I took a year off from shooting portraits. I needed a breather.
It was getting a bit overwhelming and I wanted to focus on growing in photography with trying new forms of it.  I think I did two portrait shoots in all of 2019. My editing style even changed a bit. I feel like I grew more into the art and loved it every day more and more. Lately I've been craving portrait shooting though. I started small and Sunday evening I took a stroll through Mackworth Island with the lovely and gracious Erica ( @widowofmagnolia ) for a mini shoot on the beach. It's been wonderfully warm in Maine lately and I took the opportunity to get some practice in. Of course, it took no time to get back into it. The light was perfect and the great conversation and beautiful images reminded of why I loved shooting portraits in the first place. I still want to balance my life when it comes to shooting different things but I definitely think I'll be doing more portraits this year. Here are some of my absolute favorites from our shoot this weekend.