Penny Sylvia Photography BLOG

Holly Smokes! It’s been over a month since I’ve blogged! WHAT! How does time go by like that? I’ll tell you … LIFE. Life keeps going … keeps going at speeds that are ultrasonic and then at times … not so much.

I’ve been blogging every day really … blogging in my mind … thinking of my story … about loss … about love … about beauty … about everything really … I just haven’t been writing it down … so I promised myself that I would keep up with what I had hoped to do and that was blog every day … at least more than every month for petes sake!

It’s been an amazing month. I’ve learned so much. So much about myself and so much about those close to me. I’ve come to terms with many things … one of those things being the death of my grandmother. I’ve photographed weddings, snapped away at happy families, new babies … new projects … had crazy fun in the backyard painting with the kids, swimming (Mason pushing me in the pool, I will surly be getting even), gardening, chasing the crazy dog who keeps steeling socks and tasty meals with friends and family AND so much more … I really do feel blessed.

Life, happiness, love … they are all so connected.

I met an amazing woman this month who is a mom, a wife, and a cancer survivor … we just hung and took photos of her family and it changed me. It changed me in a way that is amazing to me … she somehow taught me in her immense beauty that calm is ok. She wasn’t trying to teach me this … surely if I knew this I would tell her in my 90 miles an hour self that I’m good, no worries; however … she just did in her beauty and love that I got to share on that Saturday morning. I will forever be thankful to her for this lesson.

See, for me, photography it is the fuel that feeds me as it connects me and takes me to those who love life and teach lessons that I didn’t even know that I needed or sometimes really do know but don’t want to know … maybe all those around me know these things … but it is magic to me and the photographs that we cherish that keep the life going and the beauty.

I’m back.

There is still space for a few more for the Saturday, June 27th Mom’s Photography Workshop. It’s lots of fun! You learn about your camera, how to get out of auto mode, what lens and why and how to get those shots that you want! Here’s the details:
When: Sat. June 27th 10-2p.m.
Where: Penny’s Studio 1808 Q Street, Sacramento
Cost: $99 includes breakfast pastries, yummy lunch and hands on learning with me

Email me at penny@pennysylvia.com to sign up.

There are many many victories in life, small and large, many times they go unnoticed … but every now and then we are at the right place at the right time and we get to experience the rawness of a true victory. I got to do just that with my buddy Sheridan. I was expecting a normal shoot at the park … Sheridan and I had met before so I new my job with be an easy one but I did not expect to get goosebumps and welled up eyes, see, on this day I got to photography Sheridan sitting up for the first time with his mommy … how awesome is that?!!!! Seriously, it was more awesome than simple words could describe. Here are some of my favs …

Okay, my friends, you’ve asked for them and so here they are … the moms workshop dates for the new four months. The workshop is $99 and it a basic digital slr class specifically geared towards parents. It is from 10 a.m. and goes to 2 p.m. the dates are as follows

Saturday, June 27
Wednesday, July 15
Saturday August 8
Saturday September 12

They will be held at the studio, 1808 Q Street, Sacramento. Please email me at penny@pennysylvia.com to reserve your spot as they fill up fast. We have lots of fun and you leave feeling confident about your camera