23/52

the colour noir, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Bit of an impromptu shot this week. While working on the website in the dining room, I noticed the lovely light/shadow combination on the floor happening from the blinds. I figured, why not try and use it somehow. It's probably the fastest shoot I've ever done. The above image is from near the end of the set and the below image is actually the first one I took.

here, originally uploaded by avalilly.

It's more of an outtake, but I kinda like it. The hair spilling through the frame is probably the reason. Sometimes it pays off to be spontainious with these things. I'm still horribly behind in this project, but this made me feel a little better about it. It's definitely more of a "52 portraits done whenever I felt like it sometime in 2010" thing.

Also, my cat parked on my stomach and lay there judging me for the entirety of this shoot.

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!

rouge: cecilia

Here is a selection of the photos from Cecilia's set of the red lipstick series:

This girl is awesome. She hits so many poses and makes it look like there's a wind machine on her hair when there definitly isn't! Took me a while to narrow down her shots to a manageable amount, so many useable photos!

Photography and Post Processing: Laura Crowell

Makeup Artist: Katie Melanson

rouge: astrea

Here is a selection of the photos from Astrea's set of the red lipstick series:

I always love working with Astrea. She looks good pretty much anywhere you put her infront of the camera. Makes my job so easy!

Photography and Post Processing: Laura Crowell

Makeup Artist: Katie Melanson

rouge: jamie

Back in February, I did a photoshoot with three lovely ladies; Jamie, Astrea, and Cecilia. The theme is just red lipstick, I have no specific artistic direction from there. Whatever happens happens!

Here are a few from Jamie's set:

(Taylor stopped by too!)

Jamie is so fun to work with. Her giant eyeballs catch the light so well!

Photography and Post Processing: Laura Crowell
Makeup Artist: Katie Melanson

Astrea and Cecilia's shots coming soon!

12/52

secret heart, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Follow the Flickr link and the original shot is in the comments. I cropped it down since it seemed more coy without the eyes in the frame. I also need to fix the smudgier one of the kisses...


This week is going to be a mad dash to the finish it would seem. I thought classes were ending sometime around the first week of april. It would appear I was mistaken... everything is due at the beginning of next week! Argh.

On the plus side, I am feeling more confident with my drawing series (I actually HAVE a series!!), so I'll hopefully be able to show them all together soon. It feels so strange, but I'm going to be done school soon... anything I work on now is going to be because I want to...

11/52

olde, originally uploaded by avalilly.

ingenue, originally uploaded by avalilly.

I'm not really sure which one to make my official weekly shot. I like them both. The boy-type preferred the second one, I like it a lot too mostly because I generally reject photos of me from that angle. There's less awkward shadowing in the first one though.

PS: that's a new hair colour! Finally tried a real dye... if you consider semi-permanent real. It'll wash out in about a month or so, but I like it. Looks very red under sunlight. I think I still prefer my natural shade though.

5/52

google this, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Googly eyes! (Please follow the image link to Flickr to see 3 more photos from this shoot.)

I couldn't really decide which one I wanted to make my official submission for my 52 weeks project, but this one had the sharpest focus overall. The one with the silly face is much more fitting for the makeup though. Ah well!

The best part was shaking my head and hearing all the googly parts google around. :'D

2/52

teardrop on the fire, originally uploaded by avalilly.

fearless on my breath, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Images from this week's shoot for my 52 weeks project. I chose the first one to represent this week, but I really like how the hair was captured in the second one too. I've got a few more outtakes I'd like to edit, so I'll probably post those up soon as well.

Recently I've been really digging Massive Attack, particularly these two songs:

Teardrop (the video is a little creepy, but the song is great. You'll recognize it if you watch House.)

Joy Luck Club -lovelovelove-

Anywho, is it just my browser that appears to be cutting the images off a bit on the right, or is that just a blogger-not-being-fat-enough thing?