Ten Women Photographers in the Desert

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I spent a few days in Palm Springs at the Ace Hotel with 9 other women photographers – we wanted the opportunity to hang out, have fun and get to know one another a little better so we all ventured out to the hot desert for some pool/cocktail/fun/conversation action.  I knew I would have a good time, but I didn’t know that we would all connect so well! It was such a great experience being with so many kind, fun, creative women… I enjoyed, admired and was inspired by each one of them.

While there, we of course took tons of photos – we had our iPhones, our DSLR cameras, a few Instax cameras, point-and-shoots… pretty much any type of camera you could imagine. We all posted frequently to our tumblr so we could have one central location to share photos. (Tumblr is awesome, by the way! I’ve started a personal tumblr and plan to do something fun with it soon.) If you have looked at our group tumblr, you have seen most of the photos I am sharing here, but I wanted to do a proper blog post about the trip as well. 🙂

We have decided to take a similar trip twice a year since the first one was so much fun! I’m so looking forward to the future trips with all of these great people!

My goal for this trip was to extend my creative boundaries and experiment with portrait photography and different styles of processing… I’m a firm believer in always trying something new and different, always trying to get better while looking for new perspectives and pushing the creative boundaries. I love the opportunity to shoot completely for myself- no expectations…

All 10 of us…

Ashley Rose – a few shots of her prego looking amazing.

I also did a series of a bunch of the ladies in this van on the property… had some fun with it.

Amanda Rae:

Jordana Hazel:

Mary of Floataway Studios:

Megan Welker:

Lobby:

Ala Cortez

Megan:

Mary:

Amanda, Megan and Mary.

Can’t wait for the next trip! xo