courtney

I took these of Courtney as a school project.
The project was actually a Post Secrt project, which I'll post on here later. But these were just some random shots I got of her while I was shooting for the project.













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tie-dye

Larissa got a tie-dye kit the other day, & we decided to look for some shirts to tie-dye. I don't have school today, so it's like I have all the time in the world.
I'm pretty bored, actually.








There's our adventure for the day.







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rachel : senior

Rachel wanted me to take some senior-like pictures for her because she just passed her GED. I'm rusty, trust me. It shows.








The shoot ended up only being like fifteen minutes long because we were so cold.
So I'm thinking about doing Rachel's like I did Courtney's. I'm going to split her entire shoot up into seperate parts. Maybe 3.
I'll keep you posted as to when Rachel's next shoot is.





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my little sister's hair.

For some reason, my mother wanted me to take pictures of my little sister today because she got her hair done.
Larissa hates it. I don't blame her. My sister has red hair, & when you go into a hair salon, you can't just get root touch up. You need to redo the whole color so it's the same red. Well, this lady didn't do that.
Apparently, she just put more red on Larissa's roots, left the rest of her hair the brownish color it's faded to, & then put blonde highlights underneath her hair, then like two highlights (literally only two) on the top. It looks..odd. But when it's up, it's pretty.




It took so much work just to get her to smile seriously. & I don't even take her serious smile seriously. That's why I try to get her laughing.




She's sillier than anything. It's almost impossible to get a legit picture like my mom wants. Hahahaha.

& she is obsessed with hair bows & flowers. I didn't end up getting her anything for Christmas (oops), but I was going to get her a cute turquois hair flower from Forever21. She loves them.






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my senior photos.

Today I'm gonna share my ideas for my senior pictures.
I want Tom Schmidt to do my senior photos, so all of the reference photos are from him.

I want a few themes going for my senior photos. First, I want a classic shoot. Me in just some regular clothes in a regualr outdoor scene; nothing flashy or extra. Something like this...






Then, I want something dressier. I don't like being dressed up very much, but I do enjoy putting on some pretty/fancy clothes for an hour or two for a shoot. I'm thinking some things like this...




Something where the background is almost as dominant.

There aren't any photos for this next idea because I don't think he's had a client that likes photography as much as I do before, but I want some pictures with me & Hunter (my camera). Like me taking pictures of the person taking my pictures. Hahaha. How corny; maybe not that idea. But some pictures with my camera.

I also want some sunny/yellow pictures. In a lot of my pictures I mix in a yellow/nutral tint that sometimes makes my photos look like they're bathed in light. Other times it gives the photos a vintage-y look. I want something like this...







This next one doesn't have any photos either. But I want to go to Cave Springs, which is local to Raytown, put a wooden chair in the river, then sit on it. I wanna be in something flowy-ish. & I want them to have that yellowish look that a lot of my pictures have & the ones above have. It'll be cute.

Last, I want a studio look. I want some pictures taken in the actual studio with the studio lights & wind machines, like this...




Also, I want some less dramatic studio shots. Like this...








So far, these are all the boring/cliche ideas I have, hahaha. I'm sure I'll come up with more. But what makes me the most excites is that I can just see in my mind the excitement these people had on their faces when they saw how well their images turned out.
I can't wait until I get to shoot mine & then have that look on my very own face. I love Tom Schmidt's work.

Family.

I thought a post dedicated to family was appropriate due to current events.
My father passed away on January 1st, 2011. Horrible way to start the new year, if you ask me.
He got very, very sick during the last two months of his life. The doctors explained his lung useage in terms of a tank of gas. They said, "Imagine his lungs as a tank of gas. Imagine you only have a quarter of a tank of gas left. Now imagine you have only a quarter of that quarter of a tank left. That's how much of his lungs he's able to use."
They also said that his heart was only working at 15%. It was only a matter of time.
He had to be transferred to Columbia, MO because he needed dialisis (which he ultimately refused), but we have no family in Columbia. He was alone at nights. So my cousin/aunt (Larissa & I call her our aunt sometimes because she's old enough to be our aunt) had the idea to go to Target & get him a stuffed animal to keep him company. We got him a blue little creature from Seasame Street. Dad named him Fart. He never let Fart go.
He was gone within an hour of the doctor's putting him on the morphine for the pain. My mom thought he was just waiting for us to get into Columbia & for the doctors to put him out of pain. I agree.

Here are some photos (new & old) of my family.





Mt little sister Larissa.

My mom at where we're going to bury my father's ashes.




Danielle & her daughter Libby.

My mom & me.

Brent playing with his cutest (& only) neice, Libby.

Diana & her son Timmy.



Obviously these photos were taken at different points in time & at different levels of skill. Can you tell which are the newer ones?






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