I'm not apologizing for the late posting today...I've been busy enjoying my beautiful daughter.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Late Days
I'm not apologizing for the late posting today...I've been busy enjoying my beautiful daughter.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Chloe Aftel
I came across Chloe Aftel's images on one of my favorite blogs,
Please Sir.
Next thing I know over an hour had passed (hooray for a sleeping baby!) and I was still clicking my way through her portfolio,
Flickr Stream and
blog. Her photos are so dreamy and private - like I walked into someone's deepest thoughts and hung around longer than I was supposed to.
Take some time to delve in to her world. You'll like it there.
All photos Copyright Chloe Aftel.
Please Sir.
Next thing I know over an hour had passed (hooray for a sleeping baby!) and I was still clicking my way through her portfolio,
Flickr Stream and
blog. Her photos are so dreamy and private - like I walked into someone's deepest thoughts and hung around longer than I was supposed to.
Take some time to delve in to her world. You'll like it there.
All photos Copyright Chloe Aftel.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Summer Spectators in the City
I can hardly believe that summer is almost officially over. Here in New York we usually get lucky and the hot days continue well into September - I think a lot of New Yorkers will welcome the fall this year not only because it's one of the most beautiful times of year here but also because this has been one damn hot summer! Lucia was actually born in the middle of a crazy heat wave and as soon as the temperature hovered around 90 instead of 100 we took her out for a little while for some fresh air in the early morning and late afternoon.
This baby loves to be outdoors! We go out every single day at least once and she really enjoys cruising around in her stroller and in her baby bjorn carrier (that thing is like a mute button for her!) This week I'm planning on walking her over to Washington Square Park. We can sit in the shade and watch and listen to the big kids splashing around in the fountain.
I took this photo last year at the park. It was part of an Urban Summer series that I worked and when she's bigger I'll take her there so she can splash around but for now we'll just be spectators to all the summer fun.
This baby loves to be outdoors! We go out every single day at least once and she really enjoys cruising around in her stroller and in her baby bjorn carrier (that thing is like a mute button for her!) This week I'm planning on walking her over to Washington Square Park. We can sit in the shade and watch and listen to the big kids splashing around in the fountain.
I took this photo last year at the park. It was part of an Urban Summer series that I worked and when she's bigger I'll take her there so she can splash around but for now we'll just be spectators to all the summer fun.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Instant Photos? Yes, please!
I have definitely professed my undying love for Photojojo here before. I mean as a photographer, photo enthusiast and lover of cool stuff, how can I not love Photojojo? Impossible.
When I saw this post on their newsletter in my inbox last week I literally "woohoo"ed!
Yes, I have my old school polaroid (that I'm not sure even works anymore but is sitting prominently in my office) but sometimes we all need an upgrade. Enter
Fuji’s Instax 210 Wide Format Instant Camera. How awesome is this?
Like the great people at Photojojo said: This insta-sharp-shooter promises all the best of its instant photo predecessors, and then some:
You get the magic moment of watching a photo develop right before your eyes and the added bonus of gorgeous, colorful wide prints! (Not to mention easy-to-find film!)
In 5 minutes, you’ll have prints ready to color your wall, decorate your desk, and pretty much make life happier in general.
Mine should arrive any day now. Woohoo!
Photos via Photojojo.
When I saw this post on their newsletter in my inbox last week I literally "woohoo"ed!
Yes, I have my old school polaroid (that I'm not sure even works anymore but is sitting prominently in my office) but sometimes we all need an upgrade. Enter
Fuji’s Instax 210 Wide Format Instant Camera. How awesome is this?
Like the great people at Photojojo said: This insta-sharp-shooter promises all the best of its instant photo predecessors, and then some:
You get the magic moment of watching a photo develop right before your eyes and the added bonus of gorgeous, colorful wide prints! (Not to mention easy-to-find film!)
In 5 minutes, you’ll have prints ready to color your wall, decorate your desk, and pretty much make life happier in general.
Mine should arrive any day now. Woohoo!
Photos via Photojojo.
Friday, August 27, 2010
wonderful, random, little things
I haven't had much time to comment on my favorite blogs lately but I've definitely been reading - in between naps and feedings and long walks in the park.
