a whole new world

 I had an amazing day of shooting today with Lexii and Kylie up at the train tracks clad is some Alex-Salvesen-Original styling! It was amazing to be able to shoot with two models at once and I can't wait to shoot with them again!

A Whole New World

nothing but genuine

I sincerely wish that I could say that I took these today. But I can't because I took them on a scorching hot day back in June. I went out for sushi today with Oakley and while shivering my way to my car, I found myself reminiscing about this past summer and how much fun I had. A lot of stuff happened that has made me a much happier person. I grew a lot closer with some of my (now) best friends and I discovered my love for photography. I count the summer of 2010 as a very fond memory.

This shoot was actually one of my firsts. Lexii and I did this for her model portfolio with a series of three different looks; this was the "fun" one. I was looking through them when I got home today and all I could think of was how hot those tracks were! Lexii actually wanted to sit on the track (which she did) and she might have burned her butt had I not been quick about taking the picture. I've gotten a lot better at editing since the last time I looked at these photos so I decided to revamp them with some new editing. I think I finally got them just right.

That smile on Lex's face is nothing but genuine - I am almost certain that photo 3 is a candid. She's always fun to photograph and is always willing to go for it no matter how bizzare, uncomfortable, or "hot" (see photo 4) the job is. We always have a great time laughing during our shoots and we're always thinking about new concepts. I can't wait until summer when the fields are at the beautiful peaks!

animal inside

Chosing a name for this shoot was probably the hardest thing Lexii and I have ever done. It was pretty ridiculous how long it took to chose a title. This is the infamous hat that I mentioned yesterday and I must say that when she showed it to me at Jill's last night I was pretty excited to shoot it! She told me she got it at Hot Topic and its furry with two long strips with paw-like  mittens that were the most adorable thing I have ever seen! We both are obessesed with Lady Gaga and we have been wanting to Gagaesque shoot together for months. This was not the part of the shoot that was "Gagaesque" for those of you raising your eyebrows - that came later. But when Lexii was describing the hat to me before we say each other yesterday she said that it could go animalistic or Gagesque so I said "why not do both!" This is the animalistic half of the shoot (I will upload the Gagaesque tomorrow.) We went for cat-like look which turned out nicely. I was very happy to be working with Lex again, its been a few months since our last session and we're hoping to make it more regular.

john lennon specks

(Thrifted circle sunglasses)

Since last April, my friends Lexii, John, Peter, and I have been getting together for "Family Game Night." We've had 3 since last spring and we've been trying to have them whenver we can and we're having one tomorrow at Lexii's! It's a good time we play Star Wars Trouble, Family Feud, Mario Cart, and the Game of Things. I'm not quite sure why we always play these, but its what we have and its fun every time. This will be the 4th time so...I'm thinking we might do something we don't usually do.

This photo was taken at our last Family Game Night when Lexii asked to try on my "John Lennon Specks" - as I call them. I got these from Saver's...like every other awesome thing in my closet. Not much of an upload tonight. I've got a lot of work to do and tests to study for, but I took a little break to do something fun. I just wanted to fill you in on my plans for tomorrow. Since my school decided to be awesome we have Veteren's Day (Thursday) and Friday off...just because. So I obviously am going to take extreme advantage of this and do as much fun stuff as possible!

Here's a video that I made of what our game nights are typically like. The footage is all from our first one back in April. ENJOY!

video propaganda

Over the summer I began experimenting with videography. I edited a few fun videos out of clips taken of me and my friends and then I began filming more art films. I posted yesterday and then realized that I hadn't posted any of my videos on here! I thought you guys might want to check it out. I edited the two with Lexii in "Windows Movie Maker" which came with my laptop and I edited Birgitta's with "Adobe Premiere Elements 0.8."

I really hope you enjoy them.

This one was my very first art film. Lexii and I are both huge Andy Warhol & Edi Sedgewick fans so we decided that for our first video collaboration we decided to go for a vintage, 60's feel and that's what the finished product became. It was funny at first because Lexii wasn't used to seeing herself starring in her own art film and I wasn't used to having pictures moving as I edited them.

During the first video, Lexii and I overlooked quite a few bits of good footage. This was pretty much a scrap video - made of some scraps of unused footage and some previously used footage. Hope you like it!

My little cousin, Birgitta, is one the people I care about the most in the world. This was the first video that I edited in Adobe Premiere so please be kind. The footage in this video was taken the same day as the "Skinny Love" photo set.

Nothing too happy happened today. I went to school, got home and went right to my room to study for 3 quizes, finish up a project, and do other homework stuff. Not a very eventful Monday.

How was yours?

High Voltage

I really should have uploaded these first. These were the photos that were taken for Lexii's modeling portfolio. This was really my first big shoot and we had a great time doing it.

Lexii and I have been friends for about two years. We basically bonded over hair...her hair. I turned to her one day in civics class freshmen year and said "I like your hair." We've been friends ever since.

We only just started taking photographs together back in the fall of 2009; during my Dead Weather inspired black and white photos.

Lexii is a joy to work with and really knows how to pose. Her face is flawless as is her ability to move into position.

I am grateful to her for being such a great friend to me. Without her I wouldn't have such a beautiful subject to photograph. I'm also quite sure that I wouldn't started photographing if it wasn't for her.