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Sunday, April 17, 2016

Jacksonville Arboretum

This is FINALLY the last week of this semester. It has been one of the most difficult semesters I have ever taken. For some reason I decided to take 5 classes one of those being my capstone course. The only way I have been able to live with the stress is by staying active as much as possible. Between my course load and working full time at my job, I haven't had much time for photo shoots. In order to fill this void I am constantly snapping away on my phone. Occasionally I will bring out the DSLR on my hikes, but on days like today when we decided to bring our dog it wasn't very convenient to do so.

I wanted to share some images I snapped today of the Jacksonville Arboretum. If you haven't been out there, I highly suggest going. It's like this small slice of paradise in this city. It almost feels like you drove 30 miles out of town into the woods. The weather today was fantastic as well.

So here they are nothing fancy, but just some nice pics of a beautiful park.





My Bluetick Coonhound Dr. Gibson

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Saturday, April 9, 2016

Inspiration Post Continued

Last week I talked about just a few of the photographers that inspire the work in my portfolio. This week I wanted to take to Twitter and show you guys exactly what a couple of my favorite photographers have been up to. Twitter is a great way to get almost live updates of what people are doing. Some of the photographers I follow will use Twitter as a platform to share behind the scenes shots as they are working. They even share their finished work on there. It's also a great way for them to stay connected with their fan base. In the case of Lara Jade (one of the younger photographers I follow) it's very important for her to stay connected with her fans because she runs workshops. These usually span 3 to 4 days and she teaches the ins-and-outs of her style of fashion photography.

Below are some of examples of her work and and Mario Tetsino's work via their Twitter feeds.



Behind the scenes shot.
and a couple of Mario Testino's images as well


The other two photographers I mentioned don't have Twitter accounts, but they use Instagram very heavily. If you're into fashion photography at all I highly recommend either of these photographer's feeds on Twitter.
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Sunday, April 3, 2016

Inspiration post

I wanted to talk today about some of the photographers that inspire me to continue to work on my art. There are so many great ones out there, but a few of them have really stood out to me over the years.

Lara Jade, JUCO, Steven Meisel, and Mario Testino are just a few of my favorites. Lara Jade is an English photographer who I have been following since day 1.10 years now. She is a year younger than me and has just really made a name for her self in the photography world. She started out as conceptual photographer who focused mainly on self portraits and then grew into this incredible fashion photographer and moved in NYC where she currently resides.

Steven Meisel and Mario Testino  have been around for what feels like forever, They are the big shot or what would be the A-list celebrities of the photography world. There work can be found in almost every fashion publication in the world. They both tend to do ads for major fashion lines too.

JUCO is a duo of two photographers that live in L.A. they are more of my current inspiration of the direction I would like to take my portfolio.

Although I don't plan to make in the photography industry I would never turn down the opportunity if it was handed to me. I just really enjoy creating art and making my visions come to life. The process of creating everything is a fantastic feeling.


Below are the websites of these said photographers if you would like to check them out.

http://larajade.co.uk/

http://www.artandcommerce.com/artists/photographers/steven-meisel

http://www.mariotestino.com/

http://jucophoto.com/


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