Whether I capture images indoors or out among nature, it is the relationships that take center stage. There are a few openings left for this year’s Portraits for Progress™ event this Saturday and Sunday. The event is a great opportunity to spend some time with the special women and girls in your life and support a great cause!
I will also have my weekend calendar for the event at tomorrow night’s Junior League of Worcester Girls’ Night Out. I hope to reconnect with some old friends and mingle with the fabulous women who will be attending as shoppers or vendors.
Last weekend was the Professional Photographers of Massachusetts convention. Amid a weekend of socializing with peers and great continuing education, they also hold a print competition. Professional photographers from around the state enter their work to be judged by Master Photographers on a panel.
This year was my first time entering and I’m happy to report all of my images won blue and red ribbons! These two, took home blue merit ribbons:
Blustery Bride:
Delilah:
We as women have a love/hate relationship with
photographs. We pore over magazines and
admire the artistry and beauty of models, celebrities and what they wear, and
we are often the archivers of our own family histories, taking snaps of both
milestones and everyday moments. In our
culture, we surround ourselves and embrace imagery, and yet we are often
hesitant to become that image ourselves. I’m as guilty as the next woman of
hiding from the camera, or putting off that family portrait until I lose weight,
or cut my hair, or get a better wardrobe.
The truth is, the people who love us love us exactly as we
look right now, and want and need to have our images to reminisce over, to
remember with and just to look at and smile when we are apart. Of course, we also
want to look our best in photographs, which is why I pride myself on capturing
each of my clients as if they themselves were that celebrity in the magazine:
everyone has a certain beauty inside, and it is a joy to be able to bring it
out and share it with my portrait work.
We are united by the many facets of being women, both the
positives and negatives, and as the mother of a daughter (and another one on
the way!), I am especially aware this year of what binds me to the women and
girls of my own family. I am excited to
once again hold Portraits for Progress,™ to celebrate these bonds and at the
same time raise money for a cause that has unfortunately affected too many of
us.
I was touched by the generosity and enthusiasm of the women
who came to my studio for last year’s event, and look forward to seeing them
again and meeting new mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, and even great-grandmothers! I encourage all of
you who were perhaps waiting for that “perfect” moment for your portrait to
bring the important women and girls in your life and participate in this event,
and I will do what I do best: capture your relationship at this particular
moment and make you look like the gorgeous person you are.
Portraits for Progress™ 2008 will be held on April 12th
and 13th this year, with most portraits available in time for
Mother’s Day. Mini-sessions are
available by appointment from 9am to 6pm, and are $50 for up to five people,
including two 5×7 prints. Additional
prints are available for purchase at half off the regular price. Proceeds will be going to benefit breast
cancer research, education and awareness.
Please email me at teya@teyaphoto.com
or call (508) 892-0107 or (617) 480-6153 for an appointment.
Some recent sessions:
I must apologize for the lack of posting on my blog. My husband and I are expecting our second baby and I have been cursed with the misleadingly named "morning" sickness. I’m trying my best to keep my head above water and have been busy with seniors as their fall deadlines approach. I will share more of the sessions soon, but I’ll leave a preview today, J., who was great fun to work with:
There are still a few spaces open for this weekend’s mini sessions! I’m excited to get another chance to play in the studio – I love working outdoors, but there is nothing that says studio portraits have to be canned and dull. Check out these images from a recent studio session (and yes, she really is hoola hooping with a broken arm!):
I’m taking this show on the road 
Well, to the Cape. The second week of August I will be on Cape Cod and available for beach sessions. There are three collections available for these sessions:
$800, which includes a $650 print credit;
$1500 which includes a 10 inch coffeetable storybook of your session and two 5 inch copies for grandparents;
and $2000, which includes a seven inch storybook and all the digital files from the session
Sessions will be available for early morning and sunset only, both fabulous times to shoot! Being a Miami girl, I love the beach, and definitely don’t spend as much time there as I did when I lived in Florida, so I am incredibly excited for August!
Email me at teya@teyaphoto.com if you are interested. Sessions are limited, and need to be booked by mid July.
I’ll put up a few sneak peeks tomorrow, but wanted to give a little peek into the new studio! I will be having an open house on Friday, June 22nd from 6 to 10pm. Please RSVP to teya@teyaphoto.com if you would like to attend. There will be wine, hors d’oeuvres, music and door prizes.
I’m also having studio mini-sessions June 9th and 10th. These mini-sessions last half an hour, result in between five and ten proofs and cost $50, including an 8×10. I’m happy to offer this special value to introduce my work and studio to the surrounding areas.
The studio is in a turn of the century textile mill building – I’ve completely rehabbed my space and am very proud of it!
My waiting room:
and the view towards the shooting area from near the back of the studio:
I know I haven’t posted enough lately, but I’m sure you blog readers realize I was busy in preparation for my fundraising event, Portraits for Progress.™
Here is a shot of the first group of the day – these lovely ladies are four generations, totally the kind of thing I was hoping for!
and here are a few others from the event:
I will update you all soon with the totals for the event. Thank you to all who participated!
Join me Mother’s Day weekend to support the fight against breast cancer. I’m launching Portraits for Progress, which I hope will be an annual event, to benefit the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure: for $20, bring your mother, daughter, sister and/or grandmother for a sitting and Photography by Teya 5×7 portrait. All proceeds will be donated to Komen Massachusetts. Additional 5x7s will be available for purchase at 50% off the regular price. Help me make the event a success!
I’m working on some images for one of my upcoming yoga studio displays and had the pleasure of photographing J., who was five days shy of her due date at our session!
Absolutely glowing:
and can you believe she can still do this (or do this at all – great balance):
