Tribal Brainstorm...

My friend Agata and I met in a Parsons summer program in Paris while we were in high-school. She was from Seattle and I was from Miami, the polar opposites on the North American map. We were roommates in a charming dorm near the Eiffel Tower where she'd be taking a course in Photography and I was studying Fashion Drawing. I had been there the year before to do a course in Drawing and Painting where I met some other excellent friends. Since then we have managed to stay in touch and actually visit each other in different parts all over the world. Florence, ITALY, London, ENGLAND, Madrid, SPAIN, New York City, Miami, USA, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, HOLLAND etc. She lived in India for some time and I tried to stay with her and volunteer in an orphanage but having to get the shots needed prior and classes starting and Monsoon time all got in the way. Every trip, we have always gotten really creative and taken lots and lots pictures. She was just here in Miami for a few days and I'd like to share the tribal shoot we did...

Silly Minnie...

Tavik swimwear is pictured here with Minnie Mouse ears!

I'm a fan.

This is me pictured exactly last year with a ping-pong paddle in my face at the first O.H.W.O.W. gallery exhibition by ROSTARR called Wreckless Abandon.

This Holloween we have an works up by NECKFACE complete with a haunted house and a skate ramp!

For more info...

www.OH-WOW.com

Mo money mo problems?

or mo money = mo women = mo problems?

hahaaha

My Candle light project...

The project entailed of shooting whatever you wanted but must only be shot with the use of candle light. I did a trial version with my mannequins hand (woman) and a man hand I happen to have and buy in a museum in nyc. I set them up so that they were frozen in love holding each other in different poses, I didnt like the turn out. I found it to look stale and with not enough movement and if I were to shoot THAT ever again I'd go with less candle light.

I decided to shoot an idea I had about shadows, making different patterns of shadow on a friends face like using things I'd find around the house such as a cheese grater to make all those little holes etc. I tried just using the shadow on a wall, I soon realized I had to use a hard light instead of a candles soft light to make it work.

I became a little bothered with the project and didn't know what I could find to get myself excited about it again. I looked around at all the stuff in my room and nothing looked interesting enough to shoot at my all ready created set.

Then, I found a box with some things and the piece of decoration used in a gift that was given to me. I had saved it to use in something like this!

This piece of gift wrap decoration in a curly tinsel has an automatic positive feeling. Its symbolic of good times like candles are in a birthday celebration! I chose to shoot it with an out of focus because like memories of good times, they fade, we lose information and you just remember the main point or points.

The way that the piece of tinsel catches the light and reflects it was what I most enjoyed about photographing it... we "reflect" back at those times to now only have a foggy interpretation.

My Holloween inspiration...

I need to make money... so I've decided that for Holloween I'm going to have fun doing it! I couldn't decide what to do to compete with all the freaks out there that night so my idea is to be a plain and simple cigarette girl! Im going to sell cigarettes, lolipops, gum and whatever else I think people will want that night... because I KNOW people will want it! I'm gona come home with a wad full of cash!!!!!

I'm so smart ;)

U WANT STYLE?

check this site out...

www.polyvore.com

window light photos...

Taking a look at Aaron Siskine and some window light photography for my research.