It’s my one-year anniversary as Ellie P. Campbell Photography. 🙂
(Well, yesterday was, but I didn’t have time to post about it.) Although I did photography well before August 2009, this is celebrating one official year on my own. As with most things all-consuming yet wonderful, it feels like this past year has flown by but also as if I’ve been doing this for years and years. I absolutely love what I do and am very happy to be where I am.
Here’s a very long photo-year-in-review…
A shot from my first official shoot on August 1, 2009 of beautiful Eva and her gorgeous little guy Julian:
Followed by E’s birth just a couple of weeks later (and thus began my camera’s love affair with my very edible nephew):
And then I photographed the marriage of our great friends Larry and Erin (i.e. Larin) – full blog post here:
Then there were many fall little-ones shoots in Cleveland, like for the amazing Lily:
And December babies, like Anabella:
With the holiday season came photographing E for their New Year‘s card… (don’t you want to ring in the New Year with this scrumptious little barkeep?):
During our lovely Floridian winter, Talia and I shot the campaign for her company, Green Apple Accessories:
Then in February, there was a snowy trip to Cleveland, filled with lots of fun wintry shoots, like with E’s cousin Nathan (here with his mama Jill):
…and of course some shoots indoors to defrost, like with this awesome crew – Brad, baby Alexander (so many baby boys!), and Christina:
There was this super-fun family session… Here are the adoring grandparents Marcia and Richard with three of their lucky grandkids, Cadence, Brian, and Cadence’s little brother JT:
Then we had an incredible family trip to Israel, visiting family, touring the country, and putting E in fun antique chairs at the Yafo flea market:
A few hours after getting off the plane from Israel, my work with the Sarasota Film Festival started – This was the first (and hopefully not the last) year I was a staff photographer. There were a bunch of events that week, including the In Conversation with… series with people such as Patricia Clarkson and Vincent D’Onofrio:
And incredible hooping performance outside the premiere of The Hooping Life:
And more fun stars like Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi:
Beautiful Ava was born in the spring…
Also in the spring, my super-smart brother-in-law Jonah received his MD and PhD simultaneously and then became published in JAMA:
Babies I’d met and photographed as newborns (both friends and clients) began walking and having birthdays, like little Sydney:
There were also some “older” clients during May’s Cleveland trip, like the beautiful 6-year-old McKenzie:
Later in May in Boston, this striking and happy duo, Lucy and Chase, were engaged:
Also in Boston, I photographed the gorgeous bffs, Danielle and Abigail:
Back in FL, this summer started off with a bunch of newborns, like the precious tiny Gia:
And also one really touching 50th anniversary shoot for Ron and Sonia:
To round out the summer of babies and anniversaries and to top off an amazing first year as Ellie P. Campbell Photography, there was Molly and Lou‘s beautiful beach wedding on Islamorada, FL in July:
I am so, so grateful for and excited about how this past year has turned out. I’m lucky to have a husband, family, and friends who have encouraged me to go for it as well as to have incredible clients who let me share in so many intimate, special moments and events in their lives and who have made my job fun and inspiring. I am looking forward to what unfolds over the next year! Thank you, everyone!
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