Desde chica Mónica ha bailado el ballet folklórico del Estado Mexicano de Jalisco. Su madre cosió por mano su vestido bonito. Fuimos al estudio un día frío en invierno y sacamos fotos, y aprendí que tengo mucho que aprender con respeto a tela que está moviendo!
Since Mónica was little she has danced ballet folklórico from the Mexican state of Jalisco. Her mother even made her beautiful dress by hand! We went to the studio on a cold wintery day and took some shots, and I learned I have a lot to learn about taking photos with moving fabric!
I met Bárbara while swimming on an intramural team at the University of Chile in Santiago. She specializes in swimming in freezing water (32-48 degrees Fahrenheit) and let me tag along to document one of her practice swims at Laguna del Inca behind Ski Portillo, a ski center at 2880m (9450ft) in altitude. She is training to swim at the World Championship in ice swimming in Russia next year!
First time doing portraits in awhile! I met Eva as a fellow exchange student last semester, and we had a lovely afternoon at Quinta Normal park taking some shots.
I had a vague idea of what I wanted to do for this shoot, done during the last day of finals week. One swimmer friend and a dark-colored bed-sheet later, this is what came out:
This forest filled with beautiful golden afternoon light was perfect for portraits of these two beautiful young women. This gorgeous place was only a short walk from the animal sanctuary we were volunteering at over fall break. Meant to be...
Alex found a spiderweb
Golden Michigan light
Achingly honest beauty
Linda's creative vision of having the leaves fall around Alex comes to life
I took the plunge and purchased studio lighting (knowledge of how to use it not included). Thanks to some awesome studio lighting tutorials by CreativeLive and patient friends willing to model, here is the first batch of studio-lit portraits.
I've been itching to post these since Catherine and I did this shoot this summer for her upcoming album (!!!). I am lucky to know this amazing human as a friend and as the talented artist she is. Check out her music page hereand listen to her music on her Youtube channel here. Fun fact: she was one of the first senior photo shoots I did when I was still in high-school.
S.m.o.l.d.e.r.
The ethereal soul sits gracefully in the dawn of wonderland...
