by Laura Cottril | Aug 26, 2013 | Costumes, Portraits, Vintage, Vintage Dance
the dance from Laura Cottril on Vimeo. “Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I shared this piece with a...
by Laura Cottril | Aug 24, 2013 | Children, Costumes, Personal, Portraits, Vintage
I have a group of photography friends with whom years ago we decided we would “go for our Master’s” together. In our local Professional Photographer’s of America group, it was hard to keep the Masters interested in coming to our meetings, so we...
by Laura Cottril | Aug 14, 2013 | Costumes, Vintage, Vintage Dance
My journey continues as each person I meet leads me to the next person, and the next. Recently I was invited to photograph the final dance Soiree of Joan Walton’s Santa Clara Vintage, Waltz and Swing workshop at the San Jose Woman’s Club. Electric fans...
by Laura Cottril | Jul 10, 2013 | Children, Costumes, Personal, Portraits, Vintage
A little blue velvet suit, reminding me of The Blue Boy painting, was discovered in my grandma’s basement when we were sorting through her memories after her death. It was my dad’s. We also found photos of my dad in the said suit. Looking chubby and a...
by Laura Cottril | Jul 5, 2013 | Family Portraits, Portraits
It all started with this big ‘ole tree. My client would stop me in the halls at our children’s school weaving a tale about this tree and how it had a hold on him. Although we had talked for years about scheduling family portraits, his love of the Briones...
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