Weddings & Children

I've always known what I want to do... photograph. As far as my career goes, I can't decide whether I want to photograph weddings or children. Right now I'm taking every advantage I have to do both.

This weekend my journalism teacher from high school got married and I photographed her wedding. Here are a few images from that. You know you're getting better when you go to edit your images and they're easy to edit & you love a lot of them.










I also took some portraits of my little cousins yesterday.

Weddings & Pink Houses

It's been such a long time since I've updated this. I guess it's about time I start it up again.

I'm beginning to have enough photos to put together a really great wedding portfolio. I wish I could post them all online to show you guys, but a lot of them were shot while I was assisting, so I can't post them online. Slowly, I am booking my own weddings and I'd like to try children's photography as well. If anyone knows anyone that'd like pictures taken of their children, let me know.





It's also my last semester at school and I'm taking a documentary photo class. I'm focusing on the south shore of the lake. I've noticed my style is very Andrew Wyeth (look it up if you don't know who he is). It's somber looking- I like it. I'm going to miss Indiana.

Popsicles

It's been a while. Here are some photos from today's photoshoot with the boys.

Crystal Children Part II

I am completely in love with this project. It's probably my favorite thing I've done at Columbia. To clear up confusion, Crystal Children are children born to this earth from the year 2000 and sooner. They have hightened sensitivity to their intuitive selves. Often they see things like people (ghosts) and/or colorful balls of energy. When they are little, they learn to communicate in ways other than speech and sometimes begin speaking later as a result of this. They have very magnetic personalities & eyes that reveal the old age of their souls. You'll know instantly when you meet one, I promise.

My cousin Charlie is a crystal child. My project is an exploration of these children and their lives. Right now I'm focusing on my cousin, but I am interested in photographing other children and have contacted others.

Here are some of the images I shot today.







Also, here's a nifty picture of a fish tank.

Crystal Children

My new project on Crystal Children is coming along well. Here are a few new images from the series.

The Ring & Tiki Bars

My boss Janice is getting married in two weeks. This is her ring. A grapevine that reminds her of her grandparents strong marriage. She cries everytime she talks about it.



I love the Sandbar and their 7 dollar Mai Tai's. I also love
The Flat Cats



I also started an exciting project for my Senior Thesis class. I'm photographing Crystal Children. They're children that have amazing intuition & often see "things" like balls of energy & ghosts.

Snow & Fur

On the way home from Illinois, Justin and I got stuck in a white out blizzard. I thought it would be a good idea to go to the Miller Aquatorium and take photos for the 2008 GWB Calendar. It turned out not to be such a great idea, because we almost died. The Aquatorium sits right on Miller Beach... which is of course a beach to Lake Michigan. The closer we got to the lake, the worse the blizzard got. The Aquatorium is made of some kind of stone or cement and once you go up the stairs it has a hallway with openings to the outside. Because we were so close to the lake, the aquatium turned into a crazy wind tunnel. Being inside there was the craziest feeling I've ever had. I felt like it was the end of the world and only Justin and I were left. Lake Michigan looked like the ocean during a hurricane. I was so into taking pictures that I didn't even realize how cold I had gotten. I was wearing mocassins and I forgot to put on my gloves. Here are a couple photos, I haven't edited them all but I will post them once I do.

These next ones are photos I shot this weekend of Phil and Erin's cats, Melvin and Zelda. I really love photographing cats and I always will, even if Columbia says I can't. Enjoy!