shelby & charley

 disclaimer: what started out as a "preview post" of the engagement photos i took yesterday of my friends has turned into a 35-photo tome. woops. in comparison with how many i took, this is actually quite neatly edited. for their photos, shelby & char wanted to marry (pun intended) their favorite parts of new orleans: the beautiful old live oaks with the gritty urban landscape - a some good old new orleans charm sprinkled in for good measure. i hope y'all enjoy! 

ps: shelby's girls-only engagement brunch

dancers among us

roomie found these incredible photographs of the dancers among us. they are just unbelievable! my favorites are the ones of the dancer/tourists. see them all here.

also, congrats to my college friend beck (featured on choosing change here) for making the front page of the business section on the new york times (see the article here)!

image via jordan matter photography

jolie & elizabeth

roomie's been modeling for new orleans designers jolie & elizabeth for a few months now (check them out here and here). a few weeks ago we decided to join forces and play around town with my camera and photograph some new, mardi gras-inspired designs. this past weekend the sun came out and the weather was relatively agreeable so we got to finally collaborate and have some fun. we ended up shooting some photos by the new orleans school of ballet, the milan lounge, and on marty's roof and front porch (of all places!). i don't know what it is that made jolie think i was qualified to take pictures of her beautiful designs, but here we are. not bad for my first time, right?

living vicariously through friends who travel to europe and take better pictures than i ever could

a beyond beautiful photo by my friend beck diefenbach taken in sardinia, italy

notice the little pony saying hello?!

check out beck's photo blog, pwned, to see more of his incredible work

i love you, iphoto

it's troublesome that as soon as i feel good about a question i've answered, i turn away from studying altogether and head to the internet for distractions. it's even worse when the internet quality has gone down seriously in this house since the owner of the good wireless router moved away, so i have to revert to editing old photos in order to distract myself.

a few months ago, i posted a series of old minolta photos i'd taking (here, here, and here). i went back and took a look at the "over-exposed" series and decided to see if iphoto could hold its own even against these terribly bright photos.

i'm pretty impressed with the result. the colors are strange but at least it doesn't look like my friends are ghosts that show up in the background of pictures when you're photographing a mirror in an old haunted castle or something (hearst castle? anybody?)