by Laura Cottril | Aug 10, 2014 | Business, Charity, Children, Family Portraits, Fundraising, Portraits
It all began in Kindergarten. Well, my first son’s Kindergarten. As a parent of young children I was passionate to make a difference for the place where my children would spend most of their days for the next nine years. I was new to the school community and I...
by Laura Cottril | Apr 15, 2014 | Charity, Family Portraits, Inspiration, Personal, Video
This project isn’t about making images. It’s not about creating the world’s largest camera. It’s about doing what you love. If you had been searching your whole life for something you love, what would you be willing to sacrifice?” ~Ian...
by Laura Cottril | Mar 19, 2014 | Children, Costumes, Family Portraits, Personal, Portraits
Not too long ago I was looking for a local store that sold baby gifts. Many of the stores I used to go to had closed and so I was hunting online when I found Wish, Walnut Creek on Yelp. They had such amazing reviews I had to check it out! Little did I know what was in...
by Laura Cottril | Feb 12, 2014 | Children, Family Portraits, Portraits
I can’t get this image off my mind. The stillness of the glade, opening to the ring of trees, the kids running ahead and finding the old tree stump, perfect for a perch. Then the light, this magic light, greeted me. Never seen before or after, it could only be...
by Laura Cottril | Feb 2, 2014 | Children, Family Portraits, Personal
My friend, Davina Fear, is doing some amazing work on something called Familyness. Rather than focusing on the external world, our wants and wishes, she turns it back around to the micro-world that happens in our most special relationships. Here Davina has invited 25...
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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