Stock Photography

Out of all of the projects on my list, my stock photography portfolios seem to get pushed to the back burner the most. My last trip to Seattle, I took a few digital photos with my lovely D300. I finally got around to uploading them to iStock and Shutterstock [currently the only two stock photo pages I have my work on]. Most of the images got accepted on both.

Old warehouse in Georgetown, Seattle

Well I am all packed up and counting down the hours till Unique Los Angeles. We leave bright and early tomorrow morning. Hoping for good weather so I can spend most of my days photographing.

Oaks Park

This past Sunday, a few of us went on a bike ride on the Springwater Corridor. It was a bright, warm sunny day, perfect Portland day! On our way back home, we stopped at Oaks Amusement park for some fun photo time. Needless to say, with all of the bright colours of the rides, I went nuts and took 3 rolls of slide film with my holga. I just got one of the rolls back.

I love cross-process!!

Oaks Park also has a skating rink, who wants to go with me?! :)
You can view the rest of the images from the roll on my flickr page.

Seattle Holga

Got my last roll back from the day trip up to Seattle last week. I've been getting better at taking photos from a moving car. If I remember right, this one was taken driving down the road in Georgetown.


This one made me motion sick taking it, we were killing time waiting for traffic to die down and decided to ride the Merry-Go-Round and play some skee ball, which by the way, i kick butt at!


This is my old apartment on Capital Hill. Another drive by shot while sitting in traffic!

May 2nd + 3rd

ALMOST....I am getting closer to being ready for the Unique Los Angeles show, which is just under two weeks away. I am oh so very excited. So many new prints and just a whole lot of bright colourfulness!! : ) I am also very excited because we are spending a whole week in LA and that means pictures galour!! I am all stocked up on expired slide film and ready to hit the ground running, maybe just walking.

Unique Los Angeles
Saturday, May 2, 11-7
Sunday, May 3, 11-5

Also, for this month's giveaway winner, Aveen Melling. Thank you to all who left comments, make sure to check back for next month's giveaway.

For the Love of Photography!

I have been racking my brain for months, trying to figure out a fun thing to do with my photography and buttons. Originally I was trying to put my photos on them, but felt that might be a bit much, seeing as I put them in jewelry. I also didn't want to degrade the quality of my images by creating them too many times in too many mediums. So I finally came up with a button series entitled, "For the LOVE of Photography". You can view more images of the buttons in my shop.

Seattle Day Trip! *GIVE AWAY*

Took a day trip up to Seattle last week to help a friend take down an art show, and to sing to 80's music for three hours in traffic! : ) We got a short time to walk around and take pictures at the Pike Place Market, something I never got around to when I lived there. We also made it over to Georgetown, which I had never heard of before, but highly recommend.

Holga - Pike Place 01

Holga - Pike Place 02

It is time for another giveaway! This month's giveaway is for my new Pike Place Market Holga images. Please leave a comment by Sunday April 19th letting me know which one you like best and the winner will receive their favorite one.

Lovely Jewelry.

I had my favorite photo of Paris, the hi-contrast black and white image of the Eiffel Tower, used in Choo Yilin's blog today. It was used along with a few other photographs, to help feature her stunning artisan jewelry inspired by experiences in Europe. Check out her blog and while your at it, take a look at her shop!
Thank you so very much Choo, you do very lovely work and are an exquisite writer as well.

Eiffel Tower

This photo was taken while on my month long trek through Europe. I had just spent most of my day at the Louvre and was on my way to the Eiffel Tower. The architecture in Paris [along with the rest of Europe] is to die for. I will always remember this moment of my life!

Portland Blossoms...

Took me a few weeks, but I finally got my holga photos developed from the engagement shoot down on the waterfront. Just keep in mind that I am still learning how to use the holga. I am starting to get some major light leaks lately, so most of my photos are a bit pink around the edges!

Featured

I was recently featured in Amanda Lockrow's Friday Favorites!! Amanda is a fantastic jewelry designer based in Los Angeles. I had the good fortune this past December to be her booth neighbor at the Unique Los Angeles show.
Thanks so much Amanda, hope we're booth neighbors again in May!!
Make sure to check out her lovely jewelry in her shop.

Top right to bottom left:
1. Holga Print from Misha Ashton
2 I Miss You Cards from Porterness
3 Anatomical Heart, recycled glass soap dispenser from Bread and Badger
4. Flora and Fauna print set from AshleyG

[also note that all but one of us listed in the Friday favorites are Portland Artists!!]