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Photographers Photographing Photographers, part deux

Krista Guenin Headshots by © Meg Belanger
© Meg Belanger

As I mentioned in my last post, a few of my photographer friends recently got together for a Headshot Shootout at one of their studios. It was pretty much an excuse to get together to chat and drink champagne, plus get some fresh headshots while we were at it!  I haven’t updated my official headshot since like 2012, so I figured it was, um, time. It was totally fun to see everyone and hang out, and naturally a nightmare to be photographed. See, I’m just like you. I don’t enjoy that side of the camera any more than anyone else – especially since I’ve gained a lot of weight in recent years. I just feel a little more self-conscious than I used to. I feel a little less like myself, so I’m less comfortable (not that I started out enjoying it or anything, lol).  So, I awkwardly sat in front of my friends and let them shoot me in the face, and it was super awkward but really encouraging and interesting to see the results! We all had access to the same lighting and just the one background to work with, but the photos still turned out different. It was fun to see how different each photographer’s shooting style and editing style was different. I thought I’d share some of the results here so you could get a taste!

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Women’s History Month – A Celebration of Women We Love and Admire

A few weeks ago on International Women’s Day, you may know there were a lot of protests which took the form of a Day Without A Woman.  I was totally still working – but I wanted to share a little something about why, so I shared this photo of my parents.  And it kicked off a whole series of instagrams celebrating Women’s History Month by honoring some of the women we at Krista Photography love and admire.  The month’s not quite over yet, so I’m still posting over at @kristaphoto – but I thought it’d be fun to post a few collections of the images here on the blog as well!  Check out the first week of the series…. the comment for each photo is beneath it.

On this Day Without Women, I'll be sitting here working in my woman-owned business, that employees a handful of women, and serves a crap-load of women because for me that's the best way to support and encourage Women today. I have to give a shout-out to the woman who went before me and proved to me at a very early age that a woman can run her own business, she can work and have kids, and can even make more than her husband. She showed me what it looks like to work hard, care about the work you're doing, and push through the challenges. And to the man who reinforced all of that by supporting her through all of it. I'm thankful for my feminist parents who have never had to use the word feminist to show me that men & women are equal ❤️🙌🏻👊🏻
On this Day Without Women, I’ll be sitting here working in my woman-owned business, that employees a handful of women, and serves a crap-load of women because for me that’s the best way to support and encourage Women today. I have to give a shout-out to the woman who went before me and proved to me at a very early age that a woman can run her own business, she can work and have kids, and can even make more than her husband. She showed me what it looks like to work hard, care about the work you’re doing, and push through the challenges. And to the man who reinforced all of that by supporting her through all of it. I’m thankful for my feminist parents who have never had to use the word feminist to show me that men & women are equal ❤️🙌🏻👊🏻

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