Welcome to a new year!! I’m so glad to finally be posting on the blog again – I’ll share later what happened that completely tore the rug out from under me and it all happened through this blog.
But for now….I’m so proud to share my January post for the Elevate: Fine Art Photography group circle.
I ran into my friend Liz Kartchner last week and she let me have a few minutes (she and her husband Collin were busy filming her own project) to shoot her for this post. I used exclusively a Holga lens that has been modded to fit my Canon DSLR. Mine I bought through the website www.holgamods.com where the whole thing was assembled with superglue, but it looks like it’s available through bigger suppliers now.
It’s a tricky lens. Aside from the obvious Holga-ness about it, getting close to a subject and getting the focus “right” is trick as well as exposure and the blur factor. However it gives freely this BEAUTIFUL ethereal quality and a organic feel to it’s photos.
Anyway – without going on and on here are the photos of Liz.
Thanks for looking! Be sure to hop on over to GINA OH’s AMAZING BLOG…
So clear back in the warm breathy days of summer, on that very Sunday Drive I took a few snapshots of my little family. Naturally the 2yr old was moving the whole time. But I feel like it’s so rough trying to get new pictures of my family and my kids. I want to strangle myself every time I try it. The whole thing escalates quickly. But this was pretty natural and felt unforced. It was a good thing.
I’ve been super excited to be part of this amazing group and it’s been a labor of love this month but I LOVE what happened this month when I focused on this post.
I wanted to explore silhouettes. I love old fashioned cut paper silhouettes. I love their simplicity and sentimentality.
Here is my version of my children as old fashioned silhouettes.
And when you’re done hop on over to Stacey Woods blog and see what she has in store for you…Stacey Woods Blog
I teamed up with Rosie as stylist and Michelle and her sister Nicole as models for a shoot using April Meeker’s (Second Sister) jewelry at the stables where my horses stay. Rosie is BRILLIANT as a stylist and a model – Michelle and Nicole were absolutely RADIANT and April’s jewelry was perfect to bring the whole thing together.
Thank you for looking…
I have this amazing friend, her name is Melissa and her brand is Raw Melissa. She’s, among other things, a chef, cookbook author, speaker, doula, teacher. Her zest for life is just unparalleled and she just makes me happy and teaches me good things about food.
Here she is in her gorgeousness.
In our family we love to go on lengthy Sunday drives and see where we end up. This practice has stopped lately due to the insane gas prices, but yesterday we took a drive and ended up at Utah Lake. It was so beautiful and serene and though we tried to get out and explore lots of times, the mosquitoes were so thick that we didn’t dare.
We did find one place to get out and I’ll share those pictures in the next post.
But here’s some of what we saw and enjoyed.
Our little guy loves to shake it like it matters…and it does!
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I have these dear friends . I shot her maternity about six months ago and now she and her amazing husband have their lucky Penny. I was so lucky to shoot her again and Penny is beautiful – every bit as beautiful as her parents.
love.
This is a happy birthday post to my good friend Elizabeth Kartchner who just recently launched a new endeavor called Make Something Splendid. It’s a collection of online workshops and crafts that are so cute and anyone can make.
I love Liz for lots and lots of reasons, but one reason I love her is that she’s the sweetest person. Also she’s married to Collin of Pixel Pop Photography, who is charming and talented.
Love you guys.
While I was in Vegas in February I was able to visit with my dear friend, Morgaine Owens and meet her sweet family. There’s such a serenity to her and her life and her photography. She’s one of those people who I just connected with from the very first. In September she came to Utah and while she was here she shot my family. Probably the very first family session we’ve ever had and one of the reasons for that is that I’ve never found anyone who shares my vision quite like her. What a gift she gave us. I adore you Morgaine.
by jefra starr linn
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