20/52

Oh blog, how I have neglected you.

Finally got around to pretending I'm still doing this project properly. Sigh. SOME DAY. PERSERVERENCE.



geisha, originally uploaded by avalilly.

This "week's" shot inspired by the shot below (also by me!):

heart shaped lipstick, originally uploaded by avalilly.

I was told it looked sort of like geisha makeup, which sounded kinda cool, so I thought why not give it a swing. My lovely friend Laurie bought me the parasol back in first year for secret santa. It's a lovely prop. I need to figure out how to display it proper. There's an alternate shot on my flickr photostream if you're interested.

My BenNye aqua cakes finally got their turn, very minimally, in the first shot. They're like putting water colour paint on your face. It's quite interesting how they work. I need to do something more elaborate in the future with them though. I enjoyed the small 'pop of red' for now though.

Anywho, I've got some new stuff to upload eventually. I did photos for my cousin's little boy's 5th birthday. He's adorable and hilarious. Got a few rounds of headshots in for some new people as well. Tried doing more theatre stills, didn't turn out quite as nice as the last one, but it was during a practice run so it wasn't lit the way it would be on stage. However, I got to get up close with the actors so the shots are more dynamic than last time!

This weekend I am off to Ottawa for another photo job. Can't wait, I haven't been there since my grade eight grad trip. Should be wonderful!

8/52

it won't do, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Since I was busytimes last weekend, I didn't have time to do a valentine's day-esque photo, so I just did it this week instead! I sort of wanted the cinnamon heart to be a little bit more prominent, but I think I kind of like how small it is. It's like a secret heart. While processing, all I could think of was this song:




<3

4/52 ♥

♥, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Another for the heart series!

I'm not 100% satisfied with this. The shots with perfect focus had ugly feet positions happening and this one was my favourite in terms of composition so I couldn't say no to it. I actually really dislike feet, so I'm not sure why I took this, but it was a lazy lazy sunday afternoon and all I wanted to do was lounge around and be warm and watch tv and not have to deal with my face in front of the camera.

I'll do something more elaborate next week. I bought myself a 12 pack of Ben Nye MagiCake Aqua Paints back in november, so I have some very good colourful options to try out, I just need to figure out what to do exactly.

I'm going to be a tad busy over the next month or so. I'm Production Designing two films, the first of which I get to design and build my first studio set for! You have no idea how excited I am for this. It's going to be such a cool room, I can't wait.

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hearts

heart petals, originally uploaded by avalilly.

love colour, originally uploaded by avalilly.

heart shaped lipstick, originally uploaded by avalilly.

colour love, originally uploaded by avalilly.

tilted love, originally uploaded by avalilly.

love tea, originally uploaded by avalilly.

love bokeh, originally uploaded by avalilly.

I don't know why, but one day I woke up and decided I'd like to start a photo series of hearts. I know it's been done a million ways already, but I like it. It's just a silly side project I'll keep ongoing, if I think of something or come across something that'll work I'll add it to the set.


It might eventually amalgamate into some sort of "love is" series, but I'll have to think about it. Well, maybe not, but I'll need the assistance of other people so it doesn't get stale. I'd like to do more people portraits anyways, so it's a definite possibility.

PS why does blogspot horribly compress the images in the thumbnails into grotsky quality? Sadface.