Springy St. Patties {my very 1st in NYC}.

This time a year ago, I would have neverrr imagined I'd be spending my St. Patties living in New York City!! Here I am, though. ;D

I spent this St. Patricks holiday roaming Midtown, Union Square and Greenwich Village interviewing and photographing random New Yorkers for my new internship at TimeOut New York {hollaaa!!}. My new pal and fellow TONY intern, Stephen, and I scouted the streets on one of the most gloriously gorgeously springy days thus far of 2010 -- whatta splendid way to spend it!
The question of the day was whether you were stressed or happy - pretty basic, ha.
Most of the people we spoke to were really calm and happy, due to the newfound warmth and sunshine, but we got quite a few interