Beach Babes Continued...

This is Maggie...the other model in the shoot. Isn't she beautiful? The epitome of a beach babe. These shots were taken in Newport on the one cloudy day of the week (of course) but that's okay because we got some great shots! I used her and Tayllor (my other beautiful model) for this photo shoot. Her post is  before this one...there were too many photos to put into one post. They were so fun and just a joy to photograph! They make my job easy :) But these photos are all going to be a part of a video that I am putting together in Final Cut Pro. It is coming soon so stay tuned :)   

Prom

Hello hello! These are some photos I did the other week in on spring break in Arizona for prom. It was freezing out... in fact there was snow at one point. Poor Becca was cold as could be in her beautiful strapless prom gown. I loved prom so much. Taking pictures of her reminded me of way back when I went to prom ;)...okay so it hasn't been that long since I went to prom, but it sure seems like so long ago! My favorite prom dress was a strapless floor length yellow dress. It was beautiful and covered in sequins and I styled my hair like Taylor Swift, swept to the side. I felt so lovely! Then I also loved this little pink and black mini dress by Betsy Johnson. Hmmm come to think of it, I like every prom dress I wore. I think every girl should experience prom or something fancy like that. It is such a joy to dress up, get pampered, and get pictures taken of yourself. After prom, the next time you do something like that is your wedding! Whoooo! But I bet that will top prom :) I still have that to look forward to :) Feel free to share your prom memories! I would love to hear about them!

Cinderella Prom Princess :)

Lake Romance

Good morning everyone!

Hope everyone's day is lovely. So I was assigned a project: to create one image using 5 or more images within it. It is a photo montage project. This is completely not my style... it was very challenging for me, but this is what I came up with :) guess how many images are within it??

There is 8 images within this one. Crazy right? You know what is crazy is how much manipulation one can do to a photo to make perfect. Like in advertisement where all of the girls look like barbies. Ya those "barbies" are not real. Because I could take a photo of a girl and turn her to a barbie too by using photoshop. So ladies, don't get discouraged!

Okay back to the project. When I was shooting it, we (meaning my boyfriend) had to drag a mattress out to our local pond to photograph us in the same lighting as the pond. Of course there were hard-core fishermen out on the tiny little man-made pond at 6:00am haha. So it was pretty embarrassing laying out on a mattress taking pictures of ourselves. Oh and yes. My boyfriend did get up at 5:30 on a weekday to drag his mattress out to a pond for his girlfriend's photo project...precious, right? I am a lucky girl.

The top image is the final result and the bottom one is a visual how I started the base of the top photo.

I had to select us then place us on the pond... and then I had to do lots of editing, masking, liquifying, sharpening, erasing, and all of that jazz. Also, the picture of us in the top image (you would never guess) is a combination of four different images of us (different face on Brennan, different legs on me, ect.)

So here they are!

Here you can get a better sense of how I did it. Funny right? 

Color

Hi everyone! So I am back at school :( a bit of sadness in my life right now haha. So my sister, Allie, who goes to ASU has two more weeks of school. Lucky Duck. Guess how many more I have?? 7!!!! Yucky. I just finished my midterms.... isn't that just awful. Anyways so I need to switch my mode from relaxed baker girl into my focused school girl mode. This break I have made lots of yummy things from Chocolate Covered Katie's recipes. If anyone hasn't been to her website... it is a must see. She features desserts... filled with chocolate and yumminess... plus all of it is healthy! It is the best of both worlds.

Anyways I have a funny story to tell about my airport experience. So I was supposed to fly back to Cali yesterday to get organized before a busy week of school. My flight left at 7 in the morning, which meant that we had to leave the ranch at 4:15am to make it. Believe it or not, 4am isn't that foreign to our family. When you live on a ranch, around 5am is when your average day starts. So we get down to the airport and my dad and mom drop me off and say goodbye. Next thing I have to do is go check in... so I go to a airport lady and I was surprised to find out that my conformation code wasn't working. I asked her what the problem was and she looked at my ticket. Then she said in a demeaning voive, "Honey, your flight is tomorrow." haha I laughed to cover my embarrassment. Oops. So I ended up staying down in Scottsdale with my Gammy all day. It was fun and I didn't miss anything too important at school. Too bad, I wish I would have missed a class!

Down at Gammy's, I took a few pics of her house, since, just a couple days ago I did my Solitude Project and took pictures in my shabby chic house and I thought the contrast would be interesting to see. Gammy's house is very colorful! The photos as you can see are way different (but still beautiful :)) than my house.

What is your style of decorating? Feel free to share :)

Shabby Chic

These photos are for an assignment in one of my classes called "The Solitude Project". The project basically is that you have to be by yourself for three hours with nothing but your camera and a journal.  It is supposed to act as a de-stressor- a time to relax. But for some reason, this project did the exact opposite! I was so stressed and annoyed to do this assignment! I just didn't want to do it, it seemed like a waste of time to me. But after I did do it, it did actually calm me down and allow me to really take in all of my surroundings and to see things differently. It is also nice to sometimes be alone. I love being with people, but I sure do love being by myself too. These photos are from one room in my house. I sure do love my house... and how wonderful my moms decorating talents are!! One day when I have a house, I want to decorate it shabby chic with white linen and hints of blues and pinks. Aw! So lovely!