The Holidays are Approaching Fast!!

Hey Everyone! Clients, friends and family! Halloween is over! What fun it was!

The holidays are approaching and if you need pictures for your holiday cards or portraits to give as a gift call me now for a sitting! My prices are reasonable! I also photograph events ... think about it if you are the host/hostess the last thing you want to be doing is taking pictures. For an hourly rate I can do that for you and give those images to you on a CD after the event. I have done many events from weddings to birthday parties to an event with the governor. Candid shots are wonderful to have after an event. I am available during the holidays even on Christmas and Thanksgiving day! Remember L A Scott Photography for your photography needs! www.lascottphotography.com

LA:)

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Hi All! The beauty of being a photographer is hardly ever getting photographed myself! It gives me a certain amount of control....maybe passive aggressive ??? who knows. Anyhow, the attached photo was taken with me included with my camera but by somebody else. I recently discovered this photo while sorting through the entire lot of Vietnam photos...~~~2000 photos. This one resonates with me. I remember as a participant on this trip how I felt on the inside at times....on the inside looking out that is...but after looking at this photo I see from the outside looking in at myself and what was going on at the moment. The little guy in the photo was about my son's age and his parents were carrying him around on their backs because there were no means to have a wheelchair. I watched them carry him with so much love. He has cerebral palsy. I inquired and found out that I could sponsor a wheelchair and I did. His parents were so happy--the mom was tearful. We worked with a translator to in order to tell them about the wheelchair and that is when this photo was taken. I remember that instance of looking up at the translator while my eyes were welling with tears. I look at this photo now, all these months later, and the same tears come. Vietnam had a profound effect on me. I struggle a part of each day wishing I could do more. www.gsmedicalministry.org Lotsa love to all of you and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! LA:)

My Bucket List !

Hi all!

How many of you out there actually have a bucket list! I do! I had one way before Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson in "The Bucket List!" I started mine when I turned 40(that was just a little while ago--ya right like 7 years ago!) I include things I have already done and then add more that I want to do as I think of them! I am proud to say I have crossed off many of them.

Those include: a tattoo, started a business in photography services, sang in a recital 2 times and am about to do it again, trekked to Machu Picchu and took many photos, Trinidad/Tobago, Tuscany Italy, South Africa to Kruger National Park, took sculling lessons, took salsa lessons, went to Northern Vietnam on a medical mission www.gsmedicalministry.org , Ireland, China, South Vietnam, Belize Central America, ran a marathon in Arizona, bottom of the Grand Canyon on Mules, deep sea fishing in Mexico, and a helicopter ride inside a volcano in Hawaii.

Things I still want to do: sky dive, hot air balloon ride, play polo on horseback, sing with a band(just once), drive the entire length of route 66 in my 2005 Tunderbird, learn to fence with my son, and learn to tie flies and to fly fish. And, I want to raise a longhorn steer(hence the photo taken by me LA Scott Photography!

I think we all should have a bucket list. We only have one life to live and the bucket kicking thing is a reality! So let's take all the things that are filling up that bucket and dump them out---the bottles of beer, the couch potato arse, reality television and that gallon of ice cream! Let's empty it out and not worry about kicking it----just living it! Lori Ann Scott www.lascottphotography.com

Hi all! I am not going to be as long winded as last week.... I wanted to share some more of my work with you. As part of the medical mission I photographed .... if you click on this link http://www.gsmedicalministry.org/ you will see a banner of photos I took while in Vietnam for Good Samaritan's Ministry. I feel very fortunate to have been part of such an incredible mission. I hope to do more work in the mission field using my photography as a means of facilitating the need in the world~~ I am also attaching a picture from a wedding I photographed that was such a beautiful event! Congratulations Veronica and Billy! Love to all of you! Have a wonderful weekend! LA--

So Austin!

Hi friends, family and clients! We are so fortunate to live in such a diverse place as Austin. I was looking through my picture files looking for inspiration for today's newsletter and voila! I realized I have lots of images that are so Austin! Sometimes we forget how wonderful this place is to live until we step back and take a look...whether it is through a camera lens or with our own eyes~~~ Look at what I see!! Take a "look" around and see all there is to see!!! and have a wonderful weekend!
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Freezing Time With Photography[

Hi all!!!

I know I have talked alot about freezing time with my photography. This week fishing on the Pedernales River outside of Johnson City I could not help myself taking pictures. There was so much beauty to capture and "freeze" digitally.

The pictures I am attaching are prime examples of things I see that I am compelled to photograph so I always have that "moment" to relive.

The first is a sunset with the silhouette of two pretty intense fishermen....
The second I call a mom shot because it is a "moment" of my son Liam fishing....so sweet...he won't be that little forever and you have to capture as much of those moments as possible....
A dog running with a stick---look at the water splashing....it is amazing what the camera catches and freezes without my intentions...
My son Liam's fish---what a catch both by him and the camera!....
A wildflower along the river...
And, light coming through a barn door....naturally beautiful---if I were to take that picture 5 minutes later it would not be the same...

Go out and enjoy every "moment" you can!

Love to all of y'all!

Hi all!

Back on track this week!

Actually Friday the 13th has always been a good day for me! All days are great! Each one is a blessing in so many ways! So, don't let superstition keep you from enjoying today!

It has been a busy week! Started something new this week---sculling lessons down at Lady Bird Lake:) What a blast and what a workout. It is so beautiful to glide through the water on the sculling boats. It looks easier than it is! There is so much to coordinate to make it all work. One of the biggest things is looking over your shoulder to ensure that you don't hit anything...even the swans are at risk with me out there!

Also preparations for Vietnam are in full swing. Only three more weeks until the mission begins. Please pray for Good Samaritan Medical Ministry http://www.gsmedicalministrry.org/ If you wish to donate please go to the website. Our dollars go a long way!

I have attached seven photographs today to illustrate the difference between black and white photography versus color. Sometimes black and white adds depth and sometimes it takes it away. There are clearly pictures that look best in one or the other and some images can be both. An example is the picture with the goat. I think the black and white makes the image look more third world than the color version. The cross on the tombstone takes on a more eery appearance in black and white than the color version. The door becomes extremely flat in black and white and looks more like an illustration. You decide for yourselves.... I love working in both.

I am working on a book of black and white portraits of Austin musicians and their biographies. They look best in black and white I believe...(attached is one of those)~~~

Love to all of you!

;) Watch out for me on Lady Bird Lake!