Helios 44-2
The Gust | Self Portraits
I recently got my hands on a wonderful little vintage lens, the Helios 44-2. I've always struggled with manual focus, but this little lens is pushing me to become better. Self portraits are difficult enough, and when you add manually focusing to the picture it becomes even more difficult.
I look forward to working with this lens more.
The Force | Self Portraits
And because I love her, and she helped me with my vision for these....
50mm 1.4
The Gift | Self Portraits
Helios 44-2
Immortalized
Many Moons Ago...
I recently purchased these masks through a shop on Etsy. The artist does incredible work and she's a pleasure to do business with. I would think it could be a little unsettling sending your creations off to strangers having no idea of what will become of them.
I hope I did her art justice.
You can check out her shop HERE.
Heartbreak | Self Portraits
The Veil~ Self Portrait
{Fears}
I just recently completed Carolyn Mara Borlenghi's The Unapologetic Artist class at The DEFINE School. It was amazing.
Below you will find my project on {Fears} that I created during the course of the class.
Fears. They forebode an uncontrollable feeling of danger and threat whether it be true or not to so many. This project has given me an opportunity to express and work through many of my everyday fears. The fear each image represents was present during the process of each self portrait taken in this series. I feel my art is very deep and personal to me. I find myself drawn to the darker side in photography. Through the use of deep shadows and light in my black and white images I aim to convey a variety of emotions. We all have fears. I believe by viewing and connecting with the fears of others one can begin to face the fears deep within themselves.
Spiders
Bees
Being Seen
Invisible
Alone
Falling
Water
Death
The Unknown
The Chase
Myself
Heartbreak
Self Portrait Series | The Dress
Self Portrait Series
“You are like nobody since I love you.”
― Pablo Neruda
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
― Kahlil Gibran
Life {Unscripted} Vol.12
Volume 12 of Life {Unscripted} is here just in time for me to share
some of my trip to Tennessee to visit family.
Here's a small sample of the many images I took a couple of weeks ago.
I miss everyone already.
Crystal Raynard Photography is up next and she
has such a way with capturing {Unscripted} moments.
I do hope you'll check her out!
A Smith Gallery {Still} Exhibition
{Scented Heart}
Juror Kate Breakey chose this image
out of almost 800 to be in
A Smith Gallery's
{Still} Exhibition
August 14 - September 27th.
I wish I could be there. If you can't make it either then here is a
to see the rest of the exhibit. Just be sure to click the image to get to the next one.
I'm so grateful to be a part of this.
Self Portrait Project
I sometimes wonder what was a dream and what was real. Or did my mind take pieces of both and mesh them together to make a whole other truth? Sometimes I can feel a dream more than a memory...
{Reveal & Conceal} Self Portrait Series
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
― C.G. Jung
Splash!
Self Portrait Project
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”
― Kahlil Gibran
Self Portrait Series {Peter Pan Dreams}
Come fly with me
False hopes and Peter Pan dreams
Never to return.
Note to Self... {In These Hands Series}
Believe.
Self Portrait Series {The Dress}
“If you've ever had that feeling of loneliness, of being an outsider, it never quite leaves you. You can be happy or successful or whatever, but that thing still stays with you.”
― Tim Burton
