let’s get out and share as much as we can, mmkay?! xxoo
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{wordless wednesday} — some images from my 2004 graduate portfolio
5 Decall images copyright © audrey michelle / foodandfoto.com
{foto friday} — stillness and reflection
30 Novi was trying to quickly figure out what to blog about this morning. i have a fun day lined up but i also don’t have a ton of creative time left this morning. so – as i was scrolling through images, i found this one. it totally describes how i feel lately, so i found it perfect for today’s post. i have found myself being a little extra nit-picky lately. kind of pointing out things i don’t like about certain other people and kind of complaining a lot lately. no good. when i saw this image it was like a reminder :
i need to be still like the water and reflect – because whatever i DON’T LIKE in that person, is something i don’t like within myself. it is a reflection, we ALL represent that mirror for each other, and when i noticed my repetitive thoughts about this situation or person i didn’t like, it was a HUGE red flag for me to slow down and reflect… and meditate and let go 😉
have a great weekend, everyone! share a little love
{whatever wednesday} — singer/songwriter/producer and actor/model/gentleman, david homyk
28 Nov
when i first moved to new york, i took whatever kind of work i could find. i freelanced for the first 6 months, it was kind of scary. most of it didn’t pay that well, but it allowed me to get out and meet the coolest people and i got to fotograph some gorgeous ones! david homyk was no exception.
i had found an online magazine that needed editorial shots of this up-and-coming songwriter and producer. the moment i contacted david, i knew there was something special about him. a true gentleman with a sparkle in his eyes that would swoon anything with a pulse. his music is catchy and fun and he writes all of his own songs! we met up in the meat packing district of manhattan’s lower west corner just before sunset and enjoyed an image-packed 3-hour romp with about 6 outfit changes. i’m usually nervous when i shoot strangers {that’s always fun to say}, but david put me at ease immediately. he’s a natural in front of the camera, as he’s modeled numerous times, and he even helped me with some ideas for “looks” he wanted and he thought the magazine could use.
this shoot was one of my most memorable and favourites to date. david has since gone on to do amazing things with his career : he’s been featured on the hit daytime show all my children, he continues to write and produce his own music, and i’ve caught him a couple times on the tyra banks show. he’s done quite well for himself and i’m honored to have this wonderful collection of fotographs of him!
so i’m going to share them. try not to drool 😉 Continue reading
{travel tuesday} — “the old mill” : autumn in north carolina
27 Nova few years ago i visited my uncle in north carolina. i am itching to go back. i hadn’t really been to that part of the country in a long time! see, i was born in south carolina, if you can believe it. didn’t stay there very long, but i still claim to be somewhat a southern belle 😉 at least – my manners and kind heart are still very southern. but don’t be fooled, i’ll still get down and sassy with ya, i won’t deep fry butter, and you’ll never catch me in a pair of heels!
anyway, i’m sad to say i can’t remember exactly where this is located – i googled it, but can’t find it. there are apparently lots of “old mills” in north carolina -hA! my aunt was super excited to show me this place – and with just cause! it’s gorgeous! i doubt the leaves are still this vivid in colour, but you never know; those east coast autumns can linger!
here are some of my favourite shots from “the old mill” {which is still operating! – so cool!} :
{travel tuesday} — my most recent visit to new york
13 Novi visited new york last month for the first time since i moved…
it was surreal… that’s one word for it. i didn’t really bust out the camera too much… just really “took fotos with my mind” as i like to say… captured memories by breathing it all in. sometimes a picture doesn’t really do it… that’s coming from a photographer!! haha.
new york is a million and a half wonderful things. but i realized this time that it has now become a place for me to visit. there will always be a piece of my soul in new york city, but i can confidently close the chapter now and no longer wonder if i made the right decision to leave. i loved every second of my experience living in manhattan, but i left when it was the right time and everything is as it should be {like always, right?!}. i have to say, it’s a good feeling to know that in my heart, now.
so, here are a few shots i managed to grab while out wandering the city… i only took about 50 pictures all weekend! so weird, so not normal.