One of my favorite bloggers, Emily of the lovely and amazing
Cupcakes and Cashmere, recently blogged about the opposite of "pet peeves" - you know, those little things that annoy us so much we can't stand it. Well, there's no word for the opposite of that. It's sad that there is no word to describe the wonderful, random, little things that make us happy. It seems to be so much more socially acceptable to just complain about those things that bother us rather than to celebrate those that bring us joy. Why? She pointed this out and all I could think was - she is SO right! She made a list of those things that make her happy and I spent two days thinking about mine. Of course the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my list of "little things" is quite long.
Here are just a few of these simple moments that make me smile, make me happy and are just awesome for me.
Husband and me at the wedding of two of our closest friends.
1. When my baby girl smiles when I go to pick her up.
2. Hearing my husband talk to the baby when I’m in the other room.
3. Watching her look at every little thing with so much wonder.
4. When I catch my husband looking at me with a smile on his face.
5. The smell and feel of a fresh manicure.
6. Sleeping with the windows open on the first warm night and feeling the breeze on my face.
7. The first sound of a cicada in summer
8. Feeling of my feet sinking in the sand when the surf goes back out after a wave.
9. Fresh sheets
10. Falling asleep to the sound of rain.
11. The quiet that seems to fall over everything during a snow storm.
12. Finding a parking space right in front of my building.
13. Not getting a ticket when I haven’t paid the meter.
14. When a train arrives just when you go through the turnstyle.
15. When a song that I haven’t heard in a long time comes up randomly on a playlist.
16. Driving with the windows down.
17. Looking at photographs on my couch or in album rather than online.
18. The way my mom and dad's house smells.
19. The sound of windchimes.
20. Hearing kids laughing and playing in the park next door to my building from my 8th floor apartment.
What's on your list?
Happy Friday!
One of my favorite bloggers, Emily of the lovely and amazing
Cupcakes and Cashmere, recently blogged about the opposite of "pet peeves" - you know, those little things that annoy us so much we can't stand it. Well, there's no word for the opposite of that. It's sad that there is no word to describe the wonderful, random, little things that make us happy. It seems to be so much more socially acceptable to just complain about those things that bother us rather than to celebrate those that bring us joy. Why? She pointed this out and all I could think was - she is SO right! She made a list of those things that make her happy and I spent two days thinking about mine. Of course the more I thought about it, the more I realized that my list of "little things" is quite long.
Here are just a few of these simple moments that make me smile, make me happy and are just awesome for me.
Husband and me at the wedding of two of our closest friends.
1. When my baby girl smiles when I go to pick her up.
2. Hearing my husband talk to the baby when I’m in the other room.
3. Watching her look at every little thing with so much wonder.
4. When I catch my husband looking at me with a smile on his face.
5. The smell and feel of a fresh manicure.
6. Sleeping with the windows open on the first warm night and feeling the breeze on my face.
7. The first sound of a cicada in summer
8. Feeling of my feet sinking in the sand when the surf goes back out after a wave.
9. Fresh sheets
10. Falling asleep to the sound of rain.
11. The quiet that seems to fall over everything during a snow storm.
12. Finding a parking space right in front of my building.
13. Not getting a ticket when I haven’t paid the meter.
14. When a train arrives just when you go through the turnstyle.
15. When a song that I haven’t heard in a long time comes up randomly on a playlist.
16. Driving with the windows down.
17. Looking at photographs on my couch or in album rather than online.
18. The way my mom and dad's house smells.
19. The sound of windchimes.
20. Hearing kids laughing and playing in the park next door to my building from my 8th floor apartment.
What's on your list?
Happy Friday!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Aaron Feaver
Aaron Feaver is currently one of my favorite photographers. Check out his work. It's inspiring, sexy, modern...pretty amazing.
Oh, and he's on Flickr, too.
All images Copyright Aaron Feaver.
Oh, and he's on Flickr, too.
