jan 14, 2016 | Advice, Featured, Personal, Studio Stories
I found myself thumbing the page in the course catalog over and over again, but in my entire four years at Elon University I never registered for a single photography class. I was intrigued by the descriptions. In love with the idea of taking beautiful pictures....
by Teresa | Jul 5, 2015 | Featured, Portfolio, Studio Stories
The Ten Pictures That Got Me Here: #6: I fell in love . . . with light. ((and YES I cheated and posted two photos.)) Every un-scheduled thought for the weeks leading up to Amanda and Jorge’s wedding was spent dreaming up poses, walking through...
by Teresa | Jul 4, 2015 | Featured, Kids and Families, Personal, Portfolio, Studio Stories
The Ten Photos That Got Me Here: #5: My favorite family photo. I fell in love with Justin Porter because he made me want to be a better person. And as we approach the 10th anniversary of the day we met (At a church 4th of July Picnic!) his love doesn’t just...
by Teresa | Jul 3, 2015 | Featured, Seniors, Studio Stories
The Ten Pictures That Got Me Here – #4: Slowing Down This session always brings up a lot of tough feelings for me. It was my first full shoot after a near-fatal car accident in March 2012. It was also my first shoot after deciding not to quit. With a leg...
by Teresa | Jul 2, 2015 | Featured, Portfolio, Seniors, Studio Stories
The Ten Pictures That Got Me Here – #3: Beautiful Laughter Kalee had beautiful flowing black curls that were begging for a little movement in the fading sunlight around on the steps of an old farm supply. I asked my assistant Robert to give her a little...
by Teresa | Jul 1, 2015 | Featured, Kids and Families, Studio Stories
Eyes pinched shut, body twisted, hands balled in a fist. A fragile, frustrated cry escapes her 3-day-old lips. And mom. Equally as brand-new to this, eyes closed peacefully, arms strong and knowing, with her body curled in close. A fragile, delighted smile peaks...
by Teresa | Jun 30, 2015 | Studio Stories
The Ten Pictures that Got Me Here: Where it All Began I craned my neck to the side, leaned over the arm of my office chair and peeked around the cubicle wall at my friend Bomi. And like the origin of every photographer’s story I said . . . “Will you let...
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