Mad Hat{ter}.

Sooo, as some of you may know, i am uprooting myself to NYC about a month from now - persuing my dream of fashion photography and etc... well, one of my favorite photographers is The Sartorialist, Scott Schuman. i've decided that i am going to do my own spin on candid fashion photos once i am in the BIG CITY.
Whilst perusing Mass Ave with my camera last week, i happened upon this adorably fashionable woman with a GREAT hat in a Starbucks. i felt an itsy bitsy bit stalker-ish - watching her, then walking over with my massive camera, buuut i figured, what's the worst that could happen??

Turns out she was VERY flattered and surprised! then, she came to sit with me and we chatted and made friends!
Here is my very 1st sartorialist-ism ... be prepared for more {hereafter august 15th ... ;) }.

turns out she is a featured painter in the new Indpls airport! :)
check her out - she is one talented woman!
www.urushi-artist.com

Christi + Bobby: The Wedding

Barely 48 hours after my trek back from NYC, i made another trek - this time it was down south. Entirely opposite in pretty much every way possible, this trek took me a 2.5 hour drive to Madison/Hanover-land, Indiana.
I had made this trek almost a year ago {already, whew!} for Christi and Bobby's engagement session {you may or may not recall that lonnng ago, heh}. ;)

This time, i came back to this beau-ti-ful, charming town to shoot their nuptials!
I had really been looking forward to shooting this wedding because of how exceptionally adorable this place is. :)

Personally, i don't have the guts to have an outdoor wedding myself, but Christi + Bobby had quite a gorgeous afternoon for their day - for which is was suuuper relieved!!

The couple couldn't be sweeter, as was their wedding party!
I snapped a TON of pictors that day, but here are some highlights ... i may have to post more a bit later, just for kicks.

Happy, happy Fathers Day + verrrry 1st day of SUMMER!!!

xoxo
la


My ole college pal + Tri-Delta sista, Amanda, is just adorable. :)



A little bit o' romance ...



Possibly my favourite guy group shot, ever.




Who doesn't love some silly kiddie pics? hehe.


Christi can come off as very timid when you first meet her, so this exaggerated face just gave me a chuckle.


Behind the happy couple you can spot Kentucky. ;)

Gabrielle's Field Frolick.

On a lovely May evening just this past week, I met up with my pal and fellow blogger fashionista Gabrielle.

My fab friend needed some photographs of herself for her blog, you see.
She originally wanted to be in a corn field, as suggested by the subhead of her blog. Alas, May just isn't the time to find corn fields for frolicking! ::tear::

Fortunately, i had some pretty grassy clearings in mind already. :)

Gabrielle and i skipped and trudged our way through weeds and marshland to the get these pics - and boy do i enjoy them! She just couldn't be cuter, eh?

By the time we were through, the two of us had VERY wet, muddy feet, and quite a few mosquito bites. Ooh, the price of outdoorsy photography!

Enjoy, and happy mothers day, of course!

xoxo

Hello, beautiful! Check out Gabrielle and her style secrets at http://hauteintheheartland.blogspot.com/

How can you not frolick through marshland without chuckling? ;)


All tuckered out from her field jaunt.



On the cutting edge of beauty and fashion - rocking the tree branch head piece couture ... :P

Goofy + sophisticated = just the way i like her! :)

Elvis & Cigars.

I'm all shook UP! Uh huh, uhuhuhuh ...

Is what i imagine Diablo belting {in a sort of New Yorker accent} - because i can't recall what in the world he was saying as i shot him last week, strutting around his bedroom. Elvis incarnate, indeed.
As soon as he jumped in front of the camera he became an entirely different being - it was quite a little show!
Don't even ask about Mr. Monkey. :)

I shot my pal, "D," as his girlfriend {my dear model friend} Stephanie refers to him, in between taking shots of her.
They're such a unique and talented couple of models!
If you ever visit the Broadripple Arts Center or the Art Institute of Indianapolis, you're sure to see some sketches and/or paintings of them both.
I always have a blast spending time with them and shooting them, of course. ;)

Stay tuned for Steph's turn in front of the camera from that evening!

Cheers and remember to keep off my blue suede shoes!

xoxo
la



Animation at its finest. Makes me chuckle - aloud. :)


Forgettaboutit!


Hey, there, honey pie!



Light 'em up?


Giving Monkey some cig tips. ;)


One of my FAVS from this shoot. :D