by Laura Cottril | Nov 7, 2013 | Charity, Personal, Portraits
“Anything you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” Goethe The Brower Youth Awards is a cause that is close to my heart. When I was in high school I wanted to Save the Whales. In my speech class I gave a...
by Laura Cottril | Sep 30, 2013 | Personal
“The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say” ― J.R.R....
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 | 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 | 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...
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