<![CDATA[ <body> <h1>Kristin Chalmers Photography | www.kristinchalmersphoto.com</h1> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td align="left" class="links"><a href="/index.html"><span class="links"><a href="/index.html" target="_top"><font color="#999999"></font></a></span> <span class="links"> <a href="/portfolio.html?folio=Weddings" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Weddings</font></a> <a href="/portfolio.html?folio=The%20Goof%20Booth%1A" target="_top"><font color="#999999">The Goof Booth</font></a> <a href="/portfolio.html?folio=Family%20Fun" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Family Fun</font></a> <a href="/portfolio.html?folio=Personal%20stuff" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Personal stuff</font></a> </span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=1" target="_top"><font color="#666666"><b>who am i?</b></font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=4" target="_top"><font color="#999999">props from my peeps</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=5" target="_top"><font color="#999999">view your images/order your stuff</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=6" target="_top"><font color="#999999"><a href="http://www.kristinchalmersphoto.blogspot.com/" target="_new">BLOG</a></font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=8" target="_top"><font color="#999999">what's this gonna cost me?</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=9" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Contact Us</font></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> </tr> </table> <h1>who am i? | Kristin Chalmers Photography | www.kristinchalmersphoto.com</h1></span><br> <div> <p> <img alt="" height="400" src="/users/KristinChalmers650/Image/smushkiss.jpg" width="314" /></p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big>I didn’t really pick up a camera until my late 20’s.</big></span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I was a dancer (not on a pole) for 18 years and traveled all over the US and Europe by the time I was 23.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I use to work as an MC for RAVES in the 90s and once performed for over 25,000 people in Germany. I opened for MOBY. Yes, it was crazy!</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I graduated from Emerson College at 30 years old, and sold everything I owned to move to LA. I produced reality TV for 9 years while I was there.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I once was a rapper and my name was MC Sweet 'n Lo.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">When I was 12, I had a subscription to Life Magazine and National Geographic, just for the photos, which were literally wallpapered to every spot in my room.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I was the cover girl for "High Times" Magazine in May of 1993. Don't believe me? Click <a href="http://www.undergroundcollectibles.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/25644/subcatid/0/id/403014">here</a> to look it up!</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">I was a winner in the Gordon Parks National Photo Competition in 1999 with one of the first photographs I ever took with a 35mm camera. I entered on a dare.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I think that Mini Ripperton’s “Inside my Love” is possibly the greatest love song EVER.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I’m a Philly girl and even though I don’t live there anymore, you will NEVER get the Philly out of me. (Tony Lukes for me! NOT Geno's or Pats)</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I'm obsessed with the Robert Indiana LOVE image and currently own three statues of it as well as a custom made necklace of the image as well.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I love all kinds of hip-hop and old soul music.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">We never listen to children’s music in our house and my kids LOVE Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Grover Washington Jr. and currently Broken Bells.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I have cried at almost every wedding I’ve shot.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">My oldest son has Autism and therefore I have the patience of Job. <strong>No</strong> child is too difficult for me. (He is beating it and people don't believe me when I tell them he has it)</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I think "The Upside Down Show" and think is the greatest children's show you've NEVER heard of.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I don’t have a cancelation policy for kid shoots because they can get sick or cranky at the drop of a dime.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I’m pretty flexible and always tell my clients, “Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want, I may just say “yes”. I feel that way about life in general.</span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">My husband and I have three rules in our marriage. And they totally work for us big time.</span></span></p> <ol> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big>No screaming when we fight</big></span></span></li> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big>No arguing about money</big></span></span></li> <li> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big>No TV in the bedroom</big></span></span></li> </ol> <p> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">I can't believe I actually get paid to do what I do! </span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </p> <div> Wedding and family photography for people who don't want the normal stuff. </body> ]]>