Bubble Gum Punk

I had to do a series of photographs for Portraiture of the same person but in 3 different photographs.
I decided to go with a bubble gum theme, however, my model was having problems blowing bubble so we ended up sticking with pulling the gum, which made it interested. 

Here are some of the photos I took in the studio (Which was one of the three photos I had for my final)

I love these studio shots though. 

Amber is so fun and full of spunk!

This was the winner for the series. 

The only bubble we got!

Friends.

Life has been crazy this week but turning around and relaxing a bit. 

On Monday morning I felt so sad and needed some cheering up. 

I asked a couple of my girlfriends to model for me Monday morning, some photos I've been looking to do for awhile with these two ladies. 

Our little shoot was full of fun and laughs. Just what I needed. 

You can't forget to laugh and have fun.

Confidence, Attitude, and Health.

Yesterday and Thursday I was shooting photos for an event called "Project Inception." A good friend contacted me about it telling me how they needed a student photographer. I contacted them and got it right away. I knew this would be great exposure for me but I didn't realize just how much! It was quite the experience. I have also been writing in a little journal every night all of the things I'm thankful for that day, sometimes it's big things, the little things, or things about myself I'm thankful for. I realized just how important these few things are to have being in the field I am. 

One. My confidence.
This is probably the biggest thing for me. 

Thursday morning at the event I was a little worried that I would be a distraction up in the front moving around a lot while others were trying to pay attention to the speaker. I asked someone if I was being a distraction and they told me I was doing a great job. He also told me that he coaches a little league team and to think like the pitcher. Don't worry about all of the other distractions around you and do what you know is right and go with your gut. I don't know anything about baseball, but I connected with it alright. After I found my confidence my photographs ended up a lot stronger. 

Two. My positive attitude. 

It was a wonderful thing to have someone approach me and say "You just seem so fun and sweet! Do you have a business card?" 

Three. A healthy body

I always wonder how people can shoot events while being out of shape. Because really, it takes so much energy and leg strength! I woke up yesterday morning with my leg muscles just yelling "Ah!" because of all of the crouching and running around I did the previous day. I guess it was a good sign though that I was doing my job and working hard.

"BE SO GOOD THEY CAN'T IGNORE YOU."

-Steve Martin

That one teal bike.

I just simply liked this bike. 

I think it's the color and the snow together. 

Taken with a lensbaby spark.

Watermark

I have updated my watermark/logo.

As you can probably tell, all I added was the little line.

Boom. Simplicity. 

Holga Holga.

I've become in love with my holga.
A Holga is a medium format 120 film plastic toy camera. (A toy!)

I remember I wanted a Holga for so long & finally had a reason to get one. One of my projects was to do a a series of 3 11x14 darkroom prints using a 4x5 or holga, since I was using a 4x5 all term. I most definitly went with a holga. My entire class got the same holga, a black 120. So I knew I had to put some creative touches to mine by adding some color. 

I've ended up using this for multiple projects and even won a red ribbon at the county fair with one of my photos. I think it's something I've found a strength in & something I really enjoy. 

I have a two rolls of film that I still need to develop. One color and the other black and white.
I don't know how much I like using color with my holga yet. I think I really enjoy black and white because I can develop it myself & there's not too much saturated color.
I'm entering in a couple art shows soon and think I will enter some holga images, that way I can make larger prints of them in the darkroom.

My Mister Holga. 

Paris Amour

I had a brand new set and thought it would be great to shoot in the studio.

I used a 4x5 camera and composited a different background.