Chris and Jessica Engagement Party

I can't believe I have friends who are getting married! I'm getting so old haha! Tonight I had the pleasure of photographing my fellow swim team mate and yearbook staffer from high school's engagement party. Her friend Taylor put on an absolutely beautiful shindig and the weather was awesome, who could ask for more?
The lovely hostess Taylor and her BF Sean.

The happy couple; Jessica and Chris!

I really want one of those lounge chairs like they are seated in here. Now all I need is a pool!

A little over a year to go! Get ready for September 2009!

The cake was adorable.

Gotta get the bling shot!

In other news, I have finally moved to Athens! But fear not Atlantans, Knoxvillians and others. I'm still available for travel wherever, in fact I love traveling, so don't be afraid to drop me a line!

My friend Caitlyn is auditioning for a Dance minor at UGA, she needed some pictures to go with her application. It was extremely hot that day, but we worked through the conditions to get some stuff for her:

This reminds me of tree pose in Yoga haha, and it's with a tree, how appropriate!

Look at those eyes! Gorgeous!

I often wish I were a ballerina.
Ballet in "street wear" haha.

Next Jordan and I headed to Alabama for the World's Longest Garage Sale. An interesting experience for sure. Plenty of glassware to be had, and plenty of fried food for the stomach.

Jordan with his first purchase, a set of green glasses, of which we saw a million more throughout our journey.
You know you're in Alabama when there's fried Oreos.


Us in Chattanooga at the River.
Our hotel room was an old train car!
I thought the ceiling in the lobby was cool.
Us again, don't you love boring vacation photos?
The hotel.Jordan waiting on the "train" haha.

So, to sum it up, it's been a busy end of summer. I'm excited about starting at UGA this fall and can't wait to see what is in store for me there. Finally back to normal college life! I'm really hoping that despite all the craziness that is school, I can still keep putting out work, and hopefully find some time and inspiration for some personal work that has been brewing in my head for the better part of a year. I'll keep everyone posted!

End of Summer

Finally quit the desk job! Couldn't be happier. I've been super busy, but this time around it's been fun busy. Here are some recent snapshots and stuff from photo shoots.


I've been second shooting for the always wonderful Brenda Upton.

She has been nice enough to allow me to add the images I take at her weddings for self-promotional purposes, and I'm very grateful for her being so kind! Here are just a few shots from some weddings this summer:

1st up is Brandon and Erin. Super cute couple and of course yay for redheads!




Then Chris and Jenna. Beautifully done wedding up in the North Georgia Mountains.

I will post more wedding shots later!

Here's some other stuff that's happened recently:

My Pi Phi friends from Tennessee came down for a girl's weekend in Atlanta. Tax free weekend shopping=awesome!


Ikea was of course a huge highlight of the trip for everyone, definitely overwhelming for those who have never been.

I personally thoroughly enjoy the food at Ikea Cafeteria. I'm convinced there's no better chicken fingers in all of Atlanta, haha.

Jordan and I hit up Lakewood 400 Antique Market:

And he hit up the concession stand haha.

Shout Outs for Today

So in graphic design school they tell you to look at other artists' work as much as possible, this will help you draw inspiration and ideas into the libraries of your mind so that you can come up with new innovative concepts and ideas. I believe the same is true of any medium. This is the sole reason I will be sad to leave my desk job: (in exactly 5 days...No I'm not counting) I will no longer have hours at hand each day to spend perusing the world wide web looking at other photographers' work.

But as it stands I do have the time so I'd like to recognize two pretty cool folks. The first one is my dear friend and colleague Belton Chappell. He gets to take all the credit for the above shot of yours truly (totally weird being on the other side of the camera, but kinda fun to be able to sit back and watch while somebody else moves all that equipment around). It was cool to hang out and shoot with him again since I haven't really seen much of him since he returned from LA. I admire his ability to make an ordinary location into this intriguing atmosphere (ie: this was shot on the backside of a shopping center...Does it look like it? Didn't think so.)

The second person I'd like to give a shout out to is Myles Edwin. I don't even know if Myles knows who I am, but we have been MySpace friends for a long time and by golly, in this day and age that really means something. Haha, in the rare case that I find myself perusing MySpace I always seem to stumble across this dude's page, and I think his vision is pretty cool. Amazing what you can do with one light or even just a lamp. It makes me realize how much I need to quit perusing the B&H Catalog for more equipment and get out there and experiment.

All this inspiration might just be too much for me to handle in one day. I've got film stills on the brain. It's high time I produced another series, and this time I want to do something that would make Cindy Sherman proud.

Sasha

Sasha and I had a great time at the river, probably one of my favorite and most dangerous locations to shoot. Slippery rocks+camera=bad news! But we made it out in one piece and got some great shots in the process.

The Art of Self Branding

Welcome everyone to my blog! I'm excited to finally have a place to share my creative ventures with the world wide web. After several years in the photography biz assisting and working with all types of wonderful photogs across the southeast, I think it's hight time I started making my own way! Now before I can start all that, I must begin the process of branding myself: creating a logo and all that good stuff. As a graphic design student, I find these things fun, however creating something for myself is totally daunting! For once I am not bound by the constraints of an assignment; I can do whatever I want! I have no idea where to begin! So in the American spirit of getting things for free whenever possible, I wiped out the paint sample section of Home Depot for some inspiration. Special thanks goes to the paint guy who didn't kick me out of the store even though I took almost every color.

Happy reading/looking everyone!

-Angie