I love this California beauty like she is one of my daughters. I had an opportunity to visit Bodega Bay with Saydee and I will never forget the experience. I can search all of California and would never be able to find a girl more kind, compassionate, talented…and beautiful.
MARIA PETERSON PHOTOGRAPHY
I can’t believe I’m bringing you snow and ice just a few days after the official day of spring, but this is Chicago and being unpredictable is what we’re all about! :) Too cold for my liking for this time of year, but it is so pretty.
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in.”
MARIA PETERSON PHOTOGRAPHY
I love to photograph to tell an honest story, but that doesn’t mean I won’t eliminate what might be in the photo that will distract and not add to how I want the photo to feel. And the business of WHAT to add or eliminate, and HOW MUCH, might differentiate me from all the other photographers out there. When it comes to hiring a photographer, there’s a whole lot more than money! You need to know something about what the photographer sees as beautiful or necessary. :)
BEFORE:
AFTER:
“If the photographer is interested in the people in front of her lens, and if she is compassionate, it’s already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.”
MARIA PETERSON PHOTOGRAPHY
It’s been a big desire of mine to visit Yosemite. It was more majestic than I had imagined. Loved every moment.
The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark. ~ John Muir
MARIA PETERSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Hello!!! I’m the face behind the camera at Maria Peterson Photography! The day after Christmas was amazingly beautiful in Chicago and this happened! :) I finally have new photos to update my social media sites! Thanks to my daughter, Chloe, for being both the stylist and photographer.
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.” ~ Erma Bombeck
Photo Credit: Chloe Peterson
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