{foto friday} — some colorado sunrises
2 Novthe sky in colorado is seriously off the hook! and during this time, for about the next 6 months, it intensifies! it happens every year and there is some scientific reason as to why, but all i know is – every day for 4 months before i began this blog in april – i got up every morning and photographed the sunrise from my bedroom window. the only reason i stopped was because the sun moved out of my view and frame, eventually… but somehow it’s back again, so i may try something new this time – especially since i work nights and i ain’t gettin’ up at no 6 a.m. to snap a photo, sorry. 😉
have a great weekend, ya’ll!
{whatever wednesday} — the halloween dog parade
31 Octthis is about as self-explanitory as it gets. i was originally going to post images of the halloween parade i walked in one year in new york, but there are far too many to sift through and i’ve had a very busy week. so, the next best thing is this. i hear they’ve cancelled the parade in manhattan this year, so i doubt they’ll be doing this either – let’s live vicariously through my fotos, shall we?!
in manhattan’s east village – typically every year – they host a “halloween dog parade” — and yep, it’s as adorable as it sounds.
here are some fotos to prove it :
{travel tuesday} — i recall… central park and fall…
30 Octit’s really hard to imagine new york city under water right now. the subway is shutdown, 1.5 million people without power – my former roommate included. I WAS JUST IN NEW YORK LAST WEEKEND!!! i’m so glad i dodged the bullet that is frankenstorm. my heart goes out to all of those who are struggling from the effects of this monstrous event. of course, i’ll always think of new york when i think of the east coast.
last night, i was watching the david letterman show and as he was listing the “top ten rejected frankenstorm names” i began to wonder why no one was laughing… “too soon?!”, i thought… but then i realized that no one was in the audience, and he was recording anyway. jimmy fallon did the same thing.
here is a little article about it – classic.
so here’s what central park would probably look like in the next couple weeks, if the rain hasn’t totally bogged it down…
{foto friday} — a perfect autumn wedding
26 Octi told you how i fotographed a wedding a couple weekends ago, right?! well, i’m still processing the 1300 raw images i shot, but i wanted to share a few of my favourites for foto friday. i am beyond blessed to have met this woman. she is a soul sister and i immediately knew when we met that we were going to be close friends. it can be a little nerve-wracking to mix business with pleasure, but i have found i work better when fotographing events for people i know. in this case it was beyond easy. first of all, the bride is STUNNING! she looked like an egyptian goddess this day. and she just put me at ease. the entire wedding was basically HAND MADE from the flowers to the cake to the beer. hosted in coal creek canyon’s eldora lodge – complete with crackling fireplace, snowfall, hot tubs, an incredible host staff, and tons of love and laughter. i have never been to such a wedding. i will never forget this day, it was so special to me in a very unique way…
so, here are a few of my favourite images.
i did mention how it rained like, 4 times that day?! i’ll share the shots i was able to snag in good light! 🙂
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{travel tuesday} — ttfn, NYC
23 Oct
see you later, new york… you sexy little crazy wild and hardcore vixen, you.
until next time… xxoo
{foto friday} — three nails photography
5 Octthe truth is : i’ve been a semi-stalker/fan-extraordinaire of this guy’s work for only a few months since i randomly found this image on pinterest :
i dare to say it’s one of the most stunning portrait images i have EVER seen in my life! i wouldn’t change a thing about it. every little detail is perfect. his stance, the basket, her grip on it, her 2 creeping visible fingers caressing his neck, THE LIGHT!, the obviously amazing wind in her cape, the composition… just beautiful.
here are a few more samples of the uber-talented hunter’s work… Continue reading
{travel tuesday} — a little garden in the big apple
25 Sepwhat i loved about living in the lower east side of manhattan was that all i had to do to “get out” and feel like i left the city was take a short walk. within a few blocks i would stumble onto things like this – little treasures. a cute little park in a big apple city like new york. a place of serenity in the concrete jungle. i just love it.
