Heading Down To The Lone Star State

The Texas bluebonnets are the states flower and are suspose to be in a marvolus bounty this year!

I just purchases my tickets for a trip to Houston Texas at the end of this month.  The entire Treybig side of my family (with exception of my immediate family) reside all over the state of Texas.

This will be a working vacation, and I will be on a photographic trip with my aunt Cynthia.  My aunt Cynthia is my inspiration for following my dreams in my photographic career, and although we are very different (she uses Cannon, I use Nikon... she photographs for nature magazines, calendars, and books.  I photograph weddings, and people for personal uses)  We still enjoy photographing nature and being outdoors, in fact she is going to help me submit my work for publication.

SO what will we be doing their exactly?! WELL I planned my ticket around the Texas state flowers peek.  My aunt has sent me forums and countless links to photographers anxiously awaiting this photographic opportunity.  Here are some snap shots of what I am talking about:

Wildflowers Around Mason Texas!

Final Gallery Day { Rutabegorz } . May 1, 2010 .

If you have not made it into Rutabegorz in old town tustin by now, you should before the end of this month.  I will be taking down all my images May 1, 2010.

If you have made it down to Rutabegorz then make one more stop by.  I just added a few new images to replace the ones that were sold this past month.

I am looking for more places that will feature local art, if anyone would has any information for me that my help please let me know.  I am looking forward to hosting my personal works at other locations including this one again in the future.

Thank you for everyone that has made purchases & showed their support!

Macro Flowers in the Early Morning

This morning I work up early to catch some of that morning dew and rising sunlight.  I rented this amazing 55mm Macro Nikon Lens that I absolutely love, hopefully it will be mine soon :).

Since I primarily photograph people, I tend to use this lens for little details during a wedding (hands, invitations, rings, etc) and Babies! they are tinny right... and they have lots of cute little lines on the bottoms of their feet that I love to capture.

Well this morning I used the lens to capture pollen and ants crawling on some beautiful spring flowers some soon to be fall fruit.  I never realized how difficult it was to get the subject in focus (since I have a very very narrow depth of field) and the plants are constantly moving in the wind, I can't get myself stabile enough and the ants keep moving! haha all in all I had fun and it was not really that successful with the ants. Maybe next time.. they are kinda gross close up anyway.

White climbing roses

Lavender

 

Valencia Oranges

Ilyssa & Alex {The Getty} . Couple Portraits .

I love being a morning person,  I woke up before the sun did this Friday to go photograph a couple portrait session at the Getty Museum in Los Angels.

I am a born and raised southern California girl, and I have never been to the Getty Museum!  Well thanks to Ilyssa & Alex that all changed today.  It was Alex's birthday and Ilyssa was surprising him with a trip to the Getty and a 5 star lunch.  I might steal that idea, even just to get myself back there.

Ilyssa has the most beautiful eyes, smile, and hair (so long and she recently cut it 8 inches, wow!).  It was really nice to get them both together at such a beautiful place even though the Getty is a little strict with what they will allow camera / equipment wise. Alex has these stunning light blue eyes ... and with most fair eyes they were very sensitive so I tried to keep him comfortable.  Not to many 'stare into the sun' &'blind you with the reflector' shots.

Ilyssa showed me their matching pair of shoes that she got for Alex when they first started dating, so naturally we had to have a few detail shots of these lovingly aged shoes.

UPDATE 4/5/10 - NOTE TO PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Just a note to let you know that commercial photography is not allowed at the Getty Center without advance written permission.  We are unable to allow wedding, engagement, or other similar commercial photography at all, due to the overwhelming demand we receive, and the disruption it creates for visitors.  Thank you.


Julie Jaskol
Assistant Director, Media Relations
(310) 440-7607 office
(310) 613-4246 cell
http://www.getty.edu

Katie, Rick & Kai {Hermosa Beach} .Family Portraits.

Last Sunday I had a great time photographing this wonderful family! I love my job.

After hours of talking and just hanging out on our photo session, I found that we had so many things in common.  We bonded over our love of the beach and years spent living and surfing in Hawaii, Oahu.

Katie & Rick have the most adorable little 2 year old boy Kai (meaning 'shell' in Japanese & 'the sea' in Hawaiian) that can pronounce five syllable words no problem, AND unprompted. Katie asked him "what does mommy do for work?", Kai with out stopping to think about the sudden change in topic says "Esthetician" (I had trouble just spelling that word correctly!) he pronounced it perfectly.  Rick then followed with "What does daddy use for work?" Kai replies "Fire-extinguisher" OK amazing right?!

The S. family and I all walked over to the beach just a block away where the whole city had clearly gathered for the beautiful Sunday afternoon.  We photographed near the pier, and took long walks on the chalk covered side walks... little Kia was getting sleepy so we decided to save that for their next family portrait session.

Photographic art I admire

Elle Moss is a female artist with a photographic intensity.  She was introduced to me by a mutual friend, I rarely find people so inspiring and consistent with putting out new work.  That is why I started following her blog Elle Moss & Elle Moss's Etsy  where you can purchase her work.

I am very inspired by the vintage feel she imposes on each image, I like how you can imagine yourself in her photographs even when there is a portrait of another person.

I try to recreate this same vintage energy & placement with my photography.  I am not interested in following a 'trend' because as I learned during my time at WPPI 'trends fade, but style is forever'.

So even though it seems like I am dating my work with this vintage feel, I think that this style will last forever... or at least your prints will!  I also include (unlike most photographers) and original copy of all the modified images during your photographic session so that you will have your original for years to come.... through trend & time.

Another thing I really enjoy about her photography is that she has a female photographer friend that she closely collaborates with, keeping idea's fresh & motivated.  I apply this same thing to my photography business (Blush Photography).  I work closely with my best friend & photographer Brandi Welles.  We are defiantly two photographers with two different views of the same world.  We compliment every photographic session with our clients by offering both our points of view every time. No ONE is perfect but Brandi & Marcella (I) come very close :) - follow for a post of our joined work




Elle & Susan: Yellow (their take on the theme yellow)

Green? Stainless steel.

I consider myself a little bit of a lot of things, I try to take the good I find in life and apply it to make ME.

I don't consider myself a 'hippie' jumping on the Green band wagon, but I know a good thing when I see it.  I saw some pretty cool stainless steel food storage containers at Sprouts Market today, unfortunately they were quite pricy and only came in one sized medium box (my food wont fit!).

SO! I did some research, and found this amazing company that does wonderful work out of India (which I can totally relate to, having heard stories about the poor conditions from a friend who just recently returned from a trip to India) with the people and recycling.  India is a very poor country with tons of waste. To-Go Ware helps combat both of these issues.... and helps support a healthy diet for me by giving me a fun way to pack my lunches so I don't munch on junk food during photo sessions.

Why I made the $30.00 investment...
~ Stainless steel, no chemical leakage onto your food
~ Keeps food hot/cold
~ Unique
~ Lasts a very long time
~ Re-uses products from waste reducing the size of landfills (little by little)
~ Supports healthy eating

~ Easy to use, you can stack as many as you like (1 - 3)

~ Saves you money on disposable silverware & plastic containers

~ Dishwasher safe 

~ You can cook with it (oven, open flame, camping etc.)

~ Looks great & plenty of convent add on's to customize your eating style (condiment containers)

~ No waste added to landfills
~ Creates valuable jobs
~ Makes me feel good and feel like a part of something greater

& I needed a lunch box for work!

Watch the VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/3110137
Listen to the (funny) SONG: http://www.to-goware.com/about/poem.mp3

my set: Green bag & Wheat utensil case