- Joanna Strauss
- 2 days ago
wow so this website is certainly not new, but i also only have a few drafted posts, one of the latest from 2024, another 2020, both just a quick sentence and basic test of image posting and content. time to change that. and as i have gone back through my work to add to my portfolio and galleries, i was reminded of so many cool stories i could share for many of them.
and away we go...
oh neato, so that's how you add photos and captions. huh. sooooo much easier than back in my ancient blogging days, with little kiddos and a new photo hobby/business and blogger.com sites i had to learn html to edit. well, okay, this seems like a good spot to add some vintage images haha...
my daughter, myself, former client bros
aaaanyway...
it's hard to believe i have been photographing people and places and food and flowers and art and events and so many people and families and amazing adventures and moments in time for almost 20 years, since shortly after my second child was born in 2008. photography has been the most amazing blend of creating, light and shadow, perspective, storytelling, framing, art, reason, emotion, stillness, movement, balance, and legacy.
and now for the first time, i really am having crazy moments of photographing adults, or near adults, like my own children, whom i have been capturing since they were quite little. it's really humbling and i can even drive by the high schooland recognize a few profiles from over a decade ago.
it blows my mind to think that printed photographs can last for generations and for many families, my own included, professional photographs help connect the past and present in amazing and familiar ways from which generations of family members may benefit.
in the future...
i hope to add to this space with more tutorials and examples of photography and the stories i have captured for clients and loved ones for almost two decades.
thank you for reading and following along friends.
