Ellen Mangiafico will be teaching a beginner Embody Yoga class in our studio. It will run for six Saturday’s in September and October. The first class is September 7th from 9:30-10:30 AM and is being offered at an introductory rate of $5.00.
To learn more please see our Facebook Event page here. We are looking forward to seeing you. ♥
I’ve been meaning to share that I’ve been accepted as a volunteer photographer with the Magic Hour Foundation.
The Magic Hour Foundation works to match professional photographers with cancer patients and survivors in order to provide a complimentary portrait session. It’s an opportunity for everyone to have some fun and create beautiful memories. If you know someone who may be wishing for something like this please share the site with them so they can apply for a session of their own. ♥
If I had my way, the money, the resources, etc most of my photography would be made using old processes. It’s not that I’ve done then so much as I admire the craft. The risk. The patience. The time invested. The skill that has to be developed. This is my first attempt at giving a nod to tin type, digitally. The first image is one I took last week, with something like this in mind. A Lensbaby Composer was used to give the natural hazy/blurry feel. I quite like it as is and enjoy the mood that’s created with all the texture layers. Which one speaks to you the most?
I love doing this kind of work. I’ve begged a friend recently to move closer to help me do more of this. She builds sets for plays and I’d love to create some for photographs.
“Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.”
~Amelia Barr
One comment that stood out to me from our senior portrait session together was Thea’s mom saying something like ”That’s beautiful, but it’s too … MAGAZINE”. This made us all laugh. It was both a compliment and a good reminder to me that we needed to change-up the style of the shoot a little bit. It was exciting though, to see the growth in my images. Maybe a year or so ago we would have said, “That’s cool, but it’s just too … 4th grade art project”. It was a true pleasure working with Jess and Thea. Both artists themselves, it was great to get their input on what we were doing, where we were photographing and how the light should be. Collaboration with other artists can be so energizing. Here are a handful of images we made that won’t make the yearbook but are still lovely and fun.
Sigh. These two are so sweet. Joshua & Jacob came into the studio for their second session with me. It’s amazing how much they’ve changed in just a few weeks – and I was so honored to document some of their cuteness. Mom was amazing, calmly balancing the needs of both boys, laughing when we did something silly and helping me move and prop them up. I was so impressed with her ease and confidence and am so glad I got to have this time with them.
Thea came to have her senior photo taken this week. Her mom Jessica and I met in the 7th grade – so it was pretty crazy to be taking a photo of her daughter – older than we were when we met!! They were gracious enough to humor me with some more artsy moments in between getting the senior portrait. Jessica was “the sun”, holding my light reflector and Thea was my “part time model” – posing in ways that didn’t feel overly natural – but worked well for the feeling I wanted to create. Thea asked me if I knew how to / if I ever played around with the colors of the image in my post processing. I normally don’t if it’s for a straight up portrait – but for fun I spent a few moment with these. Art portraiture is definitely a passion for me and I love them for giving me the time to experiment.
Last night was our first “Open Studio Wednesday”. My friend Jessica has been visiting from Maine for the past few days. She is a woman with many skills. Creative skills. I wish I could see the world through her eyes for a moment. We worked on a few projects while she was here, including print making and chicken coop wire sculpture forming. Jess and her daughter recently took a print making class using gelatin and they taught me the process last night. They also shaped me the beginnings of a new art piece that will be displayed in the front window of the studio. This morning we are going to work on dressing her up. You are welcome to join us next week. Open studio runs every Wednesday in August and September from 3-7PM.
Tania Palermo [Studio on Main] 