Entries Categorized as 'fearless bridals'
August 20, 2008
I already mentioned Carol’s fabulous session in Winchester when I posted the teasers. Our locations ranged from the Fells, which are basically beautiful hiking trails and thick forests… to the commuter rail station in Winchester (pictured below) to the middle of the big rotary that sits in the middle of downtown Winchester. It was fabulously fun, and Carol’s mom brought snacks and helped us carry stuff, while Carol paid a bit extra to have Tricia come along and style on the shoot - which was fantastically helpful as we were able to do a ton of different looks including the crazy ones in the forest with the leaves pinned in Carol’s hair.
I LOVE these three images. Some mellow post-processing and a whole lotta bridal attitude!
[ director's cut here + more images here ]
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August 12, 2008
I made it to the UK and have had two cups of proper tea today in order to adjust to the time difference. There are lots of things about this place that I love already!
But for now I wanted to leave you with two links.
1. Awhile back, Tiffany gave the juxtaposition sessions some great press by blogging about her session over at weddingbee. More to come soon. [link] I love press on this project! I really want a gallery show in November or January.
2. Last week I did a workshop with groundbreaking Las Vegas based photographer John Michael Cooper of Alt-F. Let’s just say he’s the guy who invented the idea of ‘trash the dress’ or what has morphed into my fearless bridals — as in, not limiting the dress to sit in a box forever without being properly commemorated. At the end of the workshop, we watched him do an art bridal shoot…. recreating [in the rain] the image of little red riding hood (look carefully in the right side foreground for the wolf, which was actually his dog). We then watched as he made a composite of about 10 images to bring his final product to life. Intense and stunning. And too much work for me! Also of great note is my backside prominently featured as I was photographing jmc doing the zipline swing halfway through the video at the bottom. [ link to blog post ]
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August 12, 2008
I did this trade with Bella when I was looking for someone to do bridals in New York City with me during a trip to the city (for a seminar with Yervant and Joe Buissink). We had a lot of fun with the session, and really punked it up at the end. A lot of time has passed since I took these photos in May! Sorry it took so long Bella.
location: Chinatown NYC
model: Bella
makeup: Erin Green
more photos: here
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August 8, 2008
Melissa was my fifth JUXTAPOSITION session. Last week, she took us out to Old Stone Church in West Boylston MA and we also explored a few other places… Jungle Jim’s Garden Center, Vivian’s Café, and this little Best Western that looked like it was stuck wayyyy back in the 40s (in a bad way). Of course we stopped to get ice cream at the end.
Here are a few of my session favorites.
This morning I met up with Brittany at the Franklin Park zoo and did the sixth JUXTAPOSITION session in the butterfly house and on the carousel!! Thanks to Brian the awesome carousel operator for rocking our world!
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July 29, 2008
July 23, 2008
Thank you SO MUCH to those who I’ve been working with to schedule bridal sessions for the juxtaposition project. I’ve only released two edits out of the four we’ve shot so far, and already everyone seems to love the work. And those of you who have helped on the session, pointed people in my direction, and sent words of feedback and encouragement (you know who you are)… I LOVE YOU.
I have been making the first girls wait a bit while I get things in order, but now I am pleased to announce that the final design is in. I hired James Kershaw to design a graphic to work as a standalone and to layer over the juxtaposition photos… for display and for the BOOK PROJECT… and he did a fantastic job. I look forward to using this beautiful graphic.
Between weddings, travel, bridal shoots, and Boston boudoir photography, I am now completely booked solid until late September. I won’t be taking any new commissions until after I am back in the states and settled back after two weeks in Manchester, England for a wedding in August. September is a month of constant travel (Phoenix, Minneapolis, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, Long Island). Of note: it will be my first time in Minnesota.
I’d like to get together a few Phoenix boudoir sessions when I am there (September 21-26). Anyone know anyone out there?
As for the future, let’s just say Hawaii is on the books for December, and I’m already thinking about a very special boudoir project involving naughty santa goods in November. Candy canes and Santa hats, anyone?
And… I’d love to do a gallery installation with images from the juxtaposition project. I am working on a proposal right now.
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July 22, 2008
July 11, 2008
