Breakfast Utah food photography

I had a "happy accident" with my film this week. I think the lab cross processed my film and I am in love with what it did to these shots.

Don't you just wish you could stay at this bed and breakfast? Well you can't because it's my house… But if you really want to come visit you can, and I would totally make you a fancy breakfast and serve it on my favorite blue and white dishes.
I can't decide which one is my favorite. What do you think?






Easter

I hate pastel colors. And honestly, that is the only reason I don't like Easter. Silly right? It's just all pinks and baby blues and cutesiness. But I do love dying eggs, especially when you can get really bold and dark colors like these. This is my favorite green right now.

Here are some old photos from, oh ya know, two years ago.... :)
Someday.... Someday I will have mulled through everything.  If only I could stop taking pictures long enough to get caught up.



Portfolio

I am going to unabashedly brag, not because I think I am especially worthy of bragging or anything, but because I have been working my tush off for the last two weeks on grad school applications. And I'm a tiny bit proud of myself.

A part of the applications is an art portfolio. I decided this would be a good time to share some recent photos mingled with some of my art from recent art classes, and old photos from my photo program at the University of Utah, in the form of my portfolio.
(I mostly want to show off my recent photos but yer gettin' it all!)

I am in serious need of some TLC. I'm thinking sleep and.... I can't think of anything else... hahahah!
what does one do to relax these days? I'm taking suggestions.

So without further ado, I present my portfolio:














2011 International Conference on Food Styling and Photography 1.4

I can't believe it's taken me so long to post these. I actually kinda forgot about them.... :(These are the only film photos I took the whole time. And I really love film. :)
These photos are from when I ventured out of my sad dorm room and did a little site seeing.

If you want to see more photos from the conference and maybe even some actual FOOD photos see:
Conference on Food Styling and Photography 1.1
Conference on Food Styling and Photography 1.2
Conference on Food Styling and Photography 1.3

Sydney and how she came to be my life


I was going through some old film that I got developed a little while ago and found these. I love this little monster!!!!!  I forget how far we've come and how old she has gotten, until I look at old photos like this and it takes me back - back to that time in my life when I thought I had it all figured out and I was stupid and naive. hahahaha! But really I was stupid and naive and I still am. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had no idea how my life would change. I had no idea how much I didn't know.

But this was Sydney, at age three. I had just gotten off work and drove over to my mother-in-law's apartment. I knew she would be there and that we would be taking her home with us. We had talked about it for months and knew it was a possibility someday. But I had no idea what to expect. I hadn't seen her since she was crawling. It was Christmas, years ago, and she crawled around with everyone's shoes on her hands. I knew she wouldn't remember us.

As I stood on the balcony of my mother-in-law's apartment and talked, I noticed a bunch of little kids running around on the grass near by. I asked, "So.... where's Sydney?" And the response was, "She's right there." I was confused. "Where?" "Right there," my ex (husband at the time) replied pointing to the little one in the jumble of what I thought were all boys. Yes, her hair was short, shaved in fact. Apparently, for whatever reason, her dad didn't want to bother using lice killing shampoo. Brilliant idea!  "let's shave everyone's hair, instead," I guess. I never actually bothered to ask what was going on in his head or why he would shave a little girl's hair. I was just like, "give me your kid," and let's get outta here! hehe.

So we took her home, along with a bag of suspect belongings, that included dirty mismatched clothes, that I am still not even sure belonged to her.... And it was crazy and new, and different and scary.

Honestly though, I remember thinking to myself, "What is this little creature and where did she come from?" not because of my lack of maternal love, but because she was so crazy and out of control. I didn't know what to do. And I still don't know what I'm doing. I don't think I ever will. hahaha! I think the day that I get this mom thing down will be the day my cold, black heart stops beating.

oh! A little about these photos.... Once we were able to figure out something that resembled a routine and a life that seemed manageable, we discovered she LOVED mopping floors. To this day she still does. She just so happened to be mopping the bathroom floor the day I came across these photos. :)

Sydney

Okay I am finally blogging some old photos from, oh... last spring... hahaha!

Sometimes I make Sydney go on photo walks with me. I told her we were going to feed the ducks. But when we got there some dumb kids had already over fed them as there was a bunch of bread floating the Jordan River. It's like, "save some starving ducks for the rest of us! sheesh!"
She gladly ate all the bread.... Oh, how I love this girl and her crazy striped pants.




Fujicolor Pro400H film, unedited.
why do I continue to shoot digital? oh yeah, I'm cheap. hahaha