21/52

a little light reading on the ceiling, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Finally got motivated to try another upsidedown, life on the ceiling, crazy editing fun times photo. Oddly enough, because I really wanted to go outside and take photos by this house I discovered on a bike ride the other day, but didn't leave the house to do so. I'm super hoping they don't change their garden anytime soon, because I'm going away for the weekend and would like to take photos there once I'm back and ready to!

Anywho... this photo. It is probably not finished. I think I'll tinker around with it some more until I feel like it's arty enough for my taste. I am excited to keep this going though. There's not much summer left and I must enjoy as much of it as I possibly can and shoot as many photos (to catch up!) before it disappears. Just because.

I do enjoy fall, I just also enjoy bare legs and summer dresses.

bananassassin / bananassassination

bananassassin, originally uploaded by avalilly.

bananassassination, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Been slowly but surely getting older photos up onto my flickr account. This was done entirely because I was incredibly in love with the ivy wall on one of the buildings at my university. The only thing I had in mind that day was a bananassassination attempt. Thanks to the lovely Katie for playing along. <3

 

The gorgeous colours of fall are something I definitely start looking forward to around this time of year. Unfortunatley it also makes me a little anxious, because then I think of all things I still want to do that I haven't done yet this summer while the weather is still warm enough! Ahh!

pantalone family

Over the civic weekend, I was given the wonderful opportunity of photographing the children of the Pantalone family. Caryne, the oldest of the kids, is a friend of mine that I met through Jameson about a year ago! She is a lovely person and everyone in her family is just like her; loud, fun, generous, and crazy! So many Pants! Anyways, it was an awesome weekend. I got to stay with them and tour around Ottawa and it was all just a really great time in a beautiful city. We shot their photos at the Ottawa Arboretum in the Experimental Farm. I'm still not really sure what that's all about, but the location was absolutely gorgeous. So many different types of trees - and they're HUGE!





















The jumping photo was a lot of fun to try. It's kind of crazy how fit everyone in Ottawa seems to be. We had to stop every 30 seconds or so to let a crowd of bikers pass through. It seems like everyone in Ottawa bikes. I wish I could do that here, but it's so hilly that I get tired out just from a 10 minute ride in any which direction!

Anywho, it was a pleasure to photograph the kids of this family. We got so many good choices it was hard to narrow it down. I will definitly have to try and make it back to Ottawa again sometime. So many beautiful places to see. <3

abigail prebble-taylor

Last week I had the lovely opportunity to work with Abby to do her new headshots. She is an absolute dream in front of the camera. Usually I have to give a bit of direction until the person is comfortable and understands what they're doing, what's working, what isn't, etc. She just did everything without me having to ask. It was so cool, made my job absolutely effortless. I just had to stand there and click the shutter.

 

abigail prebble-taylor, originally uploaded by avalilly.

abigail prebble-taylor, originally uploaded by avalilly.

abigail prebble-taylor, originally uploaded by avalilly.

abigail prebble-taylor, originally uploaded by avalilly.

abigail prebble-taylor, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Last one's not very headshot-y, but I liked it none the less.

These were a lot of fun to shoot. We were down at the creek area and just above the valley is a park that the town happened to be holding their weekly Concert in the Park series. So, we had live jazz playing the whole time we were shooting. It was awesome!

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!

19/52

sleep tight, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Hmmmmmmm. Yah, I still don't know how I feel about this one. I was happy about it until I started editing and then I just had mixed feelings. Ah well, it's something.

I have another for the 52 project in the works. It's just... there's so much editing involved when you decide to pretend you live on the ceiling (think week 15). It should be a fun mini-series though. I just... have to do it. Blahhh.

On the plus, I am nearly finished another large drawing. Soon, my pets. Soon.

mortal

mortal, originally uploaded by avalilly.

I don't think I've posted this one yet. I finished it back in March, I guess I just haven't gotten around to documenting it. Yesterday I decided to photograph a bunch of drawings I've done this year. I posted them to flickr, so take a look if you wish (click on the image to take you there), most have already been posted here though. Detail photos are also contained in the comments of the images on flickr.

Feels like I haven't been doing much drawing lately. Or, well, anything but photography, really. Must motivate self...