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Photos: in the trees

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:37:37 +0000

I did a shoot at Loose Park awhile back with Safa Warda, who was great fun to work with.

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Photos: in the trees

Photos: January Muse GRAPEMO update: I’m 1k away from my revised goal! At this rate, I may even be able to make my...
iPhone photos: take and edit Today I discovered Hipstamatic, a very fun camera iPhone app. As I stopped at a random parking lot to take...

Photos: January Muse

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:26:59 +0000

GRAPEMO update: I’m 1k away from my revised goal! At this rate, I may even be able to make my original goal. Here’s hoping. Especially since, as I was writing away last night, I got the feeling I’m closer to finishing my WIP than I originally thought.

Looking all cute & such

It took me awhile to dig through/edit the photos from the last Muse, but I think it was worth it. Here’s a few of my favorites.

Who did what

In order of appearance:

1&2) Model: Jessica S, Hair: Rose L, MUA: Sarah D, Wardrobe: House of Avondale
3&6) Model: Cameron H, Hair: Myreesha F, MUA: Marilee S, Wardrobe: Self
4&5) Model: Ashley J, Hair: M. Franklin, MUA: Krystal Franklin, Wardrobe: Monkey Wrench
7&8) Model: Britt D, Hair: Michelle L, MUA: Raysa W, Wardrobe: House of Avondale
9&10) Model: Meagan F, Hair: Becky R, MUA: Raysa, Wardrobe: City Girl, House of Avondale skirt and gloves
11) Model: Sharon W, Hair: Shana C, MUA: Sarah D, Wardrobe: Shirt & Jeans – City Girls Boutigue, Chain w/ Flowers – House of Avondale
12&13) Model: Michele S, Hair: Jen T, MUA: Lora W, Wardrobe: Self
14&15) Model: AJ D Hair: M. Franklin, MUA: Krystal F, Wardrobe: Self
16) Model: Stephanie H, Hair: Chelsea D, MUA: Krystal F, Wardrobe: House of Avondale

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Photos: January Muse

The Muse Project In November I signed up for The Muse Project. (Yes I know, just look past the site design to the...
Success! Edits complete Finally, the January Muse photos are done! Got some good stuff and had fun. (On a side note, Joe McNally’s...
MP: Heather Heather Case is the lead model for the Muse Project. You can see why....

News: web design and webinars

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:34:58 +0000

After much pain, sweat, and toil (read: putting off writing the next scene in my WIP), I’ve completely revamped the Pop Books website. If you’re an author in need of site/design work, it’s the place to go.

Pop Color is next up on my redesign list, though I think I should finish my WIP before tackling that.

Photo editing 101

For the photographers out there – interested in how I edit my photos? Well I’m covering some photoshop basics (contrast, dodging & burning) in a webinar on March 28th. It’s part March’s event for the Muse Project. For all of $10, you get to see me in action!

Books and tumbles

I’m the proud winner of SAY THE WORD by Jeannine Garsee! She’s the awesome creator of GRAPEMO, which I’ve had the great pleasure of participating in this month. (We’re hopefully extending the Grapemo deadline a week. If so, maybe I can actually make my PWG.) My teaser was entered into a random drawing, and I won her book! Can’t wait to read it.

On another note, I’m officially in love with Tumblr and have setup my micro blog at feonua.tumblr.com. It’s full of weekly themed quotes, photo snippets and random thoughts. I need more people to follow–so if you have an account there, let me know and I’ll friend you.

Also, if you haven’t read it yet, Brina’s latest addition to Deciduus is beautiful.

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News: web design and webinars

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Ann Ingalls at the Jazz Museum

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:37:20 +0000

Last Saturday, Ann Ingalls read her new book, THE LITTLE PIANO GIRL, at The American Jazz Museum. Oh to all of you who have little kids – you need to take your kids to the museum’s Jazz Storytelling sessions (right after hitting up your local bookstore for Ann’s latest). Trust me, you won’t regret it. Man, if I’d been six or so, I’d have been jumping and singing my heart out.

Ann & her husband Winston before her reading began.

Cindi tore herself away from Farmville especially for the occasion.

The jazzy storytellers got Ann out on the floor to do some improvising.

Then Ann’s storytelling began.

Bookmarks anyone?

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Ann Ingalls at the Jazz Museum

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iPhone photos: take and edit

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:33:54 +0000

Today I discovered Hipstamatic, a very fun camera iPhone app. As I stopped at a random parking lot to take photos and test filters, I thought it’d be fun to do a series of iPhone photo recipes. Most photos aren’t all that pretty straight out of the phone. They need a little help.

iPhone photo editing apps

Best Camera – $2.99. By far my favorite, it’s ability to stack, add, delete, and rearrange filters is truly amazing.

CameraBag – $1.99. Offering a nice selection of filters, Camerabag is great for creating a film like feel.

Photogene – $2.99. Unlike the others, Photogene lets you tweak your settings. Levels, exposure, custom borders – it’s all here.

Hipstamatic – $1.99. This app is a camera. No edits, no changes. Just pick your lens, film, and shoot!

Let the recipes begin

These images are of the same subject (though framed differently), and were taken within five minutes of each other.

Image #1: straight out of the phone.

Image #2: Hipstamatic.
Lens: John S | Film: Kodot Verichrome | Flash: off

Image #3: Hipstamatic + Best Camera.
H: Lens: John S | Film: Ina’s 1969 | Flash: off
BC: Warm

Image #5: CameraBag + Photogene
CB: Colorcross
P: Cropped | Levels | Exposure | Custom border

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iPhone photos: take and edit

Iphone: app & recipe The first week of teasers and updates are up at Grapemo! Some very interesting stuff. I’m feonua on LJ (and...
Flash technique deconstruction Using one strobe light to achieve a multi light set up, or painting with light in the daytime....
Pop Color and photo sets Meet Pop Color, my revamped photography site. New photos, new packages, new posters. I’m excited about the posters – each...

Images from the road

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:16:55 +0000

I have hundreds of photos sitting on my computer from the Grand Canyon. I edit them in bits and pieces at odd moments. All my trips are like that, I overwhelm myself with images that take a year or more to sift through. Still, today seemed like a good time to get started.

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Images from the road

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Engineering an image Reverse engineering a photograph and building new actions....

Why Pink

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:57:42 +0000

This year I’m excited to be a part of Why Pink’s photographic ‘09 Breast Health Awareness and Fundraising Campaign. We offer thirty minute sessions for $100, half of which goes to charity. The fun part is you wear something pink, and then we’ll desaturate everything in the photo except the pink stuff. For more info, check out the Why Pink photographer’s page.

For my first session this year I shot Trevor, head of the Why Pink Campaign:

Why Pink: whypink.org

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Why Pink

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Yellow fairytales

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:12:42 +0000

Shontail’s daughters, pretty and sweet, got all dressed up to run through the park, gather pine cones, and have their pictures taken. Through the lens, it looked like a fairytale.

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Yellow fairytales

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Kevin in the city

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:08:33 +0000

The Crossroads has a lot of interesting places, though this shoot didn’t include the ones I’m more familiar with. Still, it was fun and Kevin was onto and over stuff for shots.

Info

Kevin Caen
MUA: Somalia Zalzala
Hair: Mallory Bennett

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Kevin in the city

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V5 & portraits

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:48:35 +0000

Welcome to the fifth version of And Anything! Had some time yesterday and decided to put it to good use. To celebrate, here’s the sweetheart shoot of Christian and Vicky:

I look forward to doing Vicky’s site and the cover art for their next cd. (She’s a pianist, he plays the violin.) For the poster, I wanted to focus on the upcoming cd release.

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V5 & portraits

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