Each artist has a skill that they know they want to continue to work on and this year I decided to attend an intense 5-day workshop called the Foundation Workshop to work on my photojournalistic skills. After a tough week I was determined to continue working on these skills and I asked some people I know if I could follow them for two days in order to challenge myself. Stephanie said “yes” immediately and then may have started second guessing her answer once she found that I would have my camera in her face for two full days. 😉 One of the things I learned from the workshop is that it’s a huge challenge for me as the photographer to constantly be watching someone throughout an entire day and thinking of composition and lighting and such. It’s mentally tiring! But I was more excited to hang out with Steph and really see what she does during her day.
Stephanie is a trainer and she leads my bootcamp group (a shameless plug: if you want to join us for a tough workout on Saturday mornings, Stephanie is the one to talk to!) and I met up with her at the coffee shop near the gym. She spent some time planning out a few workouts for her clients and giggling nervously each time she heard the camera click. Soon enough we walked into the gym to meet her first client. I was fascinated by the range of clients that she works with both inside and outside a gym. We even went to a client’s house and I watched them do a workout on the small jumping trampolines that is specialized for the client’s joints issues.
In addition to having a great opportunity to photograph an interesting story, I got to spend time with a friend while she drove around and worked with several clients. And I got to see how she connects so personally with them beyond just knowing what kind of exercises they need to do. It was a really great day.

Planning out workouts

Counting reps

Counting reps

Showing a client how to do the exercise

Talking while working out

Taking measurements

The fun part about working out at home

She really wants to be part of the fun.

Keeping time while doing crunches

Getting ready for her own peronal workout, running at the park

Keeping an eye on her clients as they do a partner exercise involving bands

Training some of her senior clients

Working out can be tough!

Preparing at home for her exercise classes and learning a new routine

THANK YOU to everyone that came out to the Karelle Photography open house last week!! And thank you so much for the housewarming gifts – you shouldn’t have! 🙂

Ok, so there were 3 fun games that you could play and I have three winners to announce.

The first game was guessing how M&Ms there were in a jar. There were 453 and the winner is Emma Montoya! (Yes, that’s my mom)

The second game was guessing how many weddings I’ve shot which was represented by M&Ms in a smaller jar. I’ve shot 183 and the winner is Laura Winters!

The final game was a guessing game with photos and you had to guess what the picture was. A few of them were very challenging and it was fun reading some of those responses 😉

And the winner is…….Carris Young!

Congratulations everyone! And your huge, big prize is…….a $10 gift card to wherever you want. Big time winnings here at Karelle Photography 😉

If you want to see the answers to the “What is it?” game, you can see them below.

Thanks again to everyone, friends, family, and clients, for being a part of getting Karelle Photography this far and celebrating my fifth anniversary. It truly, truly could not have been done without all your support and encouragement.