Posts Tagged ‘engagement session’
I love when people say “are you going to blog about me?” | Rochester NY Wedding Photographer
September 17, 2009Um.
Busy week.
I was lucky enough to be able to travel to NYC to photograph three of my couples who are getting married either next month…or next year. I had soooo soooo soooo much fun.
I also got to spend some time with my OWN son who is a senior this year {sniff} and take his senior photographs. How amazing is that? Amazing I tell you. Amazing. I love him soooo much and it was bittersweet taking those pictures. I’m so proud of him.
I love watching the transformation women especially go through during a photo session. Every.single.girl who walks in my door is uncomfortable and uneasy. When they leave — they are relaxed and happy. Always. Trust me on this. One of my girls today said as she was walking out the door — “I feel like I just had a spa treatment”. ::grin:: I thought that was the coolest testimonial ever. Maybe that should be my new tagline. Tammy Swales: Just like a trip to the spa. ::laughing::
I am constantly amazed and awed by my clients. It’s not easy, is it, to stand in front of a camera. All of our insecurities come bubbling up to the surface — every mean thing that anyone said to you in high school and beyond is right on the tip of your tongue. I watch…and watch…those insecurities get tucked away one by one during my photo sessions. I watch people become THEMSELVES. And that, my faithful and incredible blog readers (hi mom) is why I do this. Keeping it real. Keeping YOU real. I love that.
So. Watch with me. All these beautiful talented silly friendly solemn thoughtful people I get to photograph.
Wow.

And yes. I know a pic appears twice. It’s late. I haven’t had caffeine. Plus I like the pic! ::laughing::

And also. I love this one….

So yeah. A good week. A good one.
There is a problem.
When I neglect the blog — there is a log-jam of sessions that I want to show you…talk about…tell you how amazing and fun they were….and I realize that I would have to post like…a bajillion entries to catch up. And then I get overwhelmed. And then I don’t post. It’s such a VICIOUS cycle! ::laughing::
So — here’s today’s brainstorm: the “here’s what Tammy is currently working on” Sneak Peek.
Some of these sessions haven’t been blogged or facebooked (oh. facebook. there’s A LOT more work on my facebook profile!). Some of them have. Some of them are weddings where I got to shoot cool places with other cool photographers like Gwyneth Colleen in the Cayman Islands and James Bass in the Thousand Islands ::waving::. I love them both and had sooooo much fun – I mean, seriously? Is it possible to have a cooler job? (Although I do not mean to suggest that Gwyneth is in the Cayman Islands — she’s a wedding photographer in New Hampshire and James is a wedding photographer in Syracuse!)
But mostly — it’s just me working. If you can call what I do work. I love my clients so….freaking….much! ::waving::


I love how you can be classic and then turn around and break all the rules with joy and Tammyness.
Seriously? COME ON SWALES!!
Love this little / big / crazy pretty snippet of your work- you are so crazy talented girl!





9.17.2009
The shot in the subway, j’adore!
9.17.2009
Tammy this is the session that I totally fell in love with you on….well actually it’s the first one I saw from you but hey it’s still awesome and rockin…you can FEEL the love from this couple. In some it’s like your not there and that’s what it’s all about. Congrats hun!
9.17.2009
Matt looks super. Glad you had fun in NYC. Guess we’ll have to see about engagement shots when you’re here
9.17.2009
These are fantastic!!! How fun!
9.20.2009
You are a true Artist
9.29.2009
Ohhh My Gosh girl.. these are all amazing
9.29.2009
The last one with the boats, the sky, the water…ridiculous!
5.26.2010
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