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 | Jun 6, 2013 | Costumes, Portraits, Storybook Tales, Vintage
It’s so funny. The thing you resist becomes the thing you most wanted. When I was asked to be the photographer at Vintage Day I didn’t want to do it because I didn’t want to be the event photographer. My strength and gift lies in the creating and...
by Laura Cottril | Apr 27, 2013 | Costumes, Personal, Portraits, Storybook Tales
While on vacation in Santa Cruz we decided to look for treasures by going thrift store shopping. We happened upon a costume shop that had not an inch to spare, it was so full of every costume you could imagine! As my children tried on the dragon heads and climbed high...
by Laura Cottril | Mar 11, 2013 | Costumes, Portraits, Storybook Tales
I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The book. Where was that book? I set the seed into my mind to germinate until the answer came. I went directly to the garage, moving aside the boxes until I found the one I was looking for. After months of feeling uninspired,...
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