The Farm at Mollies Branch

I got to go take pictures for Megan Northcote's story this weekend for The Appalachian. It was so much fun and probably one of the funnest things I have gotten to photograph. It was in Todd, NC and the llamas love to give you kisses on the cheek! Also, Petunia the pig was a popular face.

Holiday Portraits

I took pictures of a brother and sister, Seth and Selina, this week. They were giving them to their parents for Christmas. It was fun to do, but stressful getting prints done right before Christmas Eve! In the end, they came out nicely. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

My Final RCC Commercial Portfolio

Wow, I can't believe I just graduated from RCC yesterday. Over the past two years, I have learned so much, and made some wonderful friendships. I will miss RCC, and all the long hours of working in the lab, and hanging out with everyone, and stressing to get all our assignments done. However, I am starting school at Appalachian State University in a few weeks, and I am sure the stress will start right back up again. To all you photo kids, I am so grateful to have spent these past two wonderful years with all of you. So here it is, my final commercial portfolio.

The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland

These are some of the shots I got while touring the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland when I went in March. I went by myself, and was also in Dublin for St. Patrick's Day. There will be more images from that coming soon, but here are some of my favorites from the brewery.

A Future In Nascar

Hey Everyone! So here is the final SoundSlides project I did for John's class last semester. It took me awhile to get it formatted to put on the web. It is about Lee Ball, a cousin of mine, who races cars! It is cool to go see his races at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro. One of these days, you might see him racing on TV one Sunday for Nascar! Yay! Good luck Lee, and thank you for letting me do my project on you!

Will Sanders Test Shoot

The photos above are those of Will Sanders. I got to go help out one weekend for Will, who was doing a test shoot for himself. The model is wearing clothing by Ashish, who is good friends with Nadine and Will. Nadine rented the giant gnome, named Gordon for the shoot. Of course Will had all his camera's that day, both film and digital. I think he took like 15 rolls of film! We had to keep going inside that day because there were several random showers, then small windows of sunlight. I had a lot of fun looking at Gordon. We became quick friends. Too bad I will never see him again....



Here are some of the shots I took from the shoot:

Back in London for My Second Internship

Ok everyone, I am finally posting onto my blog since being back in London. Sorry it is taking me so long to post, I have been busy! These are pictures from a shoot we did for T-Mobile. The whole idea behind it is that the models are people living in the United Kingdom that are not from it. The picture with the blonde girl is supposed to look like an American or Australian couple living in a British city. The brunette couple is supposed to be European (Spain, France, etc.). Basically, this ad demonstrates the downside of living in the UK--The terrible weather! There are tons of rural parks in cities here, so the point is that it is someone who got stuck in a rainstorm one day, who is on the phone with someone from back home. The person back home is telling them how wonderful and sunny the weather is. Also, you will notice that there is a bit of pink in each image, because T-Mobile's color is pink. It is advertising a calling plan T-Mobile has developed for international calling. Basically, It is my perfect calling plan, because I am in the same situation, an American living in London. And yes, it really does rain here ALL THE TIME! haha




The first three images are done by Ashley Cameron. There is also a dramatic version of one of the shots that Ashley is going to use in his portfolio. Also, notice me in the background of all the shots pretending to be someone walking in the background with an umbrella!






















The pictures from the shoot are by me. I got very lucky, because the shoot ended up being literally two buildings down from the flat I am living in here. So, I was on time for once!

Technology!

These are two shots I like from our last lab with James. Carolyn, Jonathan, and I were in a group together, and these are my favorite shots. I wanted to back light the object, and Carolyn threw in the idea of putting the Christmas lights behind it, so that's how we got these.

Jessey as Jon Bon Jovi

This is the third Tear sheet I chose for James' class. It was the concept shot, and I liked the Jon Bon Jovi ad he did for Kenneth Cole R.S.V.P. cologne. I tried to recreate the shot. Jessey was the perfect model for this.

Gaines Citgo Automotive

UNC Chapel Hill at Night

A bunch of the photo kids took a trip to Chapel Hill last weekend to get some fun night shots. I took my medium format camera as well as my Canon 30d. These are some fun things we did with light painting with digital.

Jewelry

This is the third time I attempted to shoot jewelry for one of our assignments for Chuck. It had to be shot on a large format camera. The first time I did it, it had to be shot with chrome film, which I really messed up on. For this shot, I used a Sinar F-1 4x5 view camera with the Leaf Aptus 22 digital back. My ISO was at 25. I hope I pulled it off this time.

