I had the opportunity today to meet Kiera, a photographer in my area whose blog I have been following for quite a while because I like her work. If you check it out, you’ll immediately see why. Kiera does great portraits that have a warm, funky feel to them (and I mean warm in the best possible way) and her kid shots are truly real.

Here is one my FAVORITE pictures that Kiera made (of her daughter at Halloween):

Awesome.

Anyway, what made meeting Kiera so great today was that she was nice, friendly, and open – a gal willing to talk and share about photography with another photographer. It is actually a rare quality, I’ve found. Many photographers out there are so scared that you’ll take business away from them that they are as friendly as a porcupine with allergies. (It is an odd thing that I hadn’t expected at all when I first got into the professional photography business.)

But Kiera wasn’t a porcupine. And neither is Jen. Or Justin. (They totally rock, and I’ll talk about them soon.)