Merrilee is the genius behind Mer Mag–and so of course I feel akin to her on the level of being a creator and artist and mother but the thing that left all of our jaws on the floor (besides the fact that she let 14 photographers take over her house and photograph her family!) was how authentically she lives her art. how much it lives and breathes in every corner, with her projects and her kids’ and all of it flowing in and out of such down to earth NICENESS. you can hear about it, and heaven knows the internet has heard a thing or two about ‘authentic living’ in the recent past–but until you SEE it, in person, you have no idea.
People like Merrilee make me want to become a writer or someone who has a legitimate reason to just follow people around all day and watch how they do what they do–in their art but also in their regular lives.
of course they won’t think it’s extraordinary really at all, but for us on the outside–it’s like watching how they make it rain in the movies, or seeing the curtain pulled back on a gorgeous set without the stage lights on: pure magic and at the same time completely real.
hey there my friend! want to have your family photographed in a way that speaks to the guts of who you are, and not just the smiling faces you sometimes have? yeah. me too. send me a little note and i’ll send you all the family session pricing and availability (still have some fall dates free yo!) and i can show you the beauty you’re creating every single day, minute detail by minute detail, weaving a wonderful web of wild love that NEEDS to be photographed. let’s do this.
