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I learn a few things Monday: 1. Investing in a flash is something I need to do, because sometimes life hands you really weird lighting. 2. Shooting in manual and in RAW is essential, and will often save your butt in really weird lighting situations. 3. f/Stop is my new best friend. NativeSuns is a local Atlanta based rock band. Monday afternoon I had the opportunity to document their recording process and get personal with the band! I’ve never been very musical but listening to …read more
Native Suns.
Cars
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“I do not own a motor-car but I recommend them to all my friends and advise them to buy a car –so that they will come around and take me out in it.” -Mark Twain To me cars are art; they can be such beautiful creations. Cars have personality, the ability to inspire, and even to bring hope. I went to the High Museum’s “The Allure of the Automobile” exhibit four times and loved looking at the amazing classics they had on display. Don’t think …read more
evolution, experimentation, and the science of love.
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On Saturday, I discovered three main things: Mark likes cookies. Mark is a genius, and Mark saved my life. That first comment is in reference to the amount of times I found him sneaking off to the plate of Mexican wedding cookies. The second comment he made me say, and the third comment is slightly exaggerated. My doctor said I had a vitamin D deficiency, and well, Saturday had so much sun, I felt like I just won a lifetime supply of vitamin D…to which …read more
Opportunities and Remembrances
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“The rain is famous for falling on the just and unjust alike” -Mark Twain Thunder clouds loomed on the horizon and threaten us with rain as season eight kicked off. Now I’m sitting on a train platform listening to the rain drum on the metal roof over head while I wait to catch my ride to work. A simple thing like rain can trigger so much in the way of memories. Today’s warm summer like rain, reminds me of my grandpa’s house. I used to spend part of my …read more
Ready?
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There was thunder in the not so far distance as I rolled my Honda into the grass and parked. I put my seat all the way down to quickly change clothes—then grabbed my camera and a flashlight—shutting my trunk behind me. I picked up the pace heading toward the courtyard as I saw someone just a little ahead carrying a flashlight too. They had to be a new intern. Most of my energy was focusing on catching up to the person ahead of me but …read more
A Day of Firsts
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My college essay was written in all questions. I’m not doing that here. Instead I want you to ask me the questions. (See comments section below). This is the first time that I’ve ever blogged so I’m not exactly sure whether or not you’re supposed to be welcoming me to the blogging world or I am supposed to be welcoming you to my blog. Oh such paradoxes. This was also the first time I’ve really worked with models. Thank you to Intern Madeline for tapping …read more
One.
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Season Eight Intern Meet-Up: Atlanta Goat Farm. I felt like a kindergardener on my way to my first day of school. I was extremely excited and even more nervous, add the two together and I got an unsettling, jittery feeling and a headache. All of this bubbling excitement and nervous could only be contained by taking a deep breath and forcing myself to crawl out of my shell. Which i’m glad I did, It was [for lack of a better metaphor] just like the first …read more
Surround youself with the BEST!
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As excitement flooded the room, with a hint of nervousness day 1 starts off. Fresh out the box, we dive into a shoot. Since the precedence of “Just Shoot It” has been established, I’ll do my damnedest to follow suite from here on out when pressing on with this internship. Better yet the title “internship” no longer describes the energy I’ve have been surrounded by upon entering the LeahAndMark.com studio loft at the Goat Farm. It seems to me a better description is “Grind Season”, …read more
Salutations!
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What an exciting night! When I first found out that I would be interning with LeahAndMark, I literally jumped up and down for joy, and as the first meeting came closer, I grew even more excited and somewhat nervous too. I didn’t know what to expect, but I completely trusted that it would be awesome, and it really was. Just pulling up to the Goat Farm was an experience in itself. The place has so much character. Between the chickens and turkeys roaming around, the paintings on …read more
Hello, Internship. It’s nice to meet you.
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Last Tuesday was ridiculously stressful, but looking back, it was a good kind of stressful. I just received the email saying I made it through the first round of cuts for the LeahandMark internship and that I’d need to fill out a second application to determine whether or not I’d be selected. I filled it out right away, submitted the application, and spent my entire Thursday dramatically bed ridden, lurking on Mark’s Facebook wall, only to find that he felt it necessary to nap before …read more
Oh baby!
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Pregnancy is interesting. Of course, it’s all the usual wonderful things: miraculous, exciting, overwhelming, beautiful. It’s a little scary at times. It’s certainly an adventure. But if you take away all the glossy adjectives and heartburn and baby registries and endless pairs of baby socks, you’re left with the unbelievability of it all. Someone is literally growing inside of you. Kicking, flipping, rolling, hiccuping. My husband and I used to say our oldest daughter must’ve been moving furniture while still in utero, she moved so …read more
HRC
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Saturday night I traveled to the Hyatt Regency to attend the fancy schmancy Human Rights Campaign Dinner and Awards. And no I was not a guest. My all black ensemble (so artsy) was offset with a lovely neon orange badge that proclaimed I was legit and I couldn’t be kicked out. Everybody seemed like they were having a good time from the start. Maybe it was the booze, the music, or the feeling they were about to get lucky with an auction item. I was …read more