Photographic First: Miss Suwanee Relay for Life Pageant (D249)

Photographic First: Miss Suwanee Relay for Life Pageant (D249)

Have you ever photographed a pageant before? I haven’t yet. Tomorrow will be the first.

Since the Miss Suwanee pageant is part of the Gwinnett Relay for Life event that took place today, they’re doing things a little different. The contestants range in age from newborn to grandmothers and they aren’t wearing typical pageant gowns either. Just blue jeans and t-shirts for this crowd. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes. It’s the first year of the pageant and my first time photographing a pageant, so we’re going to work out the kinks as we go.

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In preparation for this event, Mother’s Day and next week’s Teen Identity Extravaganza, I finally got myself to the salon for a much needed haircut. I love my stylist… she does with a pair of scissors (and razor blade) what I do with the camera… make your clients feel better than they did before they came to see you. We’re really in the same business, just different tools. Never thought of it that way until I walked out of the salon feeling like a new person.

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  • karenjohnson

    I get to photograph a fundraising event tomorrow. I'm nervous but excited and like you, it will be a busy day!

  • Judy Knesel

    Wish I could visit your stylist. Good luck on the shoot.

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  • Nikki Penland

    Thank you so much for a funfilled day at Miss Suwanee. I can't wait to see your pictures of all the beautiful girls. I hope you enjoyed shooting the girls as much as we enjoyed holding the pageant! Many thanks!!

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    What type of event did you shoot? How did it go?

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    She's amazing! The shoot went great. :-)

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    Thanks Nikki! It was great to meet you… I had a blast meeting all the girls and their moms. Hope there are many more years of the pageant. :-) Will start going through the images next week… as soon as the Teen Identity Extravaganza is over this Saturday… feel free to stop by with Maddie!

  • karenjohnson

    I shot an outdoor fundraising event for a little girl that has mitochondrial disease. It went well. I shot at different venues last week for this event and sure learned a lot. I learned that I'm outgrowing my camera for what I need it to do and I learned that even though I'm improving and have more confidence with my skills, I still have a long way to go. And that's ok.

    Thanks for asking and thanks for your encouragement to the 365ers. I thought a lot about you this weekend with your pageant shoot. I hope it went well for you!