by Laura Cottril | Feb 19, 2015 | Business, Family Portraits, Inspiration, Personal, Portraits
With my mentor and sponsor Carol Andrews Jensen at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. Last week I flew to Nashville, Tennessee to our largest professional photography convention and received my Master and Craftsman degrees. These degrees are from the Professional...
by Laura Cottril | Dec 21, 2014 | Children, Family Portraits, Inspiration, Personal, Portraits
This road means so much to me. For my whole life, my mom’s life, her parents and grandparents life, this road passed by their home in rural Iowa. Sitting in, what is now my cousin’s, front yard we have years of memories of family gatherings, exploration,...
by Laura Cottril | Oct 22, 2014 | Charity, Fundraising, Inspiration, Personal, Portraits
I wish I had the right words to express the wonderment and awe I feel after attending the Earth Island Brower Youth Awards last night! For the fourth year I had the extreme privilege to photograph the youth winner portraits. They feel like I am giving them something,...
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 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...
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