When I was a kid, my middle school in LA held a contest where a perfume company gave us disposable cameras and asked us to take pictures of abstract concepts like "family" and "joy." The winner would get a college scholarship and other prizes, and I was convinced I was going to win. I mean, how hard could it be? I had never used a camera before, but I figured I'd just point and click and boom - instant masterpiece. So I snapped a bunch of random shots of my dog's foot, my brother's shoulder, and a whole bunch of other equally artistic subjects. When I turned in the camera with the film, I waited for them to announce that I had won. Spoiler alert: I didn't win. Or, I'm pretty sure the company just took my photos and never even gave me the prize. But looking back, it's clear that my photos were just plain bad. Despite that little setback, I can't say that the contest sparked my love for photography. But it did teach me an important lesson: what I envision in my head doesn't always turn out so well in the camera. I had a lot to learn about light, lenses, composition, and most importantly, humanity. It wasn't until I took a photography class in college that I really started to get the hang of things. I learned about all sorts of technical stuff like settings and lighting, but I also learned that the most important thing in a good photograph is the story behind it. Who is this person? Why did they build this car? What's their story? These lessons have stuck with me, and now I'm a pretty decent photographer (if I do say so myself). We are a husband & wife team who specialize in cars, portraits, fashion, and lifestyle photography (see our babies, siblings, families, maternity, weddings, and sometimes pets; photography at annealeese.com).

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