this little park was somewhere along 17th street, most likely in alphabet city, where i found a lot of little hidden parks…
this was hanging along the fence…
{travel tuesday} – it’s 9/11, again : my heart is in NYC today…
11 Sepi’m just going to keep this simple.
we all know what day it is. and although i don’t want it to be a somber kind of day, there is always a little bit of that in the air when we reminisce about this day. and since i have lived here, and walked these streets, a piece of my heart will always be in new york city – on this day and every day.
xxoo
{wordy wednesday} — leaves of change
5 Sep
i have seriously been sitting at my computer all morning – i started 3 different blogs, got distracted, ate breakfast, cried a little {good cry}, and then started all over. i blame nicki minaj. i have been listening to the song “fly” on repeat since i woke up. it’s my new theme song. my favourite lyrics :
“Everybody wanna try to box me in
Suffocating every time it locks me in
Paint their own pictures then they crop me in
But I will remain where the top begins
Cause I am not a word, I am not a line
I am not a girl that can ever be defined
I am not fly, I am levitation
I represent an entire generation…” Continue reading
I represent an entire generation…” Continue reading
{travel tuesday} — a walk across the williamsburg bridge
4 Sep
about 2 weeks before i left new york city, a friend suggested we take a walk across the williamsburg bridge. “how often will you get to walk across bridges once you leave?!” she said, convincing me to go. i didn’t need a whole ton of convincing; though at the time i remember feeling really ready to leave new york, and it was hard to drag me out of the house at times… funny how that works, because now i miss the heck out of it! good thing i’m going back for a visit…
there are many messages throughout new york city – stickers, graffiti, signs, posters, strangers yelling things at you, etc.
the williamsburg bridge is no exception. in fact, i dare to say it boasts the most messages of any place i’ve visited in the big apple. i mean, the entire bridge is like a graffiti art gallery. every inch of it is covered with something to see or read. my camera got quite the workout… Continue reading
{foto friday} — it’s a blue moon!
31 Aug
a blue moon occurs when there are TWO full moons in one month. we had a full moon on august 1st – {uhm, only the most emotional full moon i’ve been through to date} – and now this evening, we will have another full moon. it will technically be full in the wee hours of the night, but it ought to be quite the display in the big sky. last night after i watered the garden, i looked up and saw it. i ran in to grab my camera, got distracted by my cute cat, only to come back to see that the moon was hiding behind some clouds. some COOL clouds!
i work late tonight, so i probably won’t have time to take photos of the full moon, but i thought i’d share these images from last night – as i precariously stood on a patio chair, nervously gripping my neighbour’s fence in hopes of not falling or shaking too much. shooting at 1600 ISO is NOT my favourite thing ever. but, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get some good shots… Continue reading
{foto friday} – the time i watched a praying mantis bathe herself…
17 Augthis was hands-down, one of the coolest things i’ve ever witnessed with my own eyes.
this post is kind of wordy – as i tend to be when i write. get me in front of people for a speech?! pffssthh, forget it. i’m a hott mess. but writing — now, writing i can do!
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last year – around this time, a little later – i’ll say late september… i found a pregnant praying mantis on our front porch, just hanging out in the honeysuckle bush my roommate has planted by the kitchen window. i about fell over. i’ve had a total fascination with these neat little creatures my whole life… i never really understood what the draw to them was, but last year when i saw one i did a little research. there are lots of different opinions and thoughts as to their symbolism. they are said to bring stillness, sense of peace, and more internalized thinking. because they are so mindful about their every move, the mantis is known in some parts of the world as being very spiritual and she is looked upon as almost a meditation resource. i thought i read somewhere that they can also represent death… a surrender, a letting go, etc. and ironically enough, i lost my grandmother about 2 months after i saw that praying mantis last year. Continue reading
{travel tuesday} – atop the metropolitan museum of art, NYC
14 Augthis was hands-down one of the most romantic nights of my life to date…
the weather was perfect. i believe it was right around this time of year… i was on one of the best dates i’ve ever been on in my life — and it started with an amazing dinner at an amazing restaurant – i remember using the word “enamored” several times to describe the food…
then we went to an exhibit on top of the metropolitan museum of art… it was incredible… the view was something like this : Continue reading
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