kelly boitano photography

I MOVED!

2010-04-14T07:21:00.000-07:00

hi everyone! i moved here

click there, or follow me on tumblr to see what new stuff i've been working on.
xo

Annie & Tahm

2010-04-02T13:45:00.000-07:00

This is a couples shoot I did over spring break in California. This is my good friend Annie and her sweet boy Tahm. They go together like peas and carrots.

me, 12 times

2010-04-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

my latest self portrait.

I feel like all the self portraits I've taken are super quiet and moody. Although its the kind of imagery I like to create, the real me is a goofball. I'm thinking its a pretty fitting selfi :)

moments in March

2010-04-01T10:10:00.000-07:00

...cheesy title yes I know.
So a few weeks ago we had 6 more pictures due for our Phase 3 assignment. But this time, we were allowed to do whatever we want. For me, I was thrilled about it. I felt more imaginative and creative than ever. Plus it was nice to go out and shoot outside. Not only did I model 10 times for people. but I got 3 more shots done than I was suppose to... Yes, I am a bad@$$!

Here are the images I submitted for the assignment:

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babies

2010-03-15T19:01:00.001-07:00

always a challenge to photograph, but they all so stinkin cute!

Phase 3 assignment

2010-03-14T17:52:00.001-07:00

This post is about 2 weeks too late! Here are some of my phase 3 assignments. They're kindof random because the assigments were all over the place. But I'm greateful for that challenge. Here we have a high key, low key, executive, outdoor portrait, advertisement and glass shot. I'm no where near content with my work- but this phase taught me a lot. We weren't allowed to use any Hallmark students so I was forced to go out and ask people in my community to model. Each expierence was a great one. I hope you like:

here to stay..

2010-02-28T11:56:00.000-08:00

..or at least for now.

I haven't blogged much lately. Probably because; (a.) I've been thinking a lot about switching to a different blog site or starting completely fresh. (b.) I've been thinking a lot about branding myself and I think my most current posts contradict the direction I want to go in. (c.) school is kicking my ass. and (d.) to be honest, most of the photographs I've uploaded here arn't ones I'm necessarily proud of. BUT, I think they show growth and one day, I'll look back at all my posts and remember how great the expierence was or be very excited for how much I've learned.

So, as of now, I am staying here at this blog. In the next few weeks I will be starting up kellyboitano.com (which I'm SO excited about).

I hope you are having a lovely weekend :)

Kelly

whats a photoblog post without uploading a photo? Here is one of my most recent commercial studio shots. more to come!

softbox fun

2010-01-24T15:19:00.000-08:00

the following shots are done with one softbox from the right:

Two softboxes:

she made so many cute faces...so i put them all together :)

Greg Heisler himself!

Self Portrait

2010-01-22T19:15:00.000-08:00

For this assignments we were asked to find a piece of art that speaks to our soul. I looked at a lot of art from the 20's and 50's and stumbled upon a piece by Bernard Villemot. I liked the simple and bold colors, the girly-ness, the pose, and those big red lips! So after hours of sowing, cutting, picture taking, editing, re-editing, and blodding fingers later....here is a replication "Bally"..

original:

self-portrait:

Miriam & Justin

2010-01-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

My friends Miriam and Justin (who are actually dating and very much in love) agreed to model for me for a faux engagement session. They were so cute and fun and so willing and excited to go out and play! So here are some pictures of love, and some good looking faces too:

cupcakes take the cake

2010-01-15T14:41:00.000-08:00

TGIF! So thankful for for Fridays...and even for

thankful for 3 day weekends. In the spirt of this happiness,

I though I'd post a picture of my very first food assignment.

Love!

CD assignment

2010-01-13T08:23:00.000-08:00

Below is my CD assignment for my design class. I used photographs of my friend Miriam and turned into a sassy musician! I used InDesign for creating the layout and Photoshop for the doing the inside cover. I thought it was a pretty cool thing to learn!

Back Cover Front Cover

Inside Cover:

High Key Portrait Studio

2010-01-04T05:29:00.000-08:00

Scene in the studio

2010-01-04T05:20:00.000-08:00

The photo above was taken in the studio, where it looked somewhat like the setup below. I just think its so neat to make a small space and a few lights look like a window-lit room.

Lizzy& her art.

