The Listen to Your Mother Production Team at the Village Gate These gorgeous women are at it again. In just a few short weeks you’ll have an opportunity to ride the waves of motherhood through the eyes of 13 writers who will share their diverse experiences on stage at the Lyric Theater. This year’s show
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Rochester NY Clothing Photography ~ Gregory Hill Road Sweater
Rochester NY Clothing Photography ~ Black Bird Knits, Gregory Hill Road Sweater Kate’s back – and bigger than ever. Lest she be tempted to pursue other endeavors, her last pattern the Highland Parkway Sweater, was a smashing success. You can check out the entire collection by clicking here. This time around she recruited Elanor, a
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Listen to Your Mother Rochester 2017 Show Night
Listen to Your Mother Rochester 2017 Show Night I’ve had the privilege of photographing Listen to Your Mother for the past three years but I didn’t understand it until this year. Monica, who at the time was a client I had worked with a handful of times, was on the production team and invited me to
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East Ave Clothing Photography ~ Black Bird Knits Highland Parkway Pattern
East Ave Clothing Photography ~ Black Bird Knits Highland Parkway Pattern When I first worked with Kate on Black Bird Knits, we had multiple models and locations and people in an excited kind of chaos. As time has gone on we’ve settled into a rhythm, and this time it was just Kate, Keiko and I
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Listen to Your Mother 2017 Rochester, NY this Saturday at the Lyric Theater
Listen to your mother 2017 Rochester Listen to Your Mother is a new way to celebrate Mother’s Day. Cards and flowers are replaced (or added to) with real stories of motherhood as the roller coaster that we know and love. You’ll go on a journey of raw emotions and uncensored experiences, and leave with a
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Eastman Gardens Clothing Photography ~ Patricia
Eastman Gardens Clothing Photography ~ Patricia As Kate developed her knitting patterns company, Black Bird Knits, it was important to her that the models be “real.” She didn’t want the images to be photoshopped past the point of believability and she wanted her knitters to see themselves in the images. Patricia first supported Black Bird
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Eastman Gardens Portrait Photography ~ Megan
Among many other remarkable artistic skills, Kate is a textile artist. She worked as an art therapist for many years and then launched a knitting design company called Black Bird Knits. She’s averse to self-promotion but has recently been noticed by a yarn company. Their photographs follow a specific branding style and so they took
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Listen to Your Mother 2016 First Read Through and Cast Member Photos
Last Saturday was the very first read through of the Listen to Your Mother 2016 Rochester production. I tried to get some video and audio, but unfortunately sneak peaks are disallowed. However, I am allowed to let you know that it’s every bit as awesome as last year with topics ranging from hilarious parenting moments to
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East Ave Portrait Photography ~ Keiko and Patricia
Kate collects friends with awesome houses and is also an owner of an awesome house. This was my fourth time working with her for her knitting pattern and card company, Black Bird Knits, and for every session we’ve gone to one of her friend’s unique houses. For the first session we went to Patricia’s house
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Listen to Your Mother Rochester 2016 Auditions are open now!
Katie’s boys took up taxodermy and turned her garage into a “little shop of horrors,” a story she shared at last year’s Listen to Your Mother show. Last year was the inaugural year in Rochester and was widely advertised in the media and sold out. This year it’s coming back, and if you have a
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Sleeve Length in Photos ~ Beata
In our previous blog posts we saw what people with different arm thicknesses might prefer to wear to flatter their shapes the best. Pam described her arms as thick, whereas Debra described her arms as thin. Beata also graciously offered to volunteer for these sessions, and also described her arms as thin. If you have
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Sleeve Length in Photos ~ Debra
In a previous blog post we talked about what to wear during portraits if your arms are thicker than pencils. Essentially you want to have short to long sleeves rather than tank tops because it’s more flattering. On the other hand, if you happen to have thin arms, then you have more versatility with
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Sleeve Length in Photos ~ Pam
If you’re super thin then your arms may photograph well, but for the rest of us, there are two tricks you can keep up your sleeve. Pam was the first volunteer to be an arm model for this blog post series. I had the privilege of photographing her daughter giving birth 15 months ago, and
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How to Look Better in Photos Rochester, NY with Becky
A little while ago I asked for volunteers who would be willing to model for me so I could write a few blog posts on how to look better in photos. I asked for people who don’t like the way they look in photos so that we could demonstrate that a beautiful picture is possible for
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4 Tips on How to Look Better in Photos with Other People
Previously Rachel was featured in a blog post with pictures of her on her own in order to show easy posing techniques on how to look better in photos. For this post we’re going to talk about ways to look better in photos with other people, which actually turns out to be a lot easier. Rachel
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