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So you want to know about me?

Let's start with the basics: my name is Clare and I live in Dallas. Here are a few random facts that might help you understand who I am... 

- Received my BA in Art from Rhodes College but begged them to say "Art History" for my parents' benefit when I graduated. No dice.

- Wrote my senior thesis on this painting during my junior year while everyone else was in Florida on Spring Break. 10 years later and I'm still bitter.

- Interned at a small gallery where I was privileged enough to have works by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans and Lewis Hine at my fingertips. Got valuable first hand experience on how to deal with a certain shipping service when they destroyed a rare painting in transit to another gallery.

- Would give anything for the chance to be a concert photographer for a summer or twelve.

 

{ telegraph canyon & dawes }

Two great bands tonight in Fort Worth. Wow. That’s about all I can say. WOW. Definitely check both bands out, it will be well worth your time!

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{ tallulah & cadence }

Another set of twins today! I have to give it to Tallulah and Cadence, they could not have been better models – I’m thrilled to finally have a photo of twins where both are a) looking at the camera and b) smiling! And these sweet smiles more than made up for the yucky weather. We’ve had so much rain in the past 24 hours, it is just unbelievably humid. We tried to take a family photo outside in their beautiful garden, but much like last week my lens kept fogging up. No dice. So we stayed indoors which worked out just fine. Their gorgeous home was actually Jennifer’s childhood home – how wonderful to raise your new family in a house with such history! And I think you’ll agree that it is certainly a house filled with love:

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{ annie & blake }

This weekend while I was at the lake I had a mini-session with some dear friends’ children, Annie and Blake. These sessions are always so special for me, having known Mom and Dad long before either of these cuties was a twinkle in their eye! We had a couple of things working against us this morning, aside from the general lack of sleep (speaking mainly about the photographer, here) and over-stimulation that comes with 3 days in a house full o’ kids (there were nine children staying with us). That’s a lot of excitement! But mostly I wasn’t prepared for how windy and humid it would be outside – the moment I pulled out the camera on the first day, my lens fogged up. It was a real challenge trying to keep it clear, but as it turns out the foggy photos actually made for nice black & white conversions. Silver linings, yes?

In any case, Annie and Blake are just the cutest little pumpkins ever and I can’t wait for a weekend when we can have a full session! In the meantime, I hope you enjoy a few of my picks from our weekend below:

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{ portraits from the Fourth }

A few shots of my friends’ adorable kiddos from the lake this weekend. Happy Fourth!

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{ calais winery }

I’ve been working with Benjamin Calais on some product photography for their website and marketing materials which has been a really fun change of pace from kids. I like to think that alcohol is more in my wheelhouse, seeing as how I’m Irish and everything, but product photography is a relatively new thing for me so I’m learning as I go. On the plus side, wine bottles don’t run away or cry or take naps … although drinking wine may cause you to do those things! Last week I did some straight product shots of his wine bottles on white backgrounds but today I went down to the winery to get more “on the scene” photos. Here are a few with the following caveat: one thing I discovered is that you can see EVERYTHING in the reflections of the bottles and the windows because of the flash and the sunshine, so I’ll likely do more touch ups on these before I declare them done, but I just wanted to share a few this evening!

Please do yourself a favor and visit Calais Winery in Deep Ellum! The wines are absolutely wonderful and made right here in Dallas using traditional French techniques.

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{ blast from the past }

I haven’t really had a whole lot of jobs recently (good grief, it’s over 100 degrees these days, can you blame them?) so I thought I’d repost some older favorite photos. This was taken last November – Lauren is now not only walking but talking up a storm. Totally biased here, but she’s pretty much my most favorite person EVER to photograph. Can you resist that stinkin’ cute mug? No. You cannot. That’s what I thought.

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{ little bunny foo foo }

I completely forgot to post this photo from last weekend but it was too cute not to share. Right after my session with Kate & Hailey this little guy came hopping out of the bushes!

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{ hailey and kate at one year }

It’s hard to believe we’ve gone from this:

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to this in just a few months!

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These girls have come a long way from those newborn days! They’re babbling and hamming it up and oh, they are this close to walking! It has been an absolute joy to watch them grow into beautiful little girls, each with their own distinct personalities. I’ve learned a lot as a photographer in this first official year of 77 Prints, so I measure my own milestones by their photos. Let’s just say we all have lots more growing to do, but I think it’s been a good year for everyone.

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{ miike snow }

No, that’s not a typo. This is Miike Snow (with two i’s) from Sweden. Really enjoy their music, although it was 10,000 degrees tonight at Granada. And here I was fretting about missing my workout, pshh. I sweat enough to count for at least 2 hours of cardio. Never thought I’d welcome 97 degree temperatures, but boy was I glad when the doors opened to the outside at the end of this set. Scorcher!

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{ summer photos }

I think it’s safe to say that we skipped spring and went straight on into summer. Luckily I found some flora and fauna still living this weekend despite triple digit temperatures.

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And tonight I quite literally ran across (or, it ran across me) the biggest nastiest looking spider you’ve ever seen. It’s not the best picture, but I’m sure you’ll understand why I didn’t want to get any closer. I don’t think I’ve ever jumped so high or screamed so loud. Poor kids around me at the park had no idea what was wrong with the crazy screaming lady but at least it kept them away from this little monster.

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