Blessing,

Tressa

Happy Valentines Day!

XOXO

]]> http://photoloftstudio.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=81 0 http://photoloftstudio.com/blog/?p=12 http://photoloftstudio.com/blog/?p=12#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:27:14 +0000 Tressa http://photoloftstudio.com/blog/?p=12 Well,  the New Year is a perfect time to start fresh, right?  This blog is a new format for me and will most likely be making some style transformations over the next several months.  Of course the common denominator will remain the same, so hopefully I won’t throw every consistent marketing concept out of the window.   As we all do this time of year I’ve been looking back over the last year to evaluate the good, the bad and the ugly.  The “e” word.   No regrets because afterall those are just mistakes I refused to learn from, right?  It’s been quite a year.  I’m not much of a resolution kind of a girl – I’m too impatient to wait to the start of the year for that but if you don’t mind, I’d like to share with you a few stand-out moments from this year both personally and professionally.  I’ll start with moving into a new studio bundled with a great collaborative of other area creatives which has been so much fun and a joy to be involved with.  A year full of new, wonderful clients giving me ample opportunity to capture beautiful, authentic images.  I feel so blessed by all of you and am blown away how you’ve graciously invited me into your lives and have embraced me as an artist, photographer and as a person.  You’ve  made me grow so much artistically and personally, thank you.  Some personal struggles were thrown in as well.  I watched my daugter as she was rolled into surgery and held her hand as they administered anesthesia for a planned surgery.  No words for that one.   Her grace and humor through 6 weeks in a cast and a wheelchair, another 6 weeks on crutches and several weeks in physical therapy has left me speechless.  I’ve learned a lot from my 11 year old this year and I feel truly blessed she is once again walking and although I know her journey isn’t over, I’m thrilled we are that much closer to the end.  I’ve developed wonderful friendships I cannot be more thankful for and I hope I am as good as a friend to you (you know who you are) as you are to me.  I’ve taken several adventures this year to some fun locations and had the opportunity to go to a very cool photography workshop in New Orleans.  There is nothing quite like an adventure full of new sights and experiences and  I hope this next year brings more opportunity to travel!  I’ve had the overwhelming opporutnity to give back a tiny bit by photographing for Gilda’s Club, a cancer support group here in Rochester.  They threw an amazing and hoppin’ Gala which is their biggest fundraising event of the year.  I had tons of fun photographing the adds for the look book at our very first Rochester Fashion Week and was even featured on the news as I shot the infamous “balloon dress”. In this first couple of weeks of the new year I’ve already met several new clients and am so excited to get to know each and every one of you better and am over the moon excited to work with you on each of your one-of-a-kind-events.  I can only imagine what this year will bring and I pray the lessons I’ve learned will make each new adventure and life experience that much sweeter and more meaningful.  I wish you a year full of blessings, many ah-ha moments, grace & forgiveness, happiness, love, peace and new friendships.  And of course, a cherry on top!

-Tressa

Just to prove this is a photo blog….here is a sneak peek at a lovely couple keeping warm on a snowy day!!  Enjoy!  : )