2010-01-03T21:08:00.000-08:00

Over Christmas break I took A LOT of pictures... these might just be my favorite. These shots of Lizzy were done for my "Envoironmental Portrait" assignment which means I was suppose to photograph someone in their environment. I love Lizzys look and style and I knew her work was incredible and unique..so, I asked her if I could photograph her. I'm glad I did because she was fun and super easy to take pictures of. Here are some of my favorites:

2009-12-18T17:58:00.000-08:00

i may not be blogging for a few weeks while i'm on break...so i thought i'd write up a post saying MERRY CHRISTMAS :)

hope its filled with good people, good food and good music..

(like the Gloria Estefan Christmas CD).

that.is.all.

.love.

photo by: Kimberly Clark

getting ready

2009-12-18T17:16:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago my friend Kelley and I shot Ryan and Heather's wedding. Ceremony and reception pictures will be posted after the holiday break... until then, here's a few pictures of Heather and the girls getting ready:

:)

2009-12-17T15:52:00.000-08:00

The other day my teacher, Peter Chilton, made a video with me and some of my classmates in it for a Nikon contest. Its suuuuper cute and if you don't smile after watching it then you are the Grinch.

home depot fun

2009-12-17T15:07:00.000-08:00

Today in Gregory Hesiler's class we played with lights that were under $100 from Home Depot. Honestly it was one of the most fun classes I have had yet (and thats saying a lot because 97% of my classes are fun). We had a long florescent light with a grid over it and a $12 carpenter bowl with a 60 watt light bulb in it. To the right of Lisa and Christine was a shower curtain. Ohhh yahh..

It was so fun to mess with such unintimidating gear and to experiment with radically warm and cool tones. Lastly, what was SO wonderful is to know I can create images I think are kinda cool that don't have to cost me thousands of dollars in lighting equipment.

Christine:

Lisa:

Filming it up.

2009-12-16T18:53:00.001-08:00

its been awhile since i've shot with film, SO if any film snobs are out there (& yes, you guys are the most snobby of all photo snobs), i would like to say that i acknowledge that these photos are fogged and yes, i know that the heads are cut in half. ok, ok... i'm rusty... but i will persevere!

although they have their flaws, i think they're pretty interesting. its fun to take my sweet time with my new Diana and to experiment. next time i'll try out color and try loading the film in correctly :)

alright, enough defending my photos.. here we go:

self-portrait,

Mmm.

2009-12-12T16:40:00.001-08:00

Did I mention I recently fell in love with the commercial studio? Here is this weeks product shot, shot with a small softbox next to the milk and a raw light on the background:

Oliver.

2009-12-12T16:33:00.000-08:00

My my Oliver is super talented and super fun to photograph. More are coming shortly, stay tuned ya'll...

still-life

2009-12-08T12:30:00.000-08:00

I remember the only thing I wasn't looking forward to doing at school was working in the commercial studio. Now, its one of my favorite places to be, although at times it can be pretty tedious. So far everything is pretty basic and technical, but soon we'll be kicking it up a few notches. Here is some of the stuff I've done so far:

The Keller Wedding (part 1)

2009-11-28T09:16:00.000-08:00

When my friend David Ducane asked me to be the second shooter at the wedding he was hired to photograph, I was ecstatic. Being obsessed with wedding photography and being someone who loves love, I had always wanted to shoot a couple’s big day.
Early Saturday morning last week, David, Dakota and I took a long and exhausting bus ride to New Jersey where we were met by David’s cutie-patootie girlfriend, Chelsea. The rest of the night we were loved on and fed by the lovely Ducane family. Although I did a fairly good job at hiding my nervousness, deep down I was stressed and feeling insecure. Without trying, the Ducane family calmed my nerves and soon I was excited to help document Laura and Justin’s wedding.
I woke up a couple hours earlier then the boys did to get pretty and to practice what I was most nervous about: the flash! A few hours later, with bellies full of chi tea and cinnamon rolls, we found ourselves at the house of the bride-to-be. We first shot the girls getting ready and some candid’s of the cute little kids. After that, we were off to the wedding ceremony (which flew by fast) followed by the reception where it got reeeally fun for us and where the guests let loose! Long story short it was an amazing experience and I'm so grateful I lost by wedding virginity to the Keller's! They are such a fun couple that are blessed to have an awesome family. If every wedding I shoot has a wild and entertaining family and group of friends like theirs, I will be one happy photographer!
Mostly I loved being on the dance floor with the guests and getting the chance to photograph with David and watch him shoot and interact with people. I am so very grateful for the opportunity to second shoot and can't wait for the next few weddings coming up. Although it's stressful and demanding, to witnessing and to photograph a couple in love and in their happiest moment is the most rewarding thing.
This is just the first batch.. more are to come. These are the pictures I took, to see the ones David too go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photofanatic_photography/ (he focused more on the bride and groom). Hope you enjoy!

