A few days ago I watching one of Brooke Shaden’s promoting passion videos where she took a bunch of studio lights out into the forest for a shoot. She talked about trying out different and new things, and failing. It made me realize that there’s no shame in failing and it’s one of the best…
Two weeks ago, the theme for the 52 Week Project was opposites. I wasn’t planning on taking a break from the project but you know, life happens. I was also kinda stuck because I couldn’t think of a specific idea. One thing that was on my mind was Sia’s Elastic Heart music video (which is…
About time, right? I’ve apologized before for taking so long with it and I apologize again. These past two weeks felt like a blur and I’m more than ready to get back into shooting regularly and working on more projects. So anyway, lets get into it. I want to thank everyone who sent in a…
The past week’s been hectic – from working constantly on my submission for the Restart The Art project to spending time with family, I haven’t had a chance to shoot anything. I haven’t taken any pictures in exactly ten days and I miss it so much. My mother just got out of surgery a few…
When I was in university, I took two literature courses with one of the most amazing professors I’d ever known. I remember once, I stayed behind to talk to him about a paper I’d written and after we discussed it and I was heading out, he stopped me and asked “what’s your major?”, and I…
I know, I know – I’m late again. I’ve been working on a bunch of different things all at once and I couldn’t work on the image for the 52 week project as much as I wanted to. A while back I started feeling like I was relying on the project to make new pictures…
I initially wanted to write a blog post only about a project I’m involved in, called Restart The Art, but I just finished working on my new picture for the 52 Week Project and I felt like the picture works well with the idea of the project. Restart The Art is an amazing idea by…
I loooove photography contests, so I thought I’d have one! A while back a friend of mine wanted to experiment with compositing and asked me to send him some stock images he could use. That got me thinking that it would be so awesome to see how people edit my pictures. So this is how it’s…
I’ve been super excited to share this with you guys! Last week’s theme for the 52 week project was mythology. I considered doing something based on mermaids for just a few seconds but then I decided I really wanted a dragon in my picture! I wasn’t sure how to make it happen, but then I contacted…
Just a few more days till 2015! Who’s excited? I am, and I’m not. I am because a new year sometimes feels like you get a chance to start over, like you get a clean slate and anything is possible. I’m not because almost every photographer I follow has posted something about their new years…
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