{"id":6918,"date":"2013-10-17T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2013-10-17T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T13:32:40","slug":"what-inspires-me-at-the-moment-virginia-wedding-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/personal\/what-inspires-me-at-the-moment-virginia-wedding-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"What inspires me at the moment: Virginia Wedding Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was chatting with my mom on the phone the other day, as we often do and my mom asked me the question: &#8220;Shauna, what inspires you?&#8221;\u00a0 It got me thinking of all the things that I feel are influencing my art these days and while some of these may seem silly or even questionable, I swear I think they influence me \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 And no I am not getting paid by anyone or company I am featuring here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My road.\u00a0 I get to run on this sweet piece of earth as often as it&#8217;s not raining.\u00a0 Every day it takes my breath away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Washington D.C. Wedding Photographer, Virginia Wedding Photographer_680\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Washington-D.C.-Wedding-Photographer-Virginia-Wedding-Photographer_6801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Natural textures found in nature.\u00a0 I love texture and patterns and I snapped these two shots on my iphone when I was in Washington in July.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Washington D.C. Wedding Photographer, Virginia Wedding Photographer_681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Washington-D.C.-Wedding-Photographer-Virginia-Wedding-Photographer_6811.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I know what you&#8217;re thinking and this inspires me not because it&#8217;s Orlando Bloom, but because of the way photographer Matthew Brookes captured him in an iconic and candid way, seen in the latest issue of InStyle Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Washington D.C. Wedding Photographer, Virginia Wedding Photographer_682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Washington-D.C.-Wedding-Photographer-Virginia-Wedding-Photographer_6821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When are you coming back?\u00a0 Chick-fil-a peppermint shakes are something I look forward to all year long.\u00a0 The peppermint refreshes my senses and the sugar probably helps too \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Washington D.C. Wedding Photographer, Virginia Wedding Photographer_683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Washington-D.C.-Wedding-Photographer-Virginia-Wedding-Photographer_6831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wind in my hair.\u00a0 Love the feeling of fresh fall air whipping through my hair.\u00a0 I also love movement in my photography and maybe it comes from this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Washington D.C. Wedding Photographer, Virginia Wedding Photographer_684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Washington-D.C.-Wedding-Photographer-Virginia-Wedding-Photographer_684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teavana!\u00a0 My daughter came home from the mall with a bag of dried herbs and it kind of got me hooked.\u00a0 I spend way to much moolah there.\u00a0 Last month, I discovered a local tea master and after I indulge in some of her delights, I&#8217;ll update you on my thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Washington D.C. Wedding Photographer, Virginia Wedding Photographer_685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Washington-D.C.-Wedding-Photographer-Virginia-Wedding-Photographer_685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay I know those that know me know I love music that can get a party started, however, something magical happens in the kitchen when I turn on The Three Tenors live in concert.\u00a0 My food instantaneously gets better.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know why but I don&#8217;t question it.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"three tenors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/three-tenors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/>Lastly, what&#8217;s not to love about Pride and Prejudice?\u00a0 I love the BBC version too, but the latest one with Keira Knightly knocks my socks off.\u00a0 Not only do I love the story, obviously I am a romantic, but I also love the way this movie was filmed.\u00a0 The transitions from scene to scene are superb and it inspires my photography.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Virginia Wedding Photographers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Virginia-Wedding-Photographers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"965\" \/>So my question to you is, what inspires you?\u00a0 Leave a comment on the post.\u00a0 I&#8217;d love to know!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was chatting with my mom on the phone the other day, as we often do and my mom asked me the question: &#8220;Shauna, what inspires you?&#8221;\u00a0 It got me thinking of all the things that I feel are influencing my art these days and while some of these may seem silly or even questionable, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,131],"tags":[281,85,258],"class_list":{"0":"post-6918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal","7":"category-products","8":"tag-loudoun-county-wedding-photographers","9":"tag-virginia-wedding-photographer","10":"tag-washington-d-c-wedding-photographer","11":"entry","12":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6932,"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6918\/revisions\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dujourblog.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}