self-promotion

2009-11-20T15:44:00.001-08:00

One of the assignments this week was to create a self-promotion piece using the techniques we've been learning recently. I'm usually my own worst critic, especially about a lot of the pictures I take. But I fell in love with the studio pictures I took of my beautiful friend Kris and knew I wanted to use it for my promo piece. This assignment was fun for me--I learned a lot about photoshop and fell in love with typeography.

It's pretty simple but I think it works well with the sophistication of the picture. It's not too Kelly-ish but perhaps it shows the direction I want to go in..

Welp, here it is:

2009-11-10T12:11:00.000-08:00

Pewfff. Phase One assignment is O-V-E-R. During the last two weeks I did a lot of shooting...and re-shooting.. and brainstorming...and shooting...and printing..and stressing. Overall, I'm happy with my work but I see what it is I need to improve on. I'm so thankful to have instructors that give constructive criticism that helps me learn and grow. This first phase is technical so incase your thinking that these images lack creativity..just you wait!!!!

The muse of my life, Cali. We did this three times.. not because they all were horrible, but because I wanted to get it right and sharp. This was for my "outdoor portrait" shot. I love how the water looks like champagne.

This was done for my "product" shot. Food and flowers can't talk back to you..they can't laugh and you can't see their personality. But finding props to compliment the product is fun! And moving them around is like moving a person--every prop or product has an angel that's most flattering. Although we're just getting started in the commercial studio, I'm realizing its sometimes more fun to be creative in there.

The picture came out a tad hot but I liked that the oranges somewhat matched the oranges on the jar and how the flower was the same color as the background color behind the words "sweet orange marmalade." It'll be great to grow in the commercial studio in the next 8 months and to always do this on the side.

My beautiful friend Annie was in town last week so I forced her into being my model for the outdoor flash picture. I would normally never take a reading for the the sky and use a flash but it was interesting to do that.

Cali and David for my two person indoor flash. We hit and chipped a lot of paint off moving this couch. I really don't like flash but its kinda sorta growing on me.. and I'm going to have to learn to love it for weddings.

Dakota looking very light blue for my "cool on cool" picture. When I saw we had to do this color shot I immediately thought of him because of those beautiful blue eyeballs! I pretty happy with this one..I like that all the colors match well.

My talented and helpful friend Cali. This is for my "warm on cool" shot. He is so great. He woke up early to go with me to take my self-portrait...he modeled and modeled and modeled for me.. he lent me his flash..and he encouraged and lifted me up time after time during this Phase One assignment. I am so thankful for him and honored to call him one of my best friends. Thanks Cal!

When I received the assignment sheet and saw that we had to do a self-portrait I was eager to shoot and immediately inspired. Because this is such a technical first phase of school I thought that this would be a great way to unleash my creativity. But surprisingly, out of the ten photographs we had to take, it ended up being the most difficult for me. It took me three tries and I'm still not completely happy with the results. Although I submitted this image, I want to go back and re-shoot. Less sky, less makeup and hopefully look less sleepy! What I do like is the idea and the time of morning (6:00 am) and my pretty camera Diana. Totally open for your thoughts!

This is the beautiful Claudia helping me out for my "stop motion" shot.

Thanks David for assisting me!

Miss Anne Raft doing "freezing motion" for me.

David's girlfriend Chelsea was in town so I thought it would be cute if I used both of them for "breaking up lines." Me and my good friend Danny did a picture almost exactly like this about two years ago. I wanted to re-do it to see the growth I've made..unfotunatly, during the critique my, my teacher didn't really care for it. Thankfully he gave me constructive critism and said this angel distorts them and just isn't flattering. Personally I like it. I think its weird and unorthodox but maybe I could have worked on it a bit longer and played with the angles more..perhaps add a prop or two in there. Again, totally open for your thoughts!!

north hampton musicians

2009-10-10T21:21:00.000-07:00

don't really know anything about these fellas, but they definitely caught my eye and ear.

