Snorkeling and Rings of AIR
2010 • 01 • 28
I love harbour Island! I want to live here; drive golf carts, eat conch, and swim everyday! These photos are from our snorkel trip to the garden reef yesterday. The slight vignette and blurring effect is due to condensation build-up inside the case (a cool surprise). Our guide had a special talent of burping to create beautiful rings of air – a skill we all wanted to learn, but he kept as a secret.
-L
Dress-Ups
2010 • 01 • 07
Dress-ups were my favorite, favorite game to play as a kid. The opportunities for imagination were endless… we were always making up elaborate stories and running around in beautiful dresses. In the two houses of my childhood, one had an eight acre, old, apricot orchard in the backyard, and the other was set within a three acre thick redwood forest with a creek running through the middle. We would stay out for hours until we were blue in the lips and our dresses were full of leaves.
This is a photo shoot of dress-ups. Now my sister and I are in our 20s, but age made no difference! She gave me the day to play (taking time from her busy schedule) and that’s just what we did. She wore her 8th-grade dance dress (which she amazingly still fits into). I altered it by gathering up the skirt to reveal the tulle underneath, and she also wore the peacock hairpiece that I made for.
We had a blast running around and photographing in the rain, and topped the day off with hot chocolates. Thank you Jess, you are my muse!
-L
Terry’s Bracelet
2009 • 12 • 27
I wanted to give my aunt, Terry, a unique and personal gift this year. I decided to work with some photos she had recently collected of her and my father. After checking out some library books and wandering through isles at the craft store, I came up with this bracelet idea. The Bead/Frames are made with backing clay, the photo is placed inside the frame and embossing powder is poured into the frame to cover the photo and fill to the brim. I then placed the combined materials into an oven and backed at 275º for 15 minutes. My local bead shop in Santa Cruz, Bead It, helped my to string and bracelet and finish it with to toggle clasps.
Above are the photos that have been inserted into the bracelet. It definitely took some time to figure out how to make it, however, after creating a system, it turned out to be pretty easy. Now I want to make one for myself and possibly use some of my underwater photography – fun!
-L
Sarah Best
2009 • 12 • 23
I’m very excited because I changed up my blog style and I can now show pics much BIGGER!
Sarah and I had fun running around to catch the last light of the day. We literally chased the sun: finding it’s reflections, looking for it bouncing off of walls, shooting, and then running around again to find it hit a new scene.
Almost ready for Christmas? … I’m making a bunch of gifts this year (most photo inspired). It always feels like more of a Christmas spirit gets infused into them when they are made at home. The only problem is that I start thinking about what to make only 2 weeks before show time. Oh Well, what are ya gonna do!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
-L
Michelle: “better freedom with danger than peace with slavery”
11 • 24 • 2009
“better freedom with danger than peace with slavery”
- translation of text in above photo
Michelle Wey is a painter and jewelry designer originally from New York. She owns Mero Arte Contemporaneo, a beautiful gallery in San Miguel de Allende, México. Michelle is a talented artist and a wonderful person. I’m so happy I had a chance to photograph you Michelle! Thank You.
See Michelle’s Jewelery at http://www.michelleweyjewelry.com/
- L
Ready to Take Flight
Recently, I decided that this trip in México is my last season working for the Santa Fe Workshops. I’ve had 4 amazing seasons with the workshops and have grown tremendously the entire time. It’s now time to push myself in a new direction and take flight. This was one of the hardest realizations I’ve ever had to face. Still, in my heart I know it’s right and I feel that my decision has already been confirmed by all the wonderful support I’ve received from the staff. I’ve not only made incredible friends through the workshops, but a second family. I love You guys! So, before I get all emotional, let’s continue celebrating our last days south of the border!
-L
A Surreal Movie
2009 • 11 • 12
Late at night I cut through the Jardin on my way home and happened to catch a movie playing in front of the parroquia (San Miguel’s famous church). I’d never seen this take place before or since. It was quite surreal.
-L
