Back in December, Hasselblad sent me a camera to try. I had the H5D-50C, and two lenses: HC 50II MM and HC 80MM. It was absolutely amazing to use. The sound of the shutter alone is just.. ahhh. Okay I won’t gush too much. I planned out a series of images specifically to create with that…
If tomorrow never comes, would I feel like I’ve lived my life the best way I can? Did I do enough? Did I tell people how much I love them, did I change someone’s life to the better, did I influence anyone. Did I make a difference? Today is one of those days where I…
We don’t have to be in a negative state of mind to be able to create. Over the past few weeks, I struggled so much with that. I didn’t want to create something that doesn’t feel genuine or isn’t a part of me, but at the same time I was dying to create. I used…
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A few days ago, my therapist told me that I am no longer considered clinically depressed. I am a former depressive. I’m in remission. The medication and therapy is now only to prevent relapse. I’ve been in therapy for exactly 11 months, on medication for 10. It’s been a long and exhausting journey, but a…
In our society, if you’re in your mid-twenties or older, and you’re not married yet, then you’re damaged goods. My model wishes to remain anonymous, but she gave me permission to share her story: She is almost 30 years old. She went through two engagements. She got divorced before she even started her marriage. To…
For Sara Kintsugi – (noun) To repair with gold; The art of repairing metal with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. We are all imperfect. We are all flawed. We are, or were, broken in one way or another. Being human, we strive to live up…
I read a beautiful quote the other day, but I can’t seem to find it. I’m paraphrasing but it was something like “if we weren’t cracked or broken, the light wouldn’t be able to shine through”. I think that we all have a light inside of us, and it shines so bright but there are times…
I did the unthinkable. I created an image.. that’s not a square. – insert dramatic music – It probably doesn’t seem like a big deal, but over the last two months I’ve been rethinking everything I do. I realized how much I like my comfort zone and how I’m kind of stuck in my ways.…
I recently got a chance to photograph Fiona again before she got married and moved to Canada. I worked with her a while back on a couple of images and we always said we’d do something again but it just never happened. We ran into each other at an event and she told me she’s moving…
It’s that time of the year! Well, technically it isn’t. Because GPP is usually in March, but this year it was in February. I didn’t take as many classes as I normally do, but the ones I did take were absolutely amazing. Not that I would expect anything less from Sara Lando. I did two of…
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