Arnold Newman.

2009-10-04T20:43:00.000-07:00

My photo teacher, Greg Heisler (kinda a big deal), assigned a project for us to shoot: take a picture inspired by the famous photographer Arnold Newman. Although I didn't know it at the time, Newman is one of the most influential portrait photographers. What he did when he began was completely unique for the time, hard to understand, abstract and captivating. Best known for his black and white pictures, Newman popularized environmental photography. Before he came on the scene, photographers in the 40's (and before) didn't focus on the background. However, Newman put serious thought into the set up. In a book, Newman said, "The surroundings had to add to the composition and the understanding of the person. No matter who the subject was, it had to be an interesting photograph. Just to simply do a portrait of a famous person doesn't mean a thing."

As an amature photographer I usually stress out about the way the model looks, but put little time into having the background compliment the subject or having it tie the everything together. I believe backgrounds can help tell the story. SO, with that said, I tried to put a little thought into my shot. I'm not completely stoked on the picture because the rain forced me to be inside..but, it was good practice and forced me to be creative. I was inspired by an Arnold Newman photo I saw of his subject sitting in a backwards chair. I took that idea and tried to make it my own. Because Newman likes shapes and composition I focused on that.

With the few things I have in my room I came up with this (mines on the right).

happiness.

2009-09-25T16:07:00.001-07:00

I've been slacking pretty badly on the whole blog updating thing. I will get better, I promise :)

Updates: I moved! I'm living in Massachusetts now and going to Hallmark Institute of Photography where I will learn how to CORRECTLY take pictures :) I am so excited to grow and be stretched and challenged and inspired. Its only been a few weeks and I'm already learning a ton! The instuctors here are so helpful and knowledgaeble. They genuinely want us to succeed. Its wonderful and a lot different than any kind of school I'm use to. It's the PERFECT fit and program for me to be in.

My house is cute. Although I miss my family, I love living on my own. I can eat fudgesicles for dinner and Cheeto Puffs for breakfast and take 25 minute showers. Its awesome! My room makes me happy. I'm in it very little, but when I am, I feel at peace and inspired. My friends are amazing. I mean AMAZING! Cali, Dan, Dakota and David... those are my homies! Its an answered prayer to have them in my life. Each of their hearts is HUGE.

I'm in such a good place. Locationally and emotionally. I'm discovering one of my purposes and I'm learning about the things I've dreamed about. I can't wait to get super good at photography and see how me and my friends here have grown and how our skills have developed.

I'll be posting more pictures. Probably less pictures of pretty girls.. and more school assignments and what not.

Here are some pictures of me and my buddies:

2009-09-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

Michaela is a rockstar and I want to take pictures of her for the rest of my life. She is the reason I has such a successful summer.

So thank you Mic for referring me to everyone, your friendship, and for treating me like I'm Annie Leibovitz.

Dana & Dave

2009-08-21T00:08:00.000-07:00

They are hilarious! They laugh a lot..and you know me--I love that! This recently engaged couple was so fun to work with and if I get to shoot couple like this every week I will be one happy photographer :)

Daniela & Mike

2009-08-18T04:36:00.000-07:00

Daniela & Mike are rad.

nuff said.

enjoy:

2009-08-14T02:38:00.000-07:00

Oh Edwin and Megan--where to begin.. They are fun, easy going, warm and loving. They're engaged and in love; its apparent they belong together. I felt so relaxed at our shoot as if I've known them for years. They were affirming and trusted me. I've realized it's the greatest feeling, as a photographer, to have your clients trust you enough to let you be creative.

E&M- thank you for being wonderful. Thank you for the cheese puffs. Thank you for dinner. Thank you for your compliments. Thank you for trusting me even though I was having an insecure, off-day. I'm so glad you called me and I can't wait to photograph you again.. (that is if you like these pictures)

Ally.

