Thank You, Philip!

If you can't tell from the pictures above, Philip is a cool dude.  Not only does he do crazy stuff with film, he does crazy stuff with html/coding/who knows what!  I owe the fact that my blog looks even remotely cool entirely to him and his ninja-like skills.  So everyone tell him thank you!!

You should watch his videos, follow him on Twitter, and like his Facebook!

Senior Photos: Elle

Elle is always willing to do ridiculous things for me.  She is awesome.

Senior Photos: Michelle

Although I'm pretty sure I've seen Michelle at school a total of maybe five times this year, we usually manage to be at Starbucks at the same time...so we survive.  Or I do, anyway.  I'm pretty sure most of the time I see Michelle, I just blab on and on about how she looks like a J. Crew model.  She's probably tired of hearing it...but just look at her.  It's not my fault.

Preview: Michelle

PS: Wouldn't Michelle be the perfect J. Crew model??! If only you could vote people onto these things... 

I never used to take photos indoors because "my camera does not work well in low light."  However, some indoor things are pretty awesome and I needed to learn to accommodate, so I have recently but upping my ISO, stopping down to 2.8 (widest my best lens can go), and taking advantage of window light.  I am particularly proud of this photo because although there was great light through the large window in this room, I was able to even it out across her face and highlight her features with my HOMEMADE reflector (applause for Alice!)!!!!  I'm pretty proud if you can't tell.  

fake photo...please excuse my face. (reflector made with aluminum foil and poster board.)

PS: When I was googling how effective foil reflectors were, the first website I came to was in fact not about photography on a budget, but growing marijuana on a budget.  Good job, world.