my man & i

Mark bugged me all day long about scanning and uploading his "modeling pictures" so...be careful what you wish for. :)


Sorry if topless pics are offensive to you, haha. I think he should be okay with it, considering there are pictures of him in his underwear on facebook.

I like to imagine this as some weird 60's shotgun wedding gone wrong.

vintage shoot preview

Doing a little editing right now!

I love film. Say no to photoshop actions. Nothing is more magical than the real thing.

le'me take your picture

Three of my friends needed a picture of their band for an upcoming event, fast, and asked me to play photographer. I may have wasted 3 years and thousands of dollars but let me say, I don't consider myself a pro by any means, especially not with digital, and especially not with band pictures. But for a friend...I can pretend.



Isn't this graffiti amazing? If you're going to take a cliche downtown alleyway band picture, it might as well look cool. So glad I remembered this place!


I think this one's my favorite.

There are a couple more on my flickr if you're interested. Oh! And...

White Atlantic is their name.

forgotton hobbies

This past week, several of my college friends graduated, reminding me that, of course, I did not.

I gave up on my photography degree a year ago. But I had given up photography in my heart long before that...

I went to university, knowing very little about photography other than it was my passion (besides being a fashion designer/seamstress, which seemed only slightly more frivolous at the time). My dream was to become a fashion photographer. I can pinpoint the exact image, the Vogue cover of Nicole Kidman shot by Irving Penn, that made me want to take pictures.

Do you know what the professors of fine arts photo classes hate?
Fashion photography.

So, okay, I guess I'll be an artist. That's what you tell yourself. You go through the motions.

It's bullshit. Along the way, I not only lost the drive to graduate college, I lost a hobby, a passion, a (in my opinion) really great potential talent.

Why do I bring all this up (again)? Because it's back.

I have been freed from so many constraints, recently, I find what was once an important part of me coming back.


An investment in my potential...and a very lovely large package from B&H. (no lectures, mom! I used doll money!)


All the film I already had, left over from college. Aught to keep me busy.


And the camera, proverbial dust brushed off. This used to be my mom's. I love it, it's trusty. Will take me a while to get used to again, though...it's been nearly 3.5 years since I last used it.