Sarah Mansur Photography

While planning our vacation in Florida a couple weeks ago, I KNEW I would be itching to do a beach session…since, you know….we are totally landlocked here in grand old Oklahoma.

So one morning while there, I met up with Tina…a gorgeous girl from Russia who is here in the states going to school. Between her and the beautiful early morning light, I was in photographer’s heaven. Complete heaven!

We met before sunrise…and since my sweet husband wanted to come with me…this meant he had to get up with me at 5am. On our vacation. Yes, he loves me. A lot.

These pictures make me want to go back and lay on the beach (minus the horrible sunburn I got) and watch the sunrise again. I miss it. I miss the ocean and the birds and the little cute crabs that run around the sand. To all of you who get to see this every morning, or visit the ocean whenever you feel like it, you don’t know how good you have it! I think I was meant to live on the coast.

My daughter’s birth sparked my interest in photography again. I had dabbled in it a bit in high school, attempted to take pictures of my son – and failed – and had always been fascinated with famous photographers work. I never before had confidence to really jump in, nor the money to do so if I really wanted to. Not until my sweet husband let me get a camera after her birth…

So now, 3 years later…here we are.

She will always be my baby girl. Even though 3 – to me – seems more like a child now then a baby…she is still my youngest and my little goober butt. (great nick-name, huh?!)

I will do a birthday session with her soon, but for now, just one…

OK, here is the deal! I am looking for a couple. Well, probably two couples.  So that would be a couple of couples, right?

WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

• Not just any couple. A couple who is comfortable in their own skin, and with each other. A couple who likes to have FUN, who isn’t shy, likes to play around and act goofy and try new things. You need to be comfortable in front of the camera, and in front of me.

• You can me married, engaged, whatever. I don’t care about that part. There WILL be an “interview” process….really more like a super short questionnaire about yourself that I give you, and you must submit a  picture of you two together, being silly, goofy, flirty….basically something more then just a plain, old boring picture. We all have those. I want something different. There has to be a challenge somewhere!

• I will pick TWO couples based on your picture, the questionnaire, and what I am specifically needing. (bribes are welcome, also. I like anything chocolate)

• You must also be able to take clothing advice and bring the items I request (or things similar….no need to go out and buy new clothes, unless you want to, which is GREAT, but I do have certain “looks” I am going for)

DETAILS ABOUT THE SESSION:

• The session will be FREE and you will receive your top 4 favorite images on a disk for FREE.  ($475 value) Anything beyond that will be at my normal prices. There is no obligation to purchase anything.

• The session will be at a location that I pick. This could be anywhere from a farm, to a field, to downtown, to a cave. I’m not sure yet. It depends on you and what location will fit you the best, and what I can find that time of year.

• The session will be scheduled for sometime in October. When its cool. I don’t like sweat, and while I am thrilled to go out and sweat for hours for clients, I would rather avoid it this time. You will enjoy it a lot more if you aren’t wiping sweat from your eyes and dying of heat stroke too. I promise.

• You will be required to sign a model release, so I may use your images on my website/blog/marketing material.

If you are interested, PLEASE send an email to sarah@sarahmansurphotography.com

I will then send you the questionnaire, and request your picture entry. Submissions must be made by the end of September!

Please pass this along to anyone who you think might fit the bill. I promise it will be a blast, and you will get a really sweet deal out of it!

I had quite the time on my last session. I found out that I am very much a city girl, even though at one time I did live on 160 acres in the middle of no where, and rode horses through high school. The city has changed me (and I use the term, “city” loosely here….more like suburbs really) into a wimp. Yes, a BIG wimp. Animals that weight more then I do make me nervous, and spiders the size of mice make me want to faint.

So this wimpy photographer had a lot of fun (I really did!) on a farm for my last session with a very sweet senior, Abbi. Not only did I get to shoot her with her beautiful horse, but I also had my finger sucked on by their adorable baby goat, petted a 700+ lb pig on the nose, and  was greeted by a cow next to their front porch. Somewhere inside of me, a small part of my kinda wished we had land and animals. Complete with baby goats and giant pigs.

LOVE!!!!

And just for proof…..the giant pig

and the 4 inch long spider! Eating its dinner, no doubt!

So….(drumroll please)….I am starting a newsletter!!! It will, as most newsletters do, inform you about sales, upcoming seasonal specials, special dates,  include a little bit about me, and sometimes even a coupon or a special subscriber discount! I will tell you that this months edition (which will be coming out this week!) WILL have a coupon in it! Be watching the blog and the website for the place to signup for it, or just comment on here and I will sign you up manually! Im really excited to get this started and really be able to stay in touch with my past and future clients!

And of course, I can’t possible post without pictures.

You might recognize these little *ahem* angels. They are mine.

They are very excited to actually have sidewalk to ride their bikes on! Can’t you tell by my daughters evil grin? lol