I'm Camp Deprived

"Green Acres Is The Place To Be"

OMG! Its the first Monday after camp has finished and I am ALREADY missing it!

Hello everyone, so as you can already tell by the title of this blog, I've been busy working at a summer camp for most of my summer! The camp that I was working at is called Green Acres Camp. It was such an AMAZING experience for me and I was extremely blessed to have been a part of the camp community :) The people who worked there were wonderful people.

I first found out about the photographer position through my boyfriend and another friend. I have to be honest with you guys, I was pretty nervous when I was filling out my application. But thanks to the encouragement I got from my boyfriend I became less nervous and more excited!

As camp was approaching, the camp administration staff held meetings so that the camp counselors had an opportunity to meet everyone. It was there at these meetings that I got to meet the other photographer I would be working with, Alicia.

SIDE NOTE--> In the previous blog post I mentioned that I went on a photo shoot with two girls. Well from the pictures I shared Alicia is the girl with the short brown hair!!!

OK, back to meeting Alicia for the first time LOL.So turns out Alicia was not just a camp counselor but she also spent her time as a camper back when she was a child. HOW ADORABLE IS THAT!?!?!?! I can just picture little Alicia playing on the playground at camp HAHA.

I got from my first impression of Alicia that she was a friendly funny girl...which she still lives up to! We hit it off really well and it also helped calm my nervous. She helped me  get familiar with the camp grounds and telling me where each different Unit was located. The camp was a day camp and was held at the school Green Acres!

It was nice to see that the school ran a camp in the summer for its kids, because it really helps the children to love their school and what it offers them.

As the first week of camp approached, Alicia and I came up with a routine for taking pictures of the different campers in their units doing their daily activities. We thought it would better that while one of us was out taking pictures the other would be inside on the computer editing and uploading the pictures to the camp website.

After the first week of camp the remaining five weeks went by in a blink of an eye.

I left camp with new friends and new memories that I will always cherish!
Some memories that will remain with me include lunch time with Alicia where we would sit and watch Hey Arnold, Lizzie McGuire or Even Stevens. Another fond memory I have was preparing for Vaudeville, which was an assembly that the camp counselors put on for the campers. The assembly was a blast for both the campers and counselors. The different acts were amazing to watch and it left everyone laughing!!

Green Acres was definitely a highlight of my summer. I wish to return next year and have the chance to work with everyone who returns. It was a great experience for me and I loved EVERY minute of it :)

Sunday Funday

Indeed Sunday Was Fun
Photo Shoot

Hey Everyone! Okay so I do apologize that I have been M.I.A for a while, I KNOW!! :(

A lot has gone on since school let out for summer. I got accepted to work at a friend's mother's  camp. I have been working there for 5 weeks now and currently this week is my LAST WEEK! It's kind of a bitter sweet moment. I love working at camp, because I get to do what I love and I feel that I am good at. I am one of the photographers!!! :) YEY

So with Camp kind of taking over my summer I did find time to do other things, whether it was catch up with friends, having craft days, or meeting up for photo shoots. And that was actually what I did this past Sunday Funday :)

Last Sunday (yesterday July 20th) I was able to get a NEW friend from camp Alicia (the other photographer) to model for me along with one of her friends Carissa.  This photo shoot was a lot of fun because we kind of went on a mini adventure to find a Sunflower field.

At first we didn't get the  address right because the actual location wasn't near the final destination the GPS took us to. The field was along the side of the road. So after we finally arrived we just got right into our photo shoot! We found a good spot within the Sunflower field. Of course it was a little awkward because other people were wondering the field too also taking pictures.

Alicia and Carissa were a lot of fun to work with. It was funny because whenever they posed together and I told them to "smile" or "act happy together" they would joke with each other and say mean playful things to one another like, "I don't want to be with her"  something along those lines. We all had a great experience. We went to two different locations. The first like I said was the Sunflower field and the other was at a park center near Alicia's home.

After our photo shoot we were all in favor of heading over to one of our favorite places to eat.....PANERA!!!!! It is one of the GREATEST places in my opinion lol :)
Like usual I stuck with my favorite choice, the large Mac and Cheese with a bread on the side. Panera totally filled us and was the topping to such a great day!

So with no more delay I really REALLY want to share with everyone my photos :) I hope you enjoy them!

Those were just a few of my favorite ones :) to see more of my work you can check me out on Facebook at Tamara Moran Photography or my Tumblr also Tamara Moran Photography.

Thank You so much for your time