Senior Show

Now that the show is coming down on thursday, i have finally gotten around to posting about it.  Hope you were able to see it in person while it was up, but if not, i guess you will see it here and i might even show it again soon!

Like I said last time, my senior show ended up being a revisited project that I began over a year ago when I had my heart broken and a lot of big questions to ask.

Here's the series as it was finally presented.

All prints are available for purchase, just contact me!

Here's some documentary of the evening, thanks to my dad the designated photographer of the day.

Janelle Vagnier

Adam Boxell

All image are © Kirsten Tornes Photography 2010

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crema

First of all, I would like to report that I am in Nashville, TN - the home of so many many talented visual and musical artists.  The concentration of talent here is almost overwhelming but also incredibly inspirational.  I am thinking I will bust out my camera tomorrow, but so far, I have been taking it easy and relaxing all day long.  It's been so incredible to see so many friends and faces that I have not seen in so long.  

Thank you, Nashville.  

Next, I am going to post my senior show in a little bit.  Be patient and know that my concept changed at the last minute so it's not actually what I thought [and probably wrote about] before.  I revisited an old project and finally completed it, shooting more, revising the imagery and rewriting the artist statement.  

Be excited!!!!

Also, last weekend I got to do a photo shoot for a latte art workshop that was put together by McConn Coffee Co., where I work at school and taught by the incredibly talented baristas at Alliance World Coffees in Muncie, Indiana.

The workshop was not only a great learning experience but tons of fun.  McConn baristas of all skill sets came out to learn something new.  Some work was beautiful and some was just plain funny.

[i got a break from the camera to try it too!]

All Images are © Kirsten Tornes Photography 2010

Please Don't Steal.

Senior Show Coming Up!

My senior show is coming up reeeeeally soon.  All of the images for my concept were due today and it was truly an experience.  There were some complications with approval of my advisor but the show is finished and brilliant and complete.  I feel very good about it right now.  Tomorrow the professors will meet, critique and approve or deny certain pieces.  From there is the process of framing and preparing for show.  

Please come if you are able.  There will be a snacks and punch!

Lots of Updates

Well,

I am back at school for my last semester (sigh of relief) and busier than I have ever been before.

My senior show is coming up and I am pretty behind on the work relating to getting it all done.

I will keep the concept and everything a secret for now.  Hopefully that will draw people to come.  It's still unclear as to where the show will be, and hopefully the location my group proposed will be approved by tomorrow.  If not, the search will continue.

My images for that are due on February 11th for review, critique and, panel approval.  Final submission will be the hanging on February 19th.  The show is on the following Monday the 22nd.

If you can, I would love to see as many people as possible.  This has been an incredible journey to get this far and I am really proud of the work and concept I'm dealing with.  I hope to share it with as many people as possible.  That day will really be a special time of celebration for me.

That's my plug for now.  Another will most definitely be coming especially when I figure out the location.  :o)

In other news, I did a documentary shoot of my mom when I was at home that I STILL haven't had the time to edit through.  I love taking pictures of my parents.  I'll get those up here when I finally get to them.

My new camera came in.  I have upgraded from my little Rebel xt to a (still older version but WAY nicer) 1DS Mark II.  The camera is beautiful and I am really happy with it.

Yesterday in the midst of working test prints in Van Dyke Brown for my show, I did a product shoot for the coffee shop I work at, McConn.  We came out with a new drink recently, a mixture of yogourt and our frozen Jet Tea Smoothie.

All images are © Kirsten Tornes Photography

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www.kirstentornes.com

Allright.  So the site is up and running.  Officially.  There are probably still kinks that need to be sorted out, but hopefully we can all look past that and see the work that has been put in so far.  I will be continuing to work on the site, fixing it up to the best of my abilities.

I'm really excited.  Hope you enjoy it!