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Making Nicole a Fairy

jessieessiejay — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:40:27 +0000

What girl doesn’t love playing dress up? Nicole brought her trunk full of vintage clothing over early one morning and we promptly disappeared into the woods. I think the golden colored dress nicely contrasts the dark, wet trees and bright green leaves making her pop out. In retrospect, I would have opened up the aperture more for a more blurred background, similar to Ashton’s portraits, but ultimately I like how these came out. This shoot was really enjoyable – if you have some fun clothes and a friend who’s willing to get his/her feet dirty – go outside! No, I’m serious, get some fresh air and some good practice.

Throwbacks: Hand Developed Shots from the Canon AE1

jessieessiejay — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:21:38 +0000

The first “formal” photography training I had was in 11th grade via the Introduction to Photography class with Mrs. Palinkas. We learned to shoot and develop black and white 35mm film. This class is what accelerated my passion for photography. I recently bought a new scanner, and thought I would share some of my favorite hand-developed “throwback” photos:

I think these next two are especially spooky. Like you would find them in a creepy attic in a horror movie. Sarah is such an awesome model. I dressed her up in this white button up shirt, a black skirt, striped colorful socks and her old Etnies. Good memories.

Anyway, that’s all for now!

~More later…

Product Photography Photo Shoots

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:53:12 +0000

As a recent graduate of Clarkson University, I have pretty solid ties to the “North Country” of New York. In an effort to help local artisan-entrepreneurs in that area, I’ve decided to provide them with discounted product photography services. How did I become involved in this, you might ask? It’s all about the networking. I have some connections with the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, which oversees some grants that are being used to aid these entrepreneurs, too.

Well, one of my first clients happened to be Julia Holmes. Julia is charming and she loves smashing things. Glass things, that is. She makes fused glass and mosaic creations. Here is some of her work, and some of my favorite shots:

This one reminds me of the 4th of July.

This one reminds me of the circus…

This was actually a bottle and she fired it down into a bowl!

These are also flattened wine bottles…

That’s all for now!

~More later