My dearest friends,
This letter comes from the deepest part of myself. The sweetest place. This is not an attempt to sell you a field trip ticket. Well, it is. But not for myself. This ones for you.
Odds are, if you know me you also know my beautiful best friend
@yanpalmer. It seems that at every step of field trip she has been by my side, lighting up every room we have entered together with her sparkling wit and fiery energy. Now if you know Yan, you know that for years she has brought this same energy as well as her massive, beautiful, heart to every corner of her photography. Some how she manages every time, to capture the most authentic moments, the heart and soul of her subjects, with a truly unique vulnerability that in 13 years of photography I have rarely encountered. Though I don’t have to tell you this, because you’ve seen it. Its an emotional light that shines through every photo she develops. One you can’t teach in even the best lighting class. It comes from her unflinching ability to get naked with her clients. Haha not in the most literal sense but in the way that REALLY strips them bare, clean of judgement and insecurity. Sure, I’m a little biased, but I really do believe that Yan Palmer is a legend in her own time.
And so I’m sad/happy to inform you that this, field trip 2018, is her final bow. Sad, because her genius will be missed. Happy because we get to share one last beautiful experience with her at field trip this year and because I believe this is a renaissance of sorts for Yan. An opportunity to seek and find love in new avenues in her life. If you want to read more about Yan’s decision to leave photography I encourage you to visit her blog post on yanpalmer.com. In the mean time, I also encourage you to do something for yourself today and get a ticket to this years field trip. I really believe there is no one way to change your photography forever. No one tip I can give you to make you wildly successful. But if anyone can give you, just a little bit of fairy dust, if anyone can give you wings, it’s
@yanpalmer. #itsakissontheteethgoodbye #butseriouslybuyteethkiss