
TIME FOR ME TO START MY BLOG AND TO RE-INTRODUCE MYSELF SINCE IT HAS BEEN A WHILE!
I'M ANN, THE PHOTOGRAPHER BEHIND ANN RAINS PHOTOGRAPHY! SOMEWHERE AROUND A MILLION YEARS AGO, I WROTE AN INTRODUCTION POST....... BUT I FIGURED I'D WRITE A NEW ONE AND SHARE WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ANN RAINS PHOTOGRAPHY. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED… EXCEPT I AM NOW OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN PALM COAST WITH MY VERY OWN STOREFRONT STUDIO. WE ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY SETTLED INTO THE NEW PLACE, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING DATE VERY SOON.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT I DO. BUT I AM NOT YOUR RUN-OF-THE-MILL PHOTOGRAPHER. AND SO, IT'D SEEM STRANGE TAKING UP THIS SECTION BY TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT MY PHOTOGRAPHIC ENDEAVORS... ABOUT HOW, UPON PICKING UP MY FIRST CAMERA, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST CLICK... OR ALL ABOUT MY PHILOSOPHY OF PHOTOGRAPHY - HOW IT'S CHANGED ME AND STRETCHED ME... ABOUT HOW I'VE LEARNED TO SEE PHOTOGRAPHY AS MORE THAN JUST AN ART FORM - BUT AS THE ART OF OBSERVATION - FINDING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IN AN ORDINARY PLACE... ABOUT HOW I'VE COME TO FIND THAT PHOTOGRAPHY HAS VERY LITTLE DO WITH THE THINGS YOU SEE AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY YOU SEE AND FEEL THEM… THAT BEAUTY IS ALL AROUND US - IN THE MOST UNEXPECTED AND UNFORESEEN - WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO STOP, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LOOK FOR IT.
OR, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW PEOPLE ARE THE REASON THAT I DO WHAT I DO - BECAUSE USUALLY, EACH FAMILY THAT I MEET, EACH COUPLE THAT I PHOTOGRAPH, BECOME FRIENDS. FRIENDS WHOSE UNIQUE PERSONALITIES I HAVE THE HONOR OF CAPTURING- EACH SMILE, EACH TEAR, THE QUIET, PRIVATE MOMENTS, THE SPACE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER... BUT - I FIGURED THAT MIGHT BORE THE EVER-LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF YOU… SO, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ME…
I CURRENTLY LIVE IN PALM COAST, FLORIDA, WITH MY HUSBAND, ROBERT, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND TWO CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES, TITUS AND SNOOPY. THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH THE MOST ADORABLE LITTLE GUYS EVER. I'LL LET YOU DECIDE IF I'M TALKING ABOUT MY HUSBAND OR THE DOGS.


