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NEWS | PHOTOSHOOTS | THOUGHTS | COLLABORATIONS

Lauren Liz Kress Lauren Liz Kress

Looking Back: One arm down, but still on set

Throwback to September of last year (2022) when I was a week out of fairly major shoulder surgery and my friend (and fantastic photographer) Brandon Clifton grabbed this behind the scenes of me! 😅 It may not seem noticeable, but my left arm is down because I was totally incapable of lifting it!

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ROOTSTOCK | WOODSTOCK, GA CHEF PORTRAIT

My husband often talks about why restaurants are such important places for the flourishing of communities - they create jobs, they bring people together, they feed people, they’re places of creativity … he says it all so much better than I do, and I love that he can put into words the beauty so many of us feel - the beauty I love to capture.

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A GRATEFUL LOOK AT 2021

What a year, 2021 has been!

I pulled together this sampling of images from the 111 photoshoots I was blessed to take on this year and I’m just so incredibly grateful and honored…

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Writing on Writing

I have always loved writing. Dreams of being a “writer” in some capacity have lingered in my mind and heart for as long as I can remember. While photography and entrepreneurship…

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Catching up with Neatly Nic

I asked my dear friend Nicole, owner of @NeatlyNic , if she would share with me what she’s learned recently running her business…

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REFLECTING ON 2020

Holy Bananas, it’s 2021! How ARE you?! How are you feeling about the year we just finished?

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SHUTTERSTOCK CUSTOM FOR WAYBACK BURGERS

Client work, out in the internet-wild! This shoot was my first with Shutterstock Custom, which took place in June of 2019, for Wayback Burgers. There were a couple of components to this shoot that made it challenging - in a fun way :-) …

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Asking good Questions

I don’t need to tell you these are complicated times- so many of our friends are struggling to adapt, struggling to stay healthy, struggling to navigate the ever-changing social and business norms.  I see many businesses talking about what they can’t do right now or what they have to do right now to survive. 

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WAITING SPACES

I remember the deep curiosity about where this would all go before it was really here. There was enough information to be vigilant but not yet enough to make major shifts. The launch party for my fiancé’s incredible new space was happening- we had been preparing for months and with COVID-19 there was now a sense of uncertainty about the timing.

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