Calling all nerdy girls!

So, I'm getting better - it's not TOO long between posts.

I pretty much exclusively shoot on location, which has sent me into a bit of a tizzy this fall as the days are getting shorter and it's getting colder and colder. Not only can I not pack in the volume of shooting I did over the summer, but I'm starting to panic as to how I'll keep myself occupied come January - the deadest time of year for photographers. No holiday parties, no kiddies dressed up for Christmas cards... Just long cold days and lots of darkness.

Time to brainstorm indoor shoots! and this is my newest. It's for nerdy girls. Considering that I've seemed to suddenly have fallen (very inadvertently, I assure you) into a world of table top miniatures (having descended from board games and card games with the occasional consul game thrown in there) I've decided to explore my own nerdiness with a project.

Enter lady gamers and girlie geeks. Yes, I'm projecting. And project-ing. Really, what is art without a sprinkling of introspection?

My first lady in my project - meet Ramagious!

(She's my "closet nerd," ha ha.)

Thanks Rama-G!

Hampton Beach

I kept saying I was going to get up to Hampton before it got busy, just to get some really nice landscapes, and of course I slacked and slacked and then mistimed the trip so it was too dark by the time I got there. Oh well.

So these were just bonus shots:






And now I really need to do a sensor cleaning.

Buddha and a Bathtub

Because, Liz, you know you ended up not being the real star of this shoot :)

Just kidding.

I got to raid Liz's endless Disney props for this shoot, and though none of them made it into the final drawing, I had a blast tearing through all the costumes and paraphernalia. And, of course, there was Liz's mad skill of being able to keep her eyes open even with the shower blasting in her face.

And bonus! We got Buddha into the tub.

Who doesn't love a hot chic and wet, confused puggle?

Baby, It's Cold in Here

Special thanks to Chrys, for tolerating the freezing cold while long enough to get these shots! The bathroom we shot in was beautiful - white, beautifully lit with what I'm assuming would offer a variety of interesting lighting situations. However, it lacked heat - in the water or otherwise.

Hopefully we'll reshoot when it's warmer. Look how promising these are!

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And the water keeps flowing

So the story of this shoot:

First, love to Christina. We shot this in the upstairs bathroom of her parents house, which we were fairly certain was mostly unoccupied at the time. We were incorrect. I ran out to the car to get something and, coming back up the stairs, passed her dad, who kind of just harrumphed at me and walked passed in a huff. Well, apparently, we later found out that he was less annoyed about being woken up, and more perplexed because he assumed we were "playing in the shower together." Oh well.

Life should be full fun and laughter. I love my friends for providing me with generous amounts of both.

<3

Two posts in a month!

Thank you to Jenna for being my guinea pig #2.

So Jenna's fiance (whom she specifically told not to come by for the duration of the shoot), gave me a heart attack. I'm lying on the floor of their bathroom, totally absorbed in the shoot, with my legs hanging out the door, and I lower my camera for a second - and there's a huge guy standing over me, looking at me. I started screaming and freaking out and of course, Jenna, who didn't have my vantage point, started freaking out because I was freaking out. Thanks Craig.

Outtakes to come.

Rub a dub dub

Sooo... In light of some recent happenings (or non-happenings) in my life, I have become more adamant about doing my own personal photo work. Many know my dislike of staged photos and how I've attempted to avoid them, so part of my new leaf has involved staging some stuff, or at the very least, creating photographic opportunities rather than hunting them out.

So I'm starting out really basic. Girls in showers. How can you not love that?

Special thanks to Crystal for helping me launch this. I probably would have never gotten on the ball if it hadn't been for you :)

I love this girl. Xoxo.