Posts Tagged ‘pictures’
Today’s Photo Experiment – Digital Wet Plate
In Art, art portraiture, local artist, Photography, Portrait on August 31, 2013 at 5:25 PM
Magic Hour Foundation
In Children, Photography, Portrait on August 27, 2013 at 5:32 PMI’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. ♥
Making something new, old … tin type [ish] photograph
In Art, art portraiture, local artist, Photography, Portrait on August 20, 2013 at 6:09 PM
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?
Art Portraiture
In Art, art portraiture, local artist, Photography, Portrait on August 19, 2013 at 5:33 PMI 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
More [not] Senior Portraits with Thea
In Art, art portraiture, local artist, Photography, Portrait, senior on August 18, 2013 at 3:53 PMOne 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.
More baby love with Joshua & Jacob – Twin Newborn Baby Session
In Children, Photography, Portrait on August 17, 2013 at 10:24 AMSigh. 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.
Senior Photo “Artsy Extras”
In Art, art portraiture, Business, local artist, Photography, Portrait, senior on August 15, 2013 at 5:27 PMThea 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.
Old Soul – One more photograph from my session with Elizabeth
In Children, local artist, Photography, Portrait on August 12, 2013 at 4:57 PM
One of the things that really struck me in my portrait session with Elizabeth was how at moments she reflected the parts of her that are still little girl, sometimes who she was in the moment – and now and then there were glimpses of who she will become. In this image she seems to be reflecting an old soul, even someone from the past. I found the moment very powerful. Do you see all of these things in yourself? We all carry with us part of the past, present and future. It was really cool to witness and capture it.
Tania Palermo [Studio on Main] 