First Semester Portfolio

Strange to be home for Christmas break already. The semester really flew by..but anyway, this is what I did in the last  dozen weeks!

Wonderland

I have been looking at a lot of Lewis Carroll's photographs of young girls lately (yes, the author of Alice in Wonderland, for those of you who did not know he was also a photographer!)

His work has been a big inspiration to my work recently. I'll be posting my final portfolio here soon- I just finished making eight 17 x 22" prints for my final critique. The large size intimidated me at first, but it's been so amazing seeing my work that large!

So as I mentioned before, my boyfriend and I dressed as Jack and Rose Dawson for Halloween. I was really excited with how we looked once everything was all put together. I must admit, I feel as though I had a bit of Halloween over-kill this year, I spent the three nights leading up to the actual holiday celebrating it with various events. Regardless it was lovely to have the boyfriend up for the actual day of, and he even spent an extra night so we could see the final installment of Saw in 3-D.

But now! I am officially done with Halloween. I took down the cobweb and jack-o-lantern decorations and even swept away the actual cobwebs in the apartment. I was thrilled to log on to my favorite craft blog (www.oneprettything.com) and see this on the first page:

Woo-hoo! I am so ready to start thinking about Thanksgiving (and Christmas!)

Nadar

 

Just two lovely portraits I found while researching for my midterm tomorrow.
All taken by one of the first famous portrait photographers, Nadar.

Shop Update

Some new goodies in the shop!

One dress I am particularly excited about...go take a look!

Also, there is still time to ship before Halloween :)

Inspiration

                                 Dream living room. Ivy growing out of the walls!? Yes, please.

 

Dream bedroom. I love the wallpaper and old pink vanity.

           Hoping to compile/find a dress similar to this for halloween! My boyfriend is being Jack...

                                                                             Swoon!

                                               And me just for fun, my outfit the other day!

Autumn

I don't have a favorite season. I think my favorite time of year is the change of the seasons. Late summer transitioning into autumn, autumn transitioning into winter, winter slowly but surely getting warmer, and of course spring into full-blown summer. Granted I am tired of the winter after the holidays, I do love the first snowfall (and secretly I have already taken to drinking hot chocolate nightly- but that's a different story).

I was home 2 weekends ago for a photo-shoot, which was quite successful if I do say so myself. I'll be traveling back this Friday as well for my Father's birthday. It seems necessary to be in the South Shore for the fall. There really isn't anything quite like it.

A few photographs from the shoot...