Another gorgeous day in San Francisco and I had the awesome pleasure of spending some time with one of my fave people on this little planet we call Earth -- Selyca Medford. Selyca is a budding and incredibly talented make-up artist, and needed a few quick photos of herself for her website. I was happy to oblige!
Haven't finished the edits just yet, but here are a couple of early sneak peeks!
So gorgeous. She makes my job easy.
xo-i
Just a few short days after leaving my previous 9-5, my friends called with an offer I couldn't refuse. They wanted to fly me to Vegas and put me up for week in return for a some photos of an up and coming rap artist. My schedule had recently cleared, so I said, "DEAL!!" and flew out just 48-short-hours later.
Most of the trip was filled lounging around the pool, sleeping in, eating chocodiles, watching trashy tv, and gabbing with my friend Mrs. James. This is her...
So pretty and such a good time hanging out with her and her new husband all week. Thanks you two!!
At some point we got around to the photos of Levi...
We shot a ton, but those are my two faves. Levi is from the Bay Area, so he wanted Vegas backgrounds that reflected his roots. I think we got it. He was super photogenic.
Anyway, back home now and working hard on the new website. It's almost ready to launch, and I'm getting super excited about what the future holds. In the meantime, I'll sit here and wonder why my turtle insists on making a mess of his tank. Heart him.
xoxo-i
Work, work, work... but this is the good kind. Building on yesterday's horoscope, I thought I would share a bit of what I've been working on over the past few months...
Newbies!
Kids!
Weddings!
I've done some maternity work too. It's been a fun and eventful few months. Looking forward to what the future has in store.
xo-i
I work so much now that, aside from laundry and cleaning my house, I don't know what to do with myself when I have time off. Lame.
Today, however, I took a drive up to Guerneville to drop in at a friend's art show. I was supposed to have plans this evening, but alas those fell through -- disappointing, but far from surprising. So... what now? Hmm...
The flowers from my cousin's wedding back on June 14th are finally dead enough to shoot (yay!!), so I did take advantage of that...
What is this obsession I have with dead flowers? So strange. Tralala.
That's quite a title for this post. Not usually my thing to cram all kinds of stuff into one post, but time free has been limited lately. Hmm... maybe that's where to start.
I got a does of just how limited our time is this week, when I heard of my cousin's untimely passing. I hadn't seen or spoken to him in quite some time (nothing bad, just life), and most of my memories come from childhood, but he is loved and will be missed.
Before next week's funeral services, I'll be attending my friend's wedding in Arizona. It feels a little odd to be going to such a joyous celebration when I know so many people in my family are hurting. Not sure how I feel about that just yet, but it is what it is.
Enough of the emo stuff. As anyone who keeps up with me knows, work is a rather constant theme lately. This post is no different. I had the pleasure of shooting the 75th Anniversary Gala for the San Francisco Ballet last week. Below are a few outtakes.
Yep. Definitely a beautiful event -- decor by IDEAS Events, lighting by Got Light?
Despite my occassional gripes and the long (very long) hours, I count myself pretty darn lucky to have the job I do.
...and fashion is so fickle.
Hmmm... 8 babies this year? I think that's how many people I know who are either currently prego or recently birthed (including the person who gave me the 'prego is the new black' line). Tis the season I suppose, season of my life I mean. Ah well. Babies are cute, so I'm game to be a distant pseudo auntie.
Anywho, nothing new to report here. Just trekking along in this thing we call life and thought I'd share the photo above. I stumbled upon it while walking home today, gracing the door of the local wine bar. Nice place, but at $14/glass, not my first choice to hang for happy hour. Blah, blah, bleh.
While clicking around the internet this evening, I stumbled across the website of Photographer Cara Barer. Color me inspired. Her work makes me want to drop books in water then bend and twist the pages. In a good way.
Barer's work kind of reminds me of some of my own photos of dead flowers, and my friend Steve's work with algorithms. Hmm... it also looks like patterns in petrified wood.
Anyway, I find this inspiring and look forward to experimenting more with photography in '08.
Meet my new favorite toy... a 10-22mm Canon lens. I uses to wonder why the heck people would want a wide angle lens, but now I get it. It's life how you see it with just a little bit of edge distortion. So, yeah, it really is life how you see it, and I love it. LOVE IT. It's something I would have never bought for myself. Wow. A HUGE thank you to the bossmen. Yes, the same two who I swear hate me sometimes, showed me some love today. I [heart] them too.
On a totally separate note, while web surfing this evening, I discovered that one of my college flings (he was actually in the military at the time) has opened what appears to be a great little coffee house in Seattle. Awesome. It always feels good to see people happily doing their thing. Wait... that sounded wrong. Whatever. I'm happy to see he's doing well :)
Just a little something that made me smile on an otherwise bleh day...
She drew me a nice picture. What a lucky auntie I am.
I may be working a lot -- still -- but I do have a pretty neato job. Well, at least I get to play with my camera at work. Below if a shot from a recent event:
Happy Friday!
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