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2019 – Week 20 – Accepting The Challenge

2019 – Week 20 – Accepting The Challenge

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We had a GREAT tribe call on Wednesday night!

There were only six of us there, but the participation was great, the conversation lively!

First topic – integrating our “future selves” into our present selves, and we had some serious discussion about how, when we continually refer to out “future selves” we are, in fact, using a sophisticated ploy to put off into the future what needs to be done NOW. So – no more, “what my future self desires”, or “when my future self succeeds,” etc.! Your future self is here NOW!!! So go get’ em!

Our conversation wandered into the subject of PPN’s, and I confessed that I was laboring under the wrong one for a couple of years, thinking it was one I ‘should’ do – jeeze – cement much?!?! It was True Health – and when I changed it to Recognition for Creative Expression, my true heath improved!

Our tribe is wonderful in supporting and challenging each other, and this call was no different. So – I was challenged to show some of my old photography work. I had a small, quiet, photography business for about seven years, and while I’m still doing some projects here and there, my business closed in 2014.

Maternity session. Loved that the skin tones were equally captured without blowing out or washing out details!
Portrait of a lovely 5-year-old for an adoption celebration.
Family portrait location session.

Individual portrait location session.
Maternity session – my favorites to shoot! Studio set-up in my living room.
Halloween fun! This scene was set up in my garage, and we photographed trick or treaters as they came by. These two were a little older, but took the candy anyway!

I shared with a friend that although I love landscape/nature/architecture images, and respect and admire those who capture them, as a photographer myself, it bores me to tears to do that.

I want to capture the spirit of a person – that which makes them unique. It’s funny to me, how when I work with someone, I “know” when I get “THE ONE”. I never say anything, but wait for the subject to tell me which is their favorite – and usually it is the one I felt was ‘it’!

Family portrait session. There were a total of 21 folks here to honor Mom and Dad – this was ‘the one’ from this session. 🙂

The next several images are from high school senior sessions. They are my favorite! But I said earlier, Maternity is my favorite. I guess my favorite is whatever I’m working on at the time!

Anything can be used for a prop – including these ramp handrails.
This is a very accomplished young man. It was fun hauling his instrument out onto the trails for this location session!
Experimenting with Rembrandt lighting here in my basement studio. Didn’t get exactly what I wanted in this one – but, it’s a stunner!

On the steps of an old church in town.
At a local contemporary art museum.

A clue to know your true PPNs?

Do you get excited when you think about what you’re doing? Can others feel your en-THOOS-iasm when you share with them? Does it give you great satisfaction and joy when you’re doing that thing? That’s a clue! Go do more of that!

Thanks for walking down memory lane with me. Do you have a favorite of these images I’ve shared? I’d love to know!

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  1. john francetic says

    Good going, Nancy, for stepping up to the plate. I will gladly do my 2 minute presentation on our next Zoom Call. Thanks so much.

  2. Kathy says

    WOW! Keep going! Don’t stop! The way you draw out the personal(ity) beauty of each subject is truly a gift! Thank you for sharing!

  5. Laura says

    My favorite was the 5-year-old angel picture you took for an adoption celebration! It was hard to pick though, all of these are excellent! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your work Nancy, you are a very talented photographer!

    • Nancy Ottinger says

      Thank you, Adi! Coming from an artist, I accept your compliment with gratitude an humility.

  7. Nellie Lottman says

    Wonderful pictures Nancy! I will do Marco Polo before the MKE is over! I always keep my promises!

  8. norina says

    Nancy there all great pics you seem to find there joy in each of them. I wish my tribe did zooms.

    • Nancy Ottinger says

      Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment, Norina. I appreciate your thoughts.