On Saturday, September 13th, I led a photo walk at Click Away.
Two things happened at this photo walk.
One: It became way more of a typical class than a photo walk. I lost my voice at Click Away in an awful, hilarious way: so much so that, in one class, I had to hold a hand-held microphone all the way up to my lips as I spoke and, in another, another speaker-slash-Clickin’ Moms Mentor (Megan Squires!) had to come to my class and repeat things that I said in a louder voice. It was crazy. But on Saturday? My voice was back and ready to go! Naturally, I talked like crazy and we ended up with a walk that was much closer to a shooting demo and instructional class than a photo walk where we took photographs. It was awesome and so much fun.
Two: One of my biggest nightmares came true. When you are a photographer, the absolute last thing you want to do is drop your camera (yeah, this is going there). And during my photo walk? I was holding a camera belonging to one of my students (hi, Lindsay!) and, as I took a step to help another student, Lindsay’s camera strap broke and the camera fell off of my shoulder.
I. Could. Have. Died.
Actually, I’m pretty sure I did die and now I’m remembering it in some post-mortem way but, my soul, the world stopped spinning when Lindsay’s camera hit the ground. Lucky, all that happened to Lindsay’s camera was a scratch on the back and a scratch on the outside of a lens filter, but it’s been nearly two months and my hands are sweaty just thinking about it.
Moral of the story: If you are using a Nikon strap, change it out, like, yesterday.
And so! Photographs from my photo walk! Here they are!
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* Lissa Chandler is a creative portrait and wedding photographer in Northwest Arkansas who specializes in senior portrait and wedding photography. Lissa is known for creative, personality-driven, and fun senior portrait photography in Northwest Arkansas and currently lives in Fayetteville with her family: a husband in the midst of a late afternoon snooze, a four year old with the wittiest sense of humor, and a one year old who thinks pushing his face up against his sleeping daddy is the best thing ever. Lissa is currently booking 2015 Seniors, 2015 weddings in Fayetteville, Bentonville, Siloam Springs, Rogers, Springdale, and all of NWA. She is available for wedding work nationwide. *
Lissa!!! These are amazing! I love the colors. I’m still kicking myself for not making it to Click Away.