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Some photos from my phase 3 finals...





Never get yourself into anything that you can't get out of.

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At Pinch with Joyce

Joyce and I have a strange story. Last September, on the first weekend after I started at Hallmark, my friends and I decided to explore Northampton, which was one of the closer towns. I happened to pass by Pinch, a store that hosted works by several local artists. The front windows were decorated by spoon chandeliers and believe it or not, folded books hanging on sticks. To me, they look like enormous origami encased in hardbound leather. I entered the shop, drawn to these pieces. Being a lit major, I've never seen such a beautiful desecration.

Stepping inside was a beginning to an interesting correspondence.

I ended up leaving all of my information with Meg, who works at the store, when she told me that these books were hand-made by a "little old lady." I didn't know what I was imagining or expecting at that time but I just knew that I needed to photograph Joyce with her beautiful books. How could she not be an interesting subject if she created these things? I didn't need to meet her to know that I wanted to photograph her. In the next 6 months, we ended up e-mailing back and forth, attempting to organize a photoshoot but it never happened because of random circumstances. The first time I called her, she thought I was a telemarketer and she hung up after saying, "No, sorry. I don't want to buy anything." Hilarious.

I can't tell you how happy I am that we finally did it after all these months of planning. Meeting her was like meeting an instant friend. She was lovely and warm, and actually quite spunky. The photoshoot went well to say the least. She was a natural at posing her hands and controlling her expressions. My job couldn't have been easier. :)

These two are my favorites but we tried many things. It's interesting going through the photos and seeing how two strangers could trust each other so easily. It was great. I am honored to have taken these.

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Logo/Business card

I am currently in phase 3... steadily navigating through the marketing/packaging maze of planning a photography business in between shoots and retouching classes. Part of the program is coming up with a logo and a specific "look." The trouble I had in the beginning was finding the middle ground between "classy and modern" and "organic and fun." I didn't want it to be too static or too girly. My instructor Peter Chilton helped me out a lot by teaching me a bit of Adobe Illustrator so that I could draw the 'K.' I think we were pretty successful. Here's the official business card. Hope you all like it!

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Recent Work: High Key portrait

Model: Freya Faeona
Make-up: Liz Washer
Hair: Jen Adamites

The Actual Shoot taken by Liz:

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I've lost a couple of friends in the span of 10 years and it's never been easy. Especially since they're all still alive and I could still run into them. It makes me wonder if they bother to archive good memories despite [insert incident here]. What happens to those rare instances when two people actually share something genuinely honest? I must be one-sided here and over-assuming things. The memories in question might not be as valuable as I would think. I admit that I still think about them except on most days when I don't, but not in the "crying-over-spilled-milk" sort of way, at least most of the time. I do have some regrets though.

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