<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Absolutely Nanda]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photographer, Graphic Designer, Business Consultant, Website Designer, Illustrator serving the Mid Hudson Valley, NY and NYC since 2010.]]></description><link>https://www.absolutelynanda.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:30:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.absolutelynanda.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What to Expect From a Relaxed Hudson Valley Portrait Session]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hear a version of the same worry so often: “I am not good in front of the camera.” And I always wish people could see what I see. You do not have to be good at having your picture taken. You only have to show up as yourself. Maybe you are celebrating graduation, family gathering, creating portraits just for you, or finally making time for photographs with the people you love. Whatever brings you here, I want the experience to feel personal, relaxed and a little bit magical in its own...]]></description><link>https://www.absolutelynanda.com/post/relaxed-hudson-valley-portrait-session</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aedfcdcef29441ac0e7df3e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:22:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05391a_587e70729b494f74a1c8f1e92556e1f7~mv2_d_7360_4912_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nanda</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family Photos in Rhinebeck and Hyde Park: Finding the Beauty in Real Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Family Photos in Rhinebeck and Hyde Park: Finding the Beauty in Real Life An invitation to slow down, be together, and make beautiful memories in the Hudson Valley. There is something about the Hudson Valley that makes me want to slow down. Maybe it's the way the light moves through the trees in the late afternoon. The little roads, old houses, open fields, and villages that seem to hold so many stories. Or perhaps it's simply that I've learned to pay more attention to the small things. A...]]></description><link>https://www.absolutelynanda.com/post/family-photos-rhinebeck-hyde-park-hudson-valley</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aedfcdcef29441ac0e7df3f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:57:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05391a_3265e7de13694e7990e913ee51a3922e~mv2_d_7360_4912_s_4_2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nanda</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Shouldn't Wait to Be Photographed]]></title><description><![CDATA[An honest little reflection on self-acceptance, being seen, and why your life deserves to be remembered. I think we spend so much of our lives waiting. Waiting to lose a little weight. Waiting for our skin to look better, for our hair to cooperate, for the children to get a little older, for life to settle down. Waiting to feel beautiful enough, confident enough, ready enough. And sometimes, without even realizing it, we spend years stepping out of the photographs that would one day mean the...]]></description><link>https://www.absolutelynanda.com/post/why-you-shouldnt-wait-for-family-photos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aedfcdcef29441ac0e7df3d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:34:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05391a_44d1b9a3a8624d05a04d2c73fa7f9977~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nanda</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>