by Laura Cottril | Jan 17, 2016 | Children, Family Portraits, Vintage
What words can even convey my feelings for these girls, this day, these portraits. They are truly food for my soul. I’ve watched this big sister grow up before my lens since she was a five-day-old newborn. She delights me in every way and her deep sensibility...
by Laura Cottril | Oct 8, 2013 | Costumes, Vintage
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Excitement for the Gatsby Summer Afternoon bubbles like a sparkling summer brook, escaping like...
by Laura Cottril | Oct 1, 2013 | Costumes, Vintage, Vintage Dance
“Oh, it was easy to see why people had whirlwind shipboard romances, for it was a temporary journey into fantasy, where dreams could come true–if only for the duration of the cruise.” — Patricia Hagan (Ocean of Dreams) It has been a year of crazy...
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...
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