Coming Soon - March

i've been so caught up with ballerinas, that i've come to find that i'm a little bit behind in posting anything else. okay, maybe a fair amount behind... but have no fear! i present you now with a preview of full posts that are yet to come as i finish the edits completely (in no particular order)

"let's do 52" - wk9

usually, i'm a procrastinator. when i say usually... i mean ALWAYS. waiting until the last minute, and then attacking an assignment like i was trying to win the olympics. today needed to at least be one day that i needed to NOT procrastinate at all... or at least try not not. so i created the list. things i needed to do. photographs that i needed to take. miscellaneous projects here and there. something to keep me busy (and productive) for the most part today.
as i write this entry, i can say that i've actually finished 4 out of 6 items on that list. one is currently in progress behind me, and well... my stuff from vegas still has yet to be put away. to sound even better, things are getting done that aren't on the list, like laundry and photo edits. i suppose i should check to see if i have any homework that needs to be added in to the mix!
and yes, jenny does love M.L.A.

Friday Feet - March 4, 2011

amy - "My feet are very excited for my Wii date with Kasey this Friday! They can't wait!! This week has gone by super fast, and I hardly know where it went!"
emily - "these would be my feet, begging me not to put them in shoes again. i really wish right now was an appropriate time to wear flip flops, or even run around barefoot. i love the rain, don't get me wrong. but my feet are killing me!"
jenny - "nothing calms me like fresh cut flowers. these were a gift from my bf's wonderful family that i spent saturday with"
kasey - "had a date with amy to hop on skype and do some wii fitness together. here are my excited feet"

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Rachael

it was so extremely difficult just to pick one image to post from rachael's shoot this past weekend. rachael and i collaborated through the CSUS dance department's intermediate/advanced ballet class, and boy am i glad she said yes! we walked the four sides of the capitol building and incorporated her movements in to the area. lucky for us, there was pretty much NOBODY at the building, so we had free range of the entire area.
you can see rachael perform along with the sacramento ballet at their upcoming show, icons & innovators this month. i'll be attending one of the performances, so if you'd like to join me, leave me a comment and we can figure something out!

"let's do 52" - wk8

well, it's the end of the week, which means its finally time for the vegas recap! dad and i left friday about 7am for the great voyage down CA-99 through to I-15. yep, we drove the way. we arrive in vegas just after 5 or so, scoped out where to park, and then headed to our hotel to check in. friday was the opening of WPPI-U, which unfolded in to an amazing 2 day session full of information, suggestions, and images. sunday came with classes about posing, lighting, packaging, senior portraiture & topped off with the end of [b]ecker's presentation about where he has come from, and the[b]school. topped off with some panda express, and a runway show... over all a busy and productive sunday!

with doug gordon, nigel barker & jasmine star

monday's 8am came pretty rough. morning class on documentary photography (pretty much my favorite college photo course i've taken) and then it was trade show time! from 10am when the show started to about 3pm, i lapped those rooms. collecting information and samples for labs, albums, and everything in between! i was really trying to put off buying anything until day 2 of the trade show, but after going back to the kelly moore booth three times, and texting my cousin for style validation... well, i came home with a fabulous new camera bag. made sure i saw the lions for amy's benefit, and then it was time for the ever glamorous jasmine star. really, she's a true inspiration. and committed to be my t-ball wedding photographer, but that's another story ;) j* was followed by the photo newbie group dinner, and boy was the food delicious! although, i chowed down on far too many chips before hand, half of my dinner came back to the hotel with me.
before i knew it tuesday was here, and started off with an EXCELLENT presentation by jerry ghionis. all about evoking true emotions while still posing to get the shot, and about 10 more at the same time. more trade show, followed by wandering the strip down to the m&m's store (and being photographed by [b]ecker... making me wish i had cared what shirt i wore today when getting dressed) and then one last stop to say hello again to the lions (who were sleeping). last class about wedding preparation (honestly, i probably could have done without) and then it was time to head home. we left vegas about 6pm, stopped for food & gas barlow, and then finally made it home just around 3am wednesday morning.
overall, i had a blast! i wish i had put myself out there more to meet other photographers, but i was lucky enough to run in to a few familiar faces over the 5 day span. my brain is full of information, ideas, and inspiration that i cannot wait to put in to action!

Friday Feet - Feb 25th, 2011

now usually, jenny and i are the ones to be in the same state as each other, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. but once i crossed that border friday afternoon, i promptly texted amy and said "hey, i'm in the same state as you!" this week, our feet took us places some of us hadn't been before, while others hung out around familiar areas. places like "sin city" and video game supervising, as well as shoveling snow and just plain driving around in the car. overall, an eventful week for sure!
amy - "Shoveling my driveway after the snowfall of about 4 or 5 inches. An hour later I went out and shoveled another inch! Silly snow. Then I got ready for the Journey concert!!"
emily - "i was super tired, and had low hopes. sunday i almost gave up and didn't even stay for the sony fashion show. but i did. and i felt like i learned a lot (and got to see great images) from nigel barker. so here are my feet, as we sit in the garden arena at the mgm grand in las vegas, watching nigel photograph some audience members on stage."
jenny - "driving feet this week. these feet have been driving all over auburn and sacramento. they're tuckered out"
kasey - "These are my "LittleMissMatched" feets (thanks Emelee) as I relax and watch Donnie play Little Big Planet. He practicing for when the sequel arrives."

Toe Shoe Tuesday - Becca

oh my heck... this shoot was AMAZING. i found this location from a friend of mine and declared to her that i LOVED her pictures, and i NEEDED to know where it was so i could put a ballerina in it. her "secret" place took us on a journey to the foresthill bridge (you know, the one seen in xXx?) in auburn. We started shooting on this catwalk before we moved on to the larger grafitti area (which getting to took us back to our jungle gym days) that was under the base of the bridge where it connected to the ground.
becca was SUCH a trooper... she literally had her pointe shoes on for about an hour during all this climbing that was making ME winded. she was a BLAST to photograph, and i'm SO glad we decided on this location for her! can you tell finally posting this excites me?