Summer has always been an incredibly busy time for me professionally. In addition to the weddings, portraits, boat photographs; I also try to keep my personal work alive. My revised website www.cindywilsonphoto.com highlights all of my endeavors.
Our family is blessed with the birth of Emily Lourdes Wilson. She has become a favorite subject as I follow her growth in photographs. I enjoy most the intimacy of available light in our weekly portrait sessions.
Family and senior portraiture has become a mainstay of my summer photographic activity. I allow more light, spontaneity and compositional awareness than ever before in my family portraits. This most definitely parallels the growth I am experiencing in my personal work.
What better way to prepare for the wedding of a daughter than by having 20 years of professional wedding experience? Kate and Ben were married on July 22 and together with my friend and colleague Matt Ellsworth (www.ellsworthphotography.com) we captured the day in over 1500 images!
This year, my artwork has been a priority, and I can feel my work change as my awareness intensifies. The lessons learned in the Death Valley Contemplative Landscape workshop with George de Wolf February 2011, are truly making an impact, now 6 months later. I find myself drawn to form and light as never before; I feel in my landscapes the same intimacy as in my closer more abstracted work. It is exciting again to be photographing especially by the water. The infinite changes and reflections of the surface give rise to the magic of seeing old friends in new light.
Finally, the summer has been filled with the planning of our regional and international travel workshops. Eileen Muldoon (http://www.imageloftphoto.com) and I, partners in Profundo Journeys Photography Workshops, have been alternatively working on itineraries for Hungary and Austria in April/May 2012, and Ireland in September of 2012. In October, we travel to Jefferson, NH for five days to experience the joys of Autumn Light in New Hampshire. This area, once a highly recognized summer resort in the White Mountains is home to waterfalls, mountain trails, traditional dairy farms. Add the vibrancy of New England foliage to the mix, and it is a photographer’s paradise. Eileen and I have space for eight students in this workshop, and it promises to be an incredible opportunity to grow artistically with fellow photographers.We have posted information on these trips on our website: www.profundojourneys.com.
It is my good fortune to be living three passions rolled into one path; the research and travel aspect of the workshops, the teaching and sharing of knowledge, and in following my true path to photograph in new and intriguing locations.