All images Copyright Aaron Feaver.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wedding Days
You might know that I moonlight as a wedding photographer. Well, I do! I shoot parties in the same style as I shoot my fine art photography and all of my street photography work. I like to capture those moments when you don't know that I'm looking - I create stories with my images while photographing my favorite subject - every day people doing every day things.
I'm currently booking parties for the fall. Of course I took the entire summer and all of September off to be with my baby but by early October I know that I'll be ready to get back to working at these celebrations that I love. I mostly shoot small affairs but I can accommodate larger parties as well. Let's discuss!
Here's a sneak peek...
oh, and by the way, most of my clients tend to love black and white as much as I do...
I'm currently booking parties for the fall. Of course I took the entire summer and all of September off to be with my baby but by early October I know that I'll be ready to get back to working at these celebrations that I love. I mostly shoot small affairs but I can accommodate larger parties as well. Let's discuss!
Here's a sneak peek...
oh, and by the way, most of my clients tend to love black and white as much as I do...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Destroy This Memory
This week marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Photographer Richard Misrach went to New Orleans armed with his 4 MP pocket camera to chronicle the after effects of the hurricane. What resulted is a haunting collection of images illustrating the lives and experiences of the people of a community left to fend itself published in the book Destroy This Memory. The images were created between October and December 2005.
Misrach also conceived an exhibition of these photographs to be presented at five major museums across the country. The five participating museums to whom Misrach donated this extraordinary group of images are the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Two of the shows will open to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Museum of Art presents: Untitled [New Orleans and the Gulf Coast 2005] from August 28 through October 24, 2010. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Richard Misrach: Katrina from August 7 through October 31, 2010.
You can purchase the book directly from the Aperture Foundation.
Here is a description of the book directly from the Exposures Blog.
Richard Misrach's Destroy This Memory is an affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina. Rather than simply surveying the damage, Misrach—who has photographed the region regularly since the 1970s, most notably for his ongoing Cancer Alley project—found himself drawn to the hurricane-inspired graffiti: messages scrawled in spray paint, crayons, chalk, or whatever materials happened to be on hand. At turns threatening, desperate, clinical, and even darkly humorous, the phrases he captured—the only text that appears in the book—offer unique and revealing human perspectives on the devastation and shock left in the wake of this disaster.
Artist's royalties for this project are being donated to the Make It Right Foundation, which is currently rebuilding the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
Richard Misrach (born in Los Angeles, 1949) is credited with helping pioneer the renaissance of color photography and large-scale presentation in the 1970s. He has exhibited extensively, and his work is held in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship. Misrach is represented by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Pace-MacGill Gallery, New York; and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Photographer Richard Misrach went to New Orleans armed with his 4 MP pocket camera to chronicle the after effects of the hurricane. What resulted is a haunting collection of images illustrating the lives and experiences of the people of a community left to fend itself published in the book Destroy This Memory. The images were created between October and December 2005.
Misrach also conceived an exhibition of these photographs to be presented at five major museums across the country. The five participating museums to whom Misrach donated this extraordinary group of images are the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Two of the shows will open to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Museum of Art presents: Untitled [New Orleans and the Gulf Coast 2005] from August 28 through October 24, 2010. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Richard Misrach: Katrina from August 7 through October 31, 2010.
You can purchase the book directly from the Aperture Foundation.
Here is a description of the book directly from the Exposures Blog.
Richard Misrach's Destroy This Memory is an affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina. Rather than simply surveying the damage, Misrach—who has photographed the region regularly since the 1970s, most notably for his ongoing Cancer Alley project—found himself drawn to the hurricane-inspired graffiti: messages scrawled in spray paint, crayons, chalk, or whatever materials happened to be on hand. At turns threatening, desperate, clinical, and even darkly humorous, the phrases he captured—the only text that appears in the book—offer unique and revealing human perspectives on the devastation and shock left in the wake of this disaster.
Artist's royalties for this project are being donated to the Make It Right Foundation, which is currently rebuilding the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
Richard Misrach (born in Los Angeles, 1949) is credited with helping pioneer the renaissance of color photography and large-scale presentation in the 1970s. He has exhibited extensively, and his work is held in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship. Misrach is represented by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Pace-MacGill Gallery, New York; and Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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