Fun With Fire

Summer 2011- Saratoga, NY.  Camping with the Joneses and betting on horses.  I won $75 on a long shot!  Played around with some fire too.

A Little More Portraiture

It's pretty refreshing to look back through my blog to as long as six years ago (!) and see what I've shot, where I've been, what I've done, and who has been by my side!  I've captured every important aspect of my post-college life, whether it be an assignment from The Independent, a slice of AmeriCorps, or simply just a hike I went on one day.  As this timeline progresses, I find myself being asked more and more to photograph events, do portraits, and even have my work shown in exhibitions!  Feeling sentimental and would just like to say that I hope you appreciate this as much as I do.

That being said, Alex hooked me up with this amazing opportunity to take portraits of this family she babysits for their holiday cards.  They wanted more natural/candid portraits (unlike your run-of-the-mill studio shots) and liked what they saw on my blog... so I shot them on location at their family farm.  It ended up being a lot of fun!  Not one complaint from the kids the entire time, might I add :)

Greendale Road

Ok-- was hesitant to put these photos up because of a project I am/was working on?  I decided to throw caution to the wind because I really like them and think they should be seen.  Over the Summer while I was dog-sitting at Oak Hill two of my co-workers, Evie and Emma, told me they found a decaying deer that had been hit by a train and was hanging over the train bridge ties.  At this point in time I was photographing for this big project I'm involved in and couldn't resist the urge to check it out for myself.  I think it says a lot about man's influence on landscape and nature.  I often find it hard to avoid any traces of mankind, even in desolate areas.  It's a beautiful and sad relationship all at once.  

The Greendale Road Series

Dia De Los Muertos Does Hudson

About a month ago I photographed two Dia De Los Meurtos events in Hudson for Andrew Nelson of Down in the Valley.  The first was a family-oriented craft/face painting celebration at the Hudson Opera House on 11/1.  The second event was the next night- an all-night dance party at Mexican Radio, DJed by my friend Tate.

Anniversary Portraits

Took these photographs for my lifelong friend Heather and her husband Mike as they celebrated their 5th year of marriage!  Got some suggestions and feedback from Heather and snapped away at a few picturesque places she had chosen.  They loved the results!  Here's a sampling:

  

Greene County

Pretty (Ugly Before)

In the "Winter" I am unemployed and everything is ugly.

In the Summer I work with plants and everything is pretty.