I found more artwork!

So I've been going through the mounds and mounds of stuff in my house, getting ready to move (my house is going on the market by next month, around the same time I go back to school) and I found two whole portfolio folders full of stuff from my high school art class....just random portrait studies and paintings and even some plexiglas etchings and their prints. SO, I thought I'd go ahead and share my findings with everyone. After all, I have been focusing pretty much totally on photography all summer, so here's a lovely artsy break!

First off, we've got a collage I made around a sketch I did on stiff paper with Conte, which is like chalk, just fancier I guess 

This is a print made from a piece of plexiglas, painted, then hard-pressed onto I think watercolor paper.

This was a piece imitating Cubism, I did half of the butterfly normal and the other half "geometrically," or "cubistic." The branches are also mixed media, with wrinkled up construction paper glued onto the canvas.

This was just a sketch done in class for practice. Kind of like a workshop. 

Pastels or chalk, I can't remember, on black cardboard, just some bottles in an abstract way

Pastel calla lilly on some sort of paper, probably watercolor

Definitely pastels on thin paper

Still life drawing (boring)

Ta Daaaaa!

Update on my internship!

Since many kind people have been interested in how my internship is going, I thought hey! It's time for a new post. 

So I just got August's issue today with about 3 of my pictures in it (I was gone on vacation for about a week and a half of that month). So that was really cool seeing my pictures (that's what makes the whole thing worth it!). 

I just took what's called the "Quicktake" this morning, it's a little blurb review about a cool new restaurant in town. This one was for September's issue, it was a place called The Desserterie. It was actually really close to home, so that made it even better (I commute 30 minutes to my internship, but it's totally worth it, and it's only two days a week). So I thought I'd share a few of my favorites with you all for sharing YOUR interest in me! 

Obviously, I took lots of pictures of their DESSERT!! Needless to say I had to hold myself back from indulging while I took these shots, my GOODNESS they looked so delicious. But I'll let you be the judge of that yourself :)

I <3 MYRTLE BEACH!!

So, I just got back from vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My boyfriend and I have known for a couple of years now that we want to live together down there. What's not to love?! There's SO much to do down there, and every Wednesday night during the summer, there's a firework show at the 2nd Avenue Pier. Hence, the inspiration for this post. Both my boyfriend and I LOVE fireworks, and I LOVE photography, soooo it only seemed natural to photograph the beauty of fireworks. So everyone, I hope you enjoy these pretty pyrotechnics as much as I do, and as always, let me know any favorites, likes/dislikes. Otherwise, enjoy!

My Internship!

FYI, I got a photo internship at Richmond Magazine (a BIG deal in my book!) and so far I've taken four assignments, some bigger than others. Today, I did a "Quicktake" on this little coffee shop called "Stir Crazy." Here's my favorite shot:

 

It's official...

I know that one day I want to have my own portrait business. Or just photography business in general. It's so fun to see people's reactions to beautiful portrait shots! I even enjoy editing them afterwards! (I owe my life to photoshop haha...and I only have version 7.0)

I took my boyfriend's little sister's senior pictures the other day, and they turned out SO great!! The best part is, we literally drove around her neighborhood finding random places for her to pose. No fancy equipment, in fact it was even cloudy about 90% of the time! But like I said before, cloudy days can tend to be the best for shooting in terms of even lighting. 

So anyhoo, here are a few of my personal favorites...since of course, she had her own

 favorites. It was such a great experience. It was that push to get me to the next level of

 photography that I really needed. And well...it did kind of help to have a beautiful subject :)

Let me know what you guys think!

Geese and goslings :)

My mom has the privilege of watching these adorable little goslings every day from her little balcony. I couldn't resist grabbing my camera and standing among them while my sister fed them two whole sleeves of crackers!!! 

And of course, a cute shot of my mom's chihuahua, Mitzie, poking her head through the railing to watch :)

Happy Spring! (a little late)

I love flowers!

And brand new buds!