dashoot

sorry it took a million years, but you know what happens at the end of the last semester of college--- stress city.

there's a lot going on and i just submitted five pieces of work to a juried gallery at my school, the Ardelia Williams Gallery.  I turned in all three pieces of stained glass (which I need to put pictures of up here sometime) and two of the images you'll see on this post.

This shoot was really fun to shoot and almost as much fun to edit.  Lindsey is a great model.  She took pictures of me on Tuesday and they turned out great!  Check them out on the fashion section of her website!


Without further adieu,

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Urban

Here's a preview of a photo shoot I did today with Lindsey Wachter.  She is an amazing photographer and model and caught my dream for the shoot right away.

This has been one of my most proud shoots in a while, I came into it with a vision and almost every single one of them came out spot on to what I had imagined in my head.

One of the major reasons why I felt the need to use Lindsey for this session is that I have noticed that I sometimes have a difficult time communicating my concept for a shoot or image to my model.  Therefore, they have a hard time modeling for me.  I asked her to be my model so she could help me direct her in a more clear way.  I feel that  since she caught on to my vision quickly, she was really able to critique my communication skills well.  Isn't she just beautiful!?!?

Be waiting for more!

Simple headshots with my hotshot.

So my wonderful boyfriend Mike Kaiser is going to be published in the Steinbeck Review [for the second time!!!].  The first publication was a poem he wrote based on a story by Steinbeck.  This one will be an essay he wrote and submitted to a contest.

Yesterday we went out to take pictures for the headshot that will be used.  The pictures look good pretty much just because he is an attractive guy, but there were a few that I really loved.

[this is the one that will be published!]

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playing around with flash

Most of the work that I do for myself right now is experimental. I am working with what I have learned and pairing it with skills that I have developed over the last 7-8 years and just being creative.  Most of the time things don't work out.  There are folders and folders of photoshoots gone wrong on my harddrive.  It's sort of discouraging but being creative with what you are learning is the best way to go even with the risk of failure.  Among those folders of "failed shoots" are successful shoots and most of the time I needed to fail to get to the success.

I have yet to decide about how much i love these pictures.  I did a little playing around with flash & slash.  Pop of light, followed by a long exposure.

I am so inspired right now by the photography I'm seeing in Kristen Marie's  work.  She is a wonderful photographer who I got the opportunity to talk to for a bit.  She is based in Seattle and is in community with other incredible wedding photographers James Moes, Max Wanger, Sean Flanigan, Ben Blood, and Jenny Jimenez.  

Look and be inspired!

Love love love.

Tea + Milk

Second photo shoot for McConn went really well.  I took pictures for the new menu item -- Tea Lattes!

Steep tea in steamed milk and you have a creamy little treat that some people really love a lot.

I really enjoyed photographing the ad for them a bit more than drinking them but that's okay you should still try one!!!

Also!  I redesigned my logo!!!

I know, I know, I keep redesigning.  I just keep on changing my preferences and needing a new design! Give me some input if you have any.  

Keep an eye out for pictures from California aaaaand a photo shoot I did for fun, messing around with lighting and some flash & slash stuff.  some different work to come.  

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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

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