ÉN GRY & SIF - AVON GLASS

I have really been loving textures lately and I think it's pretty obvious with my next assignment. We were given the task to do both an open assignment (we got to CHOOSE what to take photos of!!!) and glass or alcohol shot that were advertisements. I'm starting with my open assignment because I really loved how it turned out. I was wanting to shoot something that I felt fit my style and something that I would enjoy photographing so I chose this cute clutch that was a gift to me from Én Gry & Sif. Such a neat company! All the textures with the fuzzy wool, crisp dried flowers and gritty wood. I added the blurry flowers on the right just for this post because I liked how to two went together. And the red candy dish is actually an Avon Collectible from my Grandma.

MORTAR + PESTLE

This assignment was to take a photo of a timeless object, one that wouldn't be dated in a few years. I photographed this beautiful olive wood mortar and pestle from Anthropologie. I love the richness and textures.

THE UGLI TRUTH

Here's my next assignment, a magazine spread for food. I totally went an opposite way from everyone else in the class doing a more comical style but I think it turned out great! This is another design I made myself. It's has such a fun yearbook superlatives feel! And yes, it's real. Ugli fruit is really a fruit... and it's really yummy! I made the faces by hand which were also a lot of fun to create.

KNITTY GRITTY

Whew! Halfway through the quarter already. Here's one of my first assignments. Our guidelines were just to make an editorial fashion item so I really wanted to shoot my beautiful knit headband from Anthropologie (LOVELOVELOVE this store!!!). We worked with a designer to come up with a fashion editorial spread for a magazine. I actually made this design on my own while messing around in my spare time and thought it was pretty cute! I actually love designing as well as photography so it's hard for me to not play around with my images. :) It was a great experience to work with a designer and challenging at the same time to make sure it was something that we both could benefit from. More soon...

2010... A LITTLE LATE

It's been a while since I have posted on here and after getting several "complaints" I decided to just post a little something to let you know I'm still alive! :) I'm back and school and things are in a whirl so I haven't had much time to blog. Projects will be posted soon! This quarter we are focusing again on still life (no people :( )but incorporating it into layouts for advertisements and editorial spreads. We get to work with the design students to collaborate and come up with some great stuff! (I'm really excited to show you what I've been working on with my designers these first couple weeks!)

Anyways... it's 2010... the year I graduate college! And a lot of great things are in store for me this year. But for now, to keep those "complainers" quiet :) a session I did during a full fledged snow storm over break for my friend Sara and her brother Matt. They were so awesome and willing to brave the snow but it was totally worth it because the snow looked beautiful!

JAYDA

Meet sweet baby Jayda! She is such a beautiful baby with a wonderful family. Hope you guys enjoy this little sneak peek!