{"id":903,"date":"2019-11-20T11:44:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/?p=903"},"modified":"2021-04-19T12:46:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:46:39","slug":"transformation-in-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/?p=903","title":{"rendered":"Transformation in Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a portrait photographer who routinely asks people to step in front of my camera, one of the most vulnerable places I think a woman can feel, I believe it\u2019s important to be photographed often myself so I can empathize with my clients when I raise the lens. And, I am. I photograph myself all the time. I am a master of the self-portrait. I know how to style my hair and do my makeup so it photographs well. I know my good angles and my light. Where I struggle is releasing control of all that and trusting someone else to see and capture me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I think it\u2019s important in our growth to exist a bit outside our comfort zones, so I challenged myself to be photographed by another photographer – to give up control and trust another person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


I booked a photoshoot with Kara Marie in Austin, TX, a woman whose mission, approach, and art I admire deeply. Her photoshoot experience includes hairstyling and makeup application, which meant that not only would I have to trust her to photograph me, I would also have to release control over my hair and makeup (I did my own hair and makeup even for my wedding so this was big)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The day of the photoshoot I felt excited and ready. I\u2019m a wife, a Mom, and a business owner. My typical day is about serving and nurturing the people who rely on me. But, the afternoon of the photoshoot it was about me. I felt so special having my hair and makeup done, and I loved the way it looked. Kara is such an easy person to connect with, that standing in front of her camera felt effortless, relaxed, and so much fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


When I saw my final gallery I was speechless. I still struggle to articulate how good I feel when I look at my portraits and how she captured me. I love that I will always have them as a reminder of the time that I let myself relinquish control and place my trust in another person, and I am so glad I did! I will never underestimate or take for granted the amount of trust and courage it takes my subjects to stand before my camera, and I am grateful every day for the honor it is when they do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a portrait photographer who routinely asks people to step in front of my camera, one of the most vulnerable places I think a woman can feel, I believe it\u2019s important to be photographed often myself so I can empathize with my clients when I raise the lens. And, I am. I photograph myself all the time. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,34,37,35,33],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemporary","tag-boston-headshot-photographer","tag-boston-photographer","tag-boston-portrait-photographer","tag-headshot-photographer","tag-portrait-photographer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahhinchey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}