So, obviously I have completely failed to post a Daily Photo for the past couple weeks making my quest to have a new photo posted everyday a failure. I have been so swamped with photo sessions, design projects, the holidays and other various things that I’ve barely had time to shoot for myself, let alone edit and process photos to be blog-ready! It really does take a lot of time and effort to prepare photos for posting since I really try to make every photo I present to the world something I’d be proud to frame and hang on a wall or place in a photo album… Though I appreciate perfect images straight out of the camera, a lot of the time an image does not fully live up to my creative vision without a little extra love thanks to my good friend Photoshop. 🙂
To break away from my recent schedule, I made time to go to my friend Olivia’s B.F.A. gallery show in Long Beach. Not only was it a chance to see what she has accomplished as an art student, it was a rare opportunity to meet up with some of the people I studied in London with a few years back. We all became very close as American students living in a foreign country and it was because of the friendships I developed there that those four months were truly some of the most amazing months of my life. So, of course, I could not pass up the chance to catch up with some of them!
From Left: Me, Teresa (Dan’s girlfriend. She didn’t study in London with us, but she did come to visit!), Dan, Olivia- the lady of the night, Tracy- my roommate in London whom I met my Freshman year of college, and Pete.
Olivia in her amazing gallery. She is so incredibly talented and is actually moving to Hong Kong to design jewelry for a high-end jeweler! I wish I could buy some of her pieces now. They are some amazingly cool.
Just one example of her amazing work. Spurs for high heels!!
Another shot of the spurs with a little extra Photoshop love. This is just one reason I love to take my time in post!
Tracy and Olivia in the gallery.
Tracy and Pete.
Dan and Me acting dorky. Thanks for taking this one, Trace!
While I’m at it, here are some flashback photos from our time in London. Ahh, a stroll down memory lane…
Tracy and I on the bus tour our first weekend in London. Check out Dan sleeping in the background! 🙂
Our lovely home for 4 months.
Tracy and I SHARED this room for four months! If I put my arms straight out to the side, I could practically touch the wall on either side! We thought it was a complete joke the first day we were there… but we got used to it after a while.
I took this photo while waiting for the tube on my way to my internship. I only had a point-and-shoot at the time, so I thought this was an amazing shot from that little camera. It’s still one of my favorites.
This has to be a close second favorite! This was taken in Edinburgh, Scotland and was completely candid (though it doesn’t look it). It came to be lovingly referred to as Pete, Dan and Garrett’s “boy band shot.”
The architecture and amazing lighting at certain times makes me so excited to go back to Europe with my DSLR! I got some good stuff with that little point-and-shoot… but I’m dying to take a real camera with me on a trip like this.
Olivia, Tracy and me on our way to the Vatican. I so envied them and their iPods. I was able to get one after this week-long trip to Italy, but until then they taunted me with theirs every chance they got!
And, finally, Olivia and I enjoying the breathtaking view off the coast of Cinque Terre, Italy.
That was fun. 🙂
As a side note and speaking of London… I saw Sweeney Todd the other day with my sister and loved it! Every scene was so gorgeously composed and lit that I wanted jump into the scene with my camera and just start shooting.
More posts to follow soon…
Hello. I was wondering about the shoes with the spurs and if you know where i can purchase a pair. i am getting married in september and would love to have a pair of them
Thanks
Codi Lewis