While walking around Central Park looking for a good location to sketch, Aidan took this small yellow notebook out of his bag:
“These are some of my earlier drawings,” he said, “if you’d like to take a look.”
I loved that he brought tis little notebook around, even if it wasn’t the one he was using to sketch that day, as a reminder of how far he’d come artistically. A time to reflect on how far he’s come as an artist.
The photo you see above is his first sketch of the Manhattan Bridge from summer 2021, which he then drew again two years later:
This is what Creative Process Sessions are all about – celebrating yourself and your process as an artist. It’s not only about documenting your process, it’s also paying homage to the tools that got you to where you are today: experimenting with your first camera, playing your first guitar, holding your favorite ink pen.
What are Creative Process Sessions?
In a nutshell, Creative Process Sessions are a type of photo session solely around the process of how you work, no matter what you do. Think of this as an unposed branding session – instead of smiling for the camera and hoping it captures who you are, all you have to do is make your art, and I take care of capturing it.
Ideas for creative process sessions include:
- sketching at sunrise in your favorite spot
- taking film photos around your neighborhood
- brainstorming with clients
- recording a song
- jamming out with your friends on the roof
- writing at your desk
- styling a model
- making collages
- doing a bride’s makeup
- cooking your favorite meal
- painting a mural on your basement wall
- dancing in the studio
- filming a music video
- throwing a bowl on the pottery wheel
- pulling tarot cards
- knitting a sweater
- embroidering a pillow
- arranging flowers
- touching up a tattoo
- making clay earrings
…or literally anything else that makes you feel like you’re in creative flow.
The idea behind this session type is that your creative process is one of the most sacred things to you as an artist. It reveals what inspires you, how you let ideas manifest, and how you choose to bring them to life. Every interaction you have within your creative process is a chance to demonstrate who you are and how you work.
This offering was made for the creatives who want to pull back the curtain and reveal the face behind their work. It’s for the artists who want to better connect with their fans and give them more than just the end result. It’s for the entrepreneurs who want to show their ideal clients how they work, but are tired of pulling out their phone to take behind-the-scenes content.
This is for any creative soul with the courage to share their unfinished projects, because they know it will help them embrace the parts of themselves that are still in progress, too.
What’s Included?
2-hour photo session
Creative Process Sessions are unlike any session I’ve offered before—the entire session is designed to capture you in your element, so I won’t be posing you until the very end when we take a few headshots and show off your finished product.
You get to decide which parts of your creative process you’d like to capture, and I’ll follow your lead. In your final gallery, you’ll get 50+ images showing off different aspects of you interacting with your work (as an example, the photos you see below are from Aidan’s gallery, where he sketched different scenes around Central Park).
Behind-the-scenes footage
One of the most difficult parts of being an artist and/or creative entrepreneur is to remember to take footage! You’re in the zone – of course you’re not thinking of taking out your phone (and that’s how it should be!)—but when it comes time to post on Reels or TikTok, you’re scrambling for compelling footage to include. Let me take care of the BTS with a few iPhone videos at different points in your process for you to use (and reuse) for your social media content.
You can find more info about Creative Process Sessions here!
Aidan’s Creative Process
Aidan is a plein air sketch artist who loves to sketch the places where he lives and create zines with the sketches of his favorite places. I followed him around Central Park for a day, documenting how sketch process and only stopping to pose him for headshots at the very end.
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