2009-08-08T02:45:00.000-07:00

It's adorable little Ally's turn! Ally is Michaela's sister..which means I have shot 3 of the 5 Breslin-Bammer family members! Woahh! I was so lucky, once again, to have Mic there to help me out and unleash the sassy girl inside Ally. She is so cute.. but I'm wondering why I didn't look at all this cute at age 15..

I promised Ally I would upload the picture tonight..and its 3:20am right now. I look and feel like death, BUT a promise is a promise.

does this place look familiar? I couldn't help myself--I just loved this locations during Catherine's shoot.

The Bohen kids.

2009-08-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

I've babysat these babies for the last year now-- I'm going to miss Aiden, Wyatt and Miranda so much! Here are pictures from Tahoe.

[Personal]

2009-08-02T08:14:00.000-07:00

Me and Cali had such a fun week when he came into town! We went to Pinecrest and camped, hiked 4 miles around the lake there, made s'mores with reese's, rode horses for two hours and laughed a lot! We're both going to the same photo school next month and I'm so excited to see how we grow as artists. He is great!

Catherine

2009-07-20T23:43:00.000-07:00

Catherine is so beautiful and charming! Why do I get to photograph such awesome ladies? I am so very lucky! The camera loves her and so do I!

Lori & Blake.

2009-07-17T09:49:00.000-07:00

Lori and Blake are such a fun and silly couple; I adore them. They are so warm and allow me to have a lot of creative freedom. They've been married for 2 years and never got engagement pictures! How mortifying!! So I was happy to take pictures of them and they're animals :)

If I do say so myself, I think these pictures say a lot about they're amazing personalities; Lori is sassy, beautiful and charming.. Blake is sweet, loving and goofy. They tease, they laugh they love. It was great and I can't wait to take pictures of them again, again and again!

Twisted Silver (round IIII)

2009-07-17T02:10:00.000-07:00

Well well well..here is another batch of photos from Twisted Silver! Lately, I've been thinking a lot of how much I've grown this year--not only as a person but as an "artist"..and looking back to my first photo shoot with T.S. I can tell how much I've learned about photography and editing and jewelry and models and lighting and so on! I've been to lucky to have Debbie Mitchell (designer of Twisted Silver) as a client the last few months; I believe she was the first person to actually pay me for a photoshoot (which is pretty dang awesome). I have loved getting to know her, getting to photograph her pieces, and getting to know and take pictures of her gorgeous models. Debbie has allowed me to be creative and has always trusted me (which is the most wonderful thing for a photographer). I am SO thankful. She's one of the clients I'm going to miss the most when I move next month--I wish I could take her and her jewelry with me!! But I am so excited to see the work of their next photographer and I'm so looking forward to watching Twisted Silver grow even BIGGER as a jewelry line!

Ok enough blabbing.. and onto the photos of 2 hot mama's and a cute asian :)

casey.

2009-07-10T00:46:00.001-07:00

casey is my muse. nuff said..

emily.

2009-07-10T00:35:00.000-07:00

My good friend Emily is one talented, smart and beautiful woman! Although she is more comfortable behind the camera, Emily is more photogenic than she knows and has two of the best eyes ever!

Olivia & Daniela

2009-07-05T02:14:00.001-07:00

This is Olivia and Daniela. They are the two cutest girls in the world. It's a fact! They had a Daddy-Daughter dance recital together so I was asked to photograph the girls in their costumes.. check out these cutie patooties:

Wongzilla.

2009-07-04T12:38:00.000-07:00

Brian Wong is one TALENTED fellow. A couple weeks ago we went on a little adventure and I came out with some cool shots of Wong and 18 mosquito bites. Totally worth it though.

People.

2009-07-04T12:20:00.000-07:00

I was hired to take pictures for a motivational speaker at an event last month. He asked me to take candid pictures of people in the crowd and I thought to myself, "Crap.. thats not what I do! I only know how to take pictures of pretty girls posing." BUT after the event, while looking through the pictures I took, I realized taking candid pictures of real people, doing real things might just be my new favorite thing. I can't wait for photography to be my one and only job and I can't wait to capture pictures of people that tell stories.

Annielee.

2009-06-23T09:29:00.000-07:00

If you don't know Annie you're missing out. I've known and loved this girl since middle school and I am sure of one thing: she is THEE coolest, most striking girl in the world. Her heart is so good and her upbeat personality is contagious. I'm super blessed for Annie to be one of my closest friends. I'm ganna miss this face more than anything next year.

Caseygirl.

2009-06-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is my Casey love.

She is fun. Can't you tell?

She is uber talented and I love how we share a love for photo, fashion and... celebs (judge us). The more I get to know her the more I adore her heart. I'm also pretty sure I should be adopted by her family. That would be ok with me.

Check out her photos.

Papa Bear Day

2009-06-22T18:32:00.000-07:00

Hope you all had a lovely Father's Day yesterday :)

bestie.

2009-06-16T11:43:00.000-07:00

I love Kayla and her tire swing.

Lauren.

2009-06-14T20:30:00.000-07:00

Lauren is an awesome girl with an awesome wardrobe! Her house and was INCREDIBLE with there own pond, chicken coop and a bunch of vintage cars. I almost died with all the beauty and awesomness that day. Another great thing, aside from looking at hundreds of Laurens heels, was having our friend Michaela help out by styling and assisting. It was like 5 hours of amazing girly time!

Lauren graduated high school last week so she needed some graduation pictures...and a couple sassy ones too :)

Mic Von D

2009-06-11T19:37:00.000-07:00

Michaela is one beautiful client, friend and model! Both her tattoos are awesome and it makes me want to get one.

This pictures are going to be in inked mag weather they like it or not!! but they will..look how gorgeous she is:

Kayla in Twisted Silver

2009-06-10T19:58:00.000-07:00

The only thing better than shooting Twisted Silver jewelry is shooting Kayla in Twisted Silver. Kayla is my bestest best friend and she is GORGEOUS! obviously....

B&D Engaged!

2009-06-07T11:16:00.001-07:00

I've known Brittany and Dane for a while now and love them both so much. Britt has such a sunny disposition and a sweet heart. Dane is a kind, laid back, awesome dude. I love them as people and adore them as a couple. This was the first time ever I took engagement pictures so I was secretly nervous/anxious, but am so lucky Britt and Dane were my first :)

They've been dating since jr. year of high school (I believe) but I notice now, more than ever, how much they smile together and how they were made for one another.

Here are some pictures from the shoot in San Luis Obispo:

(I believe you can double click on the picture to enlarge)

[Garfield]

2009-06-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

Garfield, my cat, isn't a fan of photoshoots, but I force him to pose for me anyways. He isn't very good at showing me love but I do know he cares and appreciates me.. I can tell because he sleeps on my bed, climbs on my car when I pull up, and because he laid on my belly once when I was feeling blue. OH, and he knows how to say "no"..I swear!!

Twisted Silver (round II)

2009-06-03T22:15:00.000-07:00

Here is pictures from anotherTwisted Silvershoot. Check out they stuff- they have cute new peace sign pieces :)

Michaela's Senior Portraits

2009-05-20T02:19:00.001-07:00

A couple months ago I got a facebook message from Michaela-- she asked me if I would take pictures of her for her senior portraits. And of course, I said YES! It took us a while to actually pick a date and get together but today, we went on a shoot! Aside from Perri Klumm, I usually have to direct the models, but Michaela was such a natural in front of the lens. Shes a sassy little thing, with some rad tattoos and an impeccable fashion sense..check out this beauty:

a photo day of selfies

2009-05-17T23:17:00.000-07:00

With a crazy weekend of nothing but busyness, stressfulness and being around a lot of people.. today I decided to go on a long drive, unwind, regain my sanity and take some pictures. But taking pictures of greenery and little ponds turned into a day of self-portraits.

So here I am people.. take me as I am.. narcissism and all!

updates & awkwardness

2009-05-14T02:00:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since I last posted any real pictures..and I feel like it's even been a while since I last took a picture I was actually stoked about. I've been pretty busy with work and life lately but am excited for the next couple months and the photo gigs I have set up. I've been really inspired lately and want to do a couple series for fun. Until then, you should probably check out awkwardfamilyphotos.com. It's a hilarious website full of embarrassing and awful family portraits. Pretty much it's everything I DON'T want to do..but everything I want to laugh at.

My two favorites:

ohhh man. baahah.

I hope all my millions of followers are having a great week. Check back soon- new updates are in the near future :) promise.

thoughts & a new necklace.

2009-04-30T23:26:00.000-07:00

My Mom is so thoughtful. For no reason at all she bought me a necklace with a camera on it. how sweet is that?!

I'm not a mamas girl by any means, but in September, when I move away (to go to school), I'm going to really miss the little, considerate things my Mom does for me. No one is going to buy me makeup remover pads when I run out.. no one is going to bring me home fashion and gossip magazines.. no one is going to rip out funny articles and put them on my desk. As much as I'm ready to "leave the nest," I can't help but start mourning the loss of the little, cute things my mom does for me around the house.

Thank goodness my roommate was raised in Louisiana.. I'm thinkin she'll be full of hospitality!

Check out my new baby:

art

2009-04-27T17:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my friend Elise Muetterties told me she saw one of my photographs, was inspired and drew it. Elise told me she looks at my photographs for inspiration--honestly, thats one of the nicest comments I've ever received. Its an honor and kind of mind-bloggling but I'll take it! Check out the photograph Mike and I took with a tripod and see the drawing that Elise did:

Thriving Ink Round III

2009-04-25T13:46:00.000-07:00

I probably don't have to say much-- by now you know about Thriving Ink & Co. Here are Perri and Harry (i know awesome right?) in Thriving Ink's new T's

Albany Bulb with friends

2009-04-19T01:27:00.001-07:00

1953

2009-04-11T11:45:00.000-07:00

another fun photo day with daniel!

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photo inspiration of the week.

2009-04-10T19:52:00.000-07:00

Danny showed me this photograph of Sia LaBeauf and I fell in love. So today, we tried re-creating it. Photo by Peggy Sirota, published in GQ Magazine.

the adventures of k&b

2009-04-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Last week my buddy Brian Wong was in town so we decided to get together and do our thang. Wong is an incredible photographer who use to take mind blowingly awesome photos with an old rebel.. so i was stoked to see what he can do with his new 5D. Dang! He is so knowledgeable and even being with him for a couple hours I learned so much.

Wongzilla, you are great!

yahh, Wong is kinda goood,,

i cut my foot on an old rusty nail. thank god Tetanus shots last 10 years

Thriving Ink Grand Opening

2009-04-04T10:56:00.000-07:00

dduuuudeeee, I'm so proud of the Dronker family and excited for the future of Thriving Ink. I know how tough it is for clothing stores downtown Pleasanton, but the shop has such a great vibe and such awesome inventory that I know (even in this economy) that they will do great! I love that they use young designers to make their t-shirts, local models, amature photographers (like meee), etc. They're such a great family that treats their friends like family members and have appreciated and made me feel loved from the start. Go check out their store, its awesome and they did it themselves! Impressive..

what we love.

2009-03-31T23:54:00.000-07:00

Debbie's Turn

2009-03-30T22:33:00.000-07:00

Today I got to photograph Debbie Mitchell, designer of Twisted Silver Jewelry. Debbie is one of those people that when you meet her, you feel like you've known her for years. She's funky, fun, artsy and cute as heck. Debbie is so encouraging--if I could shoot people like her for the rest of me life, I'd be one happy lady. She warned me about her un-photogenicness.. but honestly, I think she's delusional--the camera LOVES her. Seeeee:

Thriving Ink

2009-03-30T13:47:00.000-07:00

My friend Matt Dronkers started a T-shirt company called Thriving Ink, along with his amazing mother Brenda and awesome sister, Janelle. I've been lucky to be their guest photographer and do shots for their store and website. I was so happy to hear they were opening up a store in Pleasanton on main street.

Go to their grand opening party on April 3rd and help support an amazing local families company!

Here are some of my shorts for Thriving Ink:

Inspiration of the Day- Little People

2009-03-30T08:28:00.000-07:00

If you know me well..you know that I love anything thats really big or anything thats super tiny and cute. When I stumbled across the Little People blog I nearly died. I don't know much about them..all I know is they're from London, they have a book called "Little People in the City", they take amazing pictures of little, hand-painted people and that the images are photographed by a street artist named Slinkachu. This is the kind of stuff that inspires me--stuff that stretches your mind and stuff you have to use you're imagination for. Check their blog out--its incredible.

dannytree

2009-03-29T23:07:00.000-07:00

more to come, but these are the ones im posting tonight :)