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What do I love more than reflectors and golden hour light (I know, I know I really need to stop talking about these)? Overcast days. You get such AWESOME saturation and vibrancy to your photos that it makes you wonder why you even need sunlight (though technically I realize the sun is STILL present it’s just that it’s hidden… humor me for a bit, won’t you?). This day started off a bit rocky, I was late, our models were on time (they woke up at 5:30am to …read more
Jessica + Johann
bugs & csi scenes
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I love finding new parks/trails around Georgia – it’s always nice to get new scenery specially when you’re walking on the same trails ALL. THE. TIME. I’m not here to give this park a bad name or anything, if anything I think it’s kind of cool (and dreadful) but there were news articles that dead bodies were found at this park, so when Aly said we were going to shoot here this week, I was thrilled! Not at the dead bodies, but the fact that …read more
flare & balloons
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Before I get to the pictures, let me go ahead and apologize for the INSANE amount of lens flare there are in my photos… haha… ha… well, is that something I ought to apologize for? Perhaps, after all some people consider it heinous to have flare in your photos. So if you’re appalled, I apologize… and if you’re ecstatic, YAY! This was the photoshoot that Kelly set up at one of my favorite locations of all time. ALL TIME I TELL YOU! I was planning …read more
midday people
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Oh reflectors. How I love reflectors… I wish I had a reflector that followed me along on all my photoshoots (that is, one that doesn’t require assistance from another person). I think one of the arch enemies of photographers everywhere (or just me) is midday sun. I hatehatehate HATE the shadows it casts on the models’ faces! I know that as a photographer I should learn to adapt to situations, which this internship is really making me do, but honestly… if I can help it …read more
molting downtown
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Due to unseen circumstances I had to miss the Norcross shoot with the other interns, which I was really bummed about… but +Debra came to the rescue! I was given the opportunity to join her on the first day of the shooting spree she went on, which was honestly AWESOME! Brittney and I got to assist Deb as she trekked through downtown without a bit of fear (though I imagine the caffeine might’ve helped XD), protecting us from harm’s way while taking awesome shots! I honestly learned …read more
light me up!
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I think LIGHT is one of those things that photographers either get or don’t get… is there such a thing as being right in between? Or is that what you call grey space? haha either way, I believe I’m still far from truly understanding how to manipulate light to my advantage, but this internship has really proven to be challenging in forcing this knowledge upon me. I’d have to say it’s really pressed for me to be conscious of a model and how light hits …read more
meet gavriel
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Honestly, I’m not a kid person… perhaps it’s due to the fact that I’m an only child or I’ve never grown up with children around me, but I have a really hard time interacting with children. It could also be due to the fact that I’ve had a dog for a really long time now and it strikes me as strange how SIMILAR interacting with children is to how I interact with my dogs…. um… is that just me? *looks around* I hope I didn’t …read more
boulders and confetti
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are all of our intern meetings going to fly by in the blink of an eye? it’s amazing how short every shoot/meeting seems, yet i always walk out with a plethora of feelings/thoughts. every drive back from the studio to my house has been filled with a lot of self-reflection. i’m not sure how all the other interns felt after this shoot, but i think the general consensus was that everyone walked away happy(is that the word i’m looking for?) with their results. i, on …read more
keep moving forward
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the anxiety that preceeded our intern graduation/introduction night can’t be put into words. it was somewhat akin to that feeling the night-before the first day of primary school – can’t sleep, can’t eat, can’t really focus on anything else. thankfully, i survived it and i’m still alive… (okay so it wasn’t THAT bad). it all started with meeting mark and leah (whom i was both scared and excited to meet.. mark and leah in that order haha), then meeting each intern as they trickled in for our first …read more
my favorite imperfect photo
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i’ve been thinking about what makes a good photo lately and three questions have come to mind: does it appeal to the viewer? is it perfectly exposed? was it processed correctly so it doesn’t look too fake? honestly, i feel like i can’t answer all of those questions with confidence. not all of my photos are perfect, sometimes i get “lucky” and as much as it’s satisfying to get that perfect photo, it also becomes disheartening. i don’t want to be that photographer that needs …read more
lolita bows
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As LeahAndMark interns, we are all required to set up our own photoshoots for everyone else to attend. This was my photoshoot. NOTE: Before I begin, let me clear the air, when I say lolita in this post, it has NOTHING, NOTHING to do with Vladimir Nabokov’s work nor pedophilia. NOTHING. So don’t get the wrong idea and let’s move on… After contemplating for some time, I decided to ask some of the Atlanta Lolitas to model for us, thankfully there were a lot of …read more