I love a good year-in-review! An Ultimate Favorite Photos List makes me think back to my start. As a teenager, I coveted a creative career and I wanted to do something fun and interesting. My go to was National Geographic Photographer but college was not in my cards, and I started making my way through life.
Once I started dabbling in photography again, I realized that I love people as my subjects. Portraits felt very meaningful. This was back in the aughts before the whole selfie thing, but I would argue that a well crafted portrait is still quite meaningful.
Today
Now, here I am with over 10 years of my career as a portrait photography and still loving it. January is the perfect time to look back and examine what was great and what was well, not-so-great. Here and now we are focusing on my favorite photos that I took in 2022. So basically a best-of. Most of them are my professional work but there are some personal things peppered in. This is my first best of since 2019 which you can see here. Of course best of is subjective but I find that my favorite photos from a session are occasionally not my clients’ favorite. Sometimes I love a photo because the light is gorgeous and sometimes it’s because of what the photo makes me feel.
My Faves
Here it is. A collection of my ultimate favorite images from 2022. It was not easy to pick but it was fun. This process made me pretty nostalgic. The years are passing by so quickly but I have my photography to lead me back through the good times. What a blessing this is.
August was a busy work month so most of my photography was Client work.
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I love photos like this. A sweet moment of togetherness.
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I think Photos like this are sleepers they may not be the families favorite at first, but they are the ones that pull the heartstrings as the years go by.
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Now show me yours.
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It’s full on beach season for Photos, but headhots are always happening in the studio.
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Long Island is in close proximity to New York City where big things happen.
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There’s a culture of shooting for the stars in hopes of achieving lifelong dreams.
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I get to be a little part of that story by helping people put their best face forward in open calls go see and auditions.
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So whether you’re a creative or professional come to my convenient Oceanside studio And let’s get you some much needed updated head shots.
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Photographer’s busy season starts this month.
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So whoever your favorite Photographer is, don’t wait. Reach out asap to get your Photo scheduled this year.
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Leslie here. My portrait photography hot take is that everyone smiling at the camera photos are kind of boring.
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Don’t get me wrong I take them and I get why people want them. They are often the forward facing Photo, the one that gets sent to everybody to show off how cute the kids are and how happy the family is.
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But when I’m photographing a family, I wanna capture how it feels to spend good time with the people you love the most.
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And, my 14 years of experience tells me being hyper focused on the perfect photo ruins the vibe.
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My favorite sessions are the ones where the parents come in with the attitude that whatever happens happens, it is what it is and they just go with the flow.
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Take it from somebody who is grappling with an emptied nest, perfection is nothing compared to the moments spent with your favorite people in the whole world.
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Just be.
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I'm Leslie, and this is exactly why I do what I do.
After 13 years photographing families, I've learned the posed smile isn't what people remember. It's the real stuff, the giggles, the tackle hugs, the way your kid looks at you when they think no one's watching.
My job isn't to make everyone sit still and smile. It's to capture who you actually are together.
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