So glad to finally be able to catch up! Check out these absolutely beautiful images and learn more about December's guest judge Allison Gipson Photography!
Tell us a little about yourself (family, hobbies, etc.)
My family and I live in Honolulu, Hawaii! I am an Army spouse and mom to a four year little boy. (He is definitely my muse.) When I am not taking pictures, I am running…lots. I am currently training for the Honolulu Marathon this December.
What got you started in taking lifestyle images (or photography in general)?
Lifestyle photography was definitely my calling. I worked as a photojournalist for a number of years and fell in love with photography during my time at the newspaper I worked for. It actually took me a few months to figure out that a journalistic approach to my business is what I should be doing. It has been a really exciting and fun journey, with lots of twists and turns. I LOVE the everyday and am so happy to have found my happy place in the photography world.
Any photographers that you look up to?
There are SO many photographers that I look up to. I admire Kerry Varnum Photography's work as well as Melissa Gibson Photography. I love their take on the everyday. I am also in love with Elise Meader Photography, The Blissful Maven and Jamie Faulkner Photography.
What is in your camera bag?
I am a Nikon girl and have been since my days at the paper. Right now, I have a D7100 and am holding out to upgrade. I mostly shoot with my 35 mm and love my 24-70mm, too. My 50mm has been neglected lately.
If you could capture anybody in the
world, anywhere, who and where?
I was just thinking about this the other day…I would love, love, love to have the opportunity to photograph my grandparents just how they are, right now. I would fly home in a heartbeat, just to spend time with them. Being a military family and moving around so much, we rely on photographs of our family members so much. I think it would be a spectacular keepsake for my son to have a bunch of photographs of his great-grandparents.