A Rockin Photo Kid Photo Shoot

It's always fun to set up a photo booth at school. I took all these shots of the photo kids when I was shooting Sarah for the Vodka and Caviar ad. It's always great to have people like these as my friends. They are my little school family. They rock! There may be more to come, but these are some of my favorites for now. I shot them with my Canon 30D using my 70-200mm lens.

Vodka and Caviar

So.....everybody take a guess at who this is....I bet you won't get it. It's Sarah Enfiedjian! For those of you who do not know Sarah, you will probably never see her wearing lipstick, big earrings, and nail polish again. Thank you so much for being my model Sarah!

This shot was done for James' class. He had us find a tear sheet of a model advertising a product, and we had to try and recreate it exactly. I chose to do the ad for OPI nail color. The color is called Vodka and Caviar. It is part of their Russian Collection. I shot it using my Canon 30D with my 70-200 mm lens at an ISO of 100. I liked how it turned out, but printing it is another story!

Light Recipes

This week during James' class, we broke into groups and came up with "light recipes." This was my recipe. I shot Julie, and those will be up here soon, but Jessica sat down after and we had some fun, especially when Octavio showed up. These were some of my favorite shots. I used Jessica's Canon 20D to shoot.

Time for a Haircut!

Tara and I took a trip to Great Clips in Asheboro, NC to shoot the salon life. It was an assignment for John. Enjoy it, it has sound and everything!

I shot it using my Canon 30d with my 17-40mm lens and my 70-200mm lens. We used a sound recorder, and edited the slide show using Audacity and Soundslides.

Shooting with Film again at Biltmore

I wanted to shoot film again, so on our trip to Biltmore last weekend, I took my Nikon F100 and a roll of Fuji 200 film. Here are some of the shots I like. I went with Jonathan, David, and David's girlfriend, Cindy. We had a lot of fun!! It is all natural light, so yea...

The Outdoor Enthusiast

Here are some of the shots I had to do for our joint project with the Graphic Design Students. My partner, Will, wanted to do advertising for R.E.I. gift cards. The campaign is Outdoor Enthusiast. We wanted to show different aspects of what REI sells. Pet gear is one thing that a lot of people may not be aware of REI selling. I like doing shots of pets, so I was excited about that part. I am still in the process of editing these shots, it was hard to do location shots in the middle of the winter where the weather isn't so great! I shot with my Canon 30d, using both the 17-40mm lens, and the 24-105 mm lens. Thank you Jackie for bringing pixel to Deep River to be the star of the show!

Joint Project Fun Times

These are some fun shots I took in the process of shooting my joint project. We had fun playing around with long exposures. Thank you David and Jonathan for swinging by to lend Will and I a hand! I shot this with my Canon 30D and used the school's 24-105 mm lens. The first shot is a 30 second exposure, the second is around 2 seconds.

Mountain Man

I shot this for James' second assignment where we had to use a mixture of natural and artificial light. I decided David would be selling the mountains of North Carolina. Everyone needs to take the time to go to the mountains. David, Cindy, Jonathan, and I went to visit Biltmore Estate this weekend, and it was gorgeous there. David makes the perfect mountain man. I shot it with a Nikon D200 and a hand held that Jonathan held for me.

Conversation Hearts

Well, it is back to school for me. New classes, new assignments. Our first assignment for Chuck's Advertising Photography class was to shoot dessert. I shot it once before this shot, and used a fruit tart, but it did not come out how I wanted, so this is a second attempt. I struggle with what to shoot. I feel like I spend so much time thinking of a good setup and composition, that I am not able to spend the time on lighting as I would like. I miss the perks of having a stylist! I shot it using the Phase One digital back on a Hasselblad. I wanted the shot to be more of a close-up on the candy, but I ran into the problem of not having the right lens.

Neighbor

Thank you to my wonderful neighbor Daniel for modeling for me so I could shoot this for James' class. I shot it with my Canon 30D, with my 17-40mm lens. We went to the big construction area outside our apartment complex, and I had him get in a giant concrete sewage connector. The ISO was 100, and my exposure was 1/125 s @ f/4. I might try and redo this shot to get the triangles that were formed by his glasses and the shadows out of the shot.