You’re probably already thinking about your senior portraits. We’re hosting an open studio on Saturday, March 3rd from noon-4 so we can meet you, answer your questions, and show you what you can expect when you choose Amy Martin Photography for your senior pictures. Bring your friends (and your moms) because we’re doing free Facebook profile pictures for all high school juniors from the class of 2013. Learn how you can receive free sittings and prints. Book your session that day and receive half off your sitting fee. Hope to see you there!

It was a beautiful (if maybe a little too windy) day. Stacey (Femme Fab) rocked the makeup. And Ellie and her mom showed up with a truckload of great clothes and incredible accessories for us to choose from. Add to that a beautiful, talented, kind and friendly girl and you have a photographer’s dream.

For Christmas this year I took all those images and put them in a book. As I was going through them I was struck by the way the series told the story of my year, even though that was never the intent and was not at all in my mind as I was taking them.

Last year I didn’t take a lot of photos for myself. It was a busy, good year but what I have to show for it is mostly pictures of other people’s children and other people’s lives. Lovely pictures, but nothing I will want to look back on in five years.

in 2012 I will be intentional about photographing my life. A picture a day. My gift to myself. Every day should have something worth remembering. Some days will be more interesting, more colorful, more light-filled than others, and those images I will try to post here.

I hope all of you will consider a gift like this for yourselves. You don’t need to start on January 1 and there are several online sites that make it so easy. At 365Project you can use your camera phone and email one in each day. And if you miss a day, they don’t get mad at you. Does it get any easier than that?

bIMG_2206 by amy · 365 Project.

It turns out that posting on Facebook is a whole lot easier than loading photos to this blog. But Facebook has lousy picture quality, and it’s almost impossible to tell the story that goes along with the images.

2012 is going to be different. In a lot of ways. Better blogging isn’t top of my list, but it’s on there and so I will do my best to update regularly.

So, meet this sweet family. All six of them. Mom and Dad were a treat to work with, coordinated outfits beautifully, and showed up with everyone in a great mood. They knew they wanted relaxed, casual, fun – and then they stepped back and let Susan and I go to work. We ended up with a great family shot, but I think the thing they will treasure most is these six beauties hanging together in their home. I hope it will help them hold on to a special time in their lives.

High school seniors have been the largest growing segment of our client base and we finally have a place just for them on the website! Amy Martin Seniors