Meet Guinness

Lately Monday's have been dedicated to working on my CPP portfolio. For those of you not familiar with CPP, it stands for Certified Professional Photographer. It's a credential that only 3% of Professional Photographers hold. Becoming a CPP is a two part process. The first is a written exam comprised of 100 questions all about various technical aspects of photography. This part I have aced. I'm now on to the second part, a 15 image portfolio that showcases my technical skills. It has been a grueling process that tests you in many ways; technically, creatively as well as helping you improve and learn. I've certainly learned a lot! 

A few weeks ago I had Guinness model for me. I think the above photo describes perfectly how our little session went, lol! Just like many dudes he was not into being a model! But I always get them in the end and we were able to capture a few great photos including some of him and his human. (Not to mention the above one made me laugh my butt off! I think in some ways it's just as special).

This was our ending image, a perfect addition to my CPP portfolio.

Guinness was jealous that we weren't looking at him so he had to photobomb! 

A girl's best friend

One Road Four Seasons

Over the past two years I have been working on a project where I pick a location and photograph it every season. This is a project that literally is a year in the making (sometimes every longer). Each location is scouted before hand. Then I return as the seasons change. Often I have to visit the location several times each season because of weather or lighting conditions.

Take Spring for example...

This was later in the day however I found the sun was a bit to high for my liking

This was taken in the morning right after a rainstorm, I found the light to bright for my liking.

This is the final spring image I decided to use, the afternoon light was perfect!

This project has been so much fun! I'm currently working on about three other seasons, all of which are in various stages. I think one of the amazing things is how much a scene can change in just a few days. All three of the spring photos above and the summer one below were taken just days apart! The diversity of each season is yet another reason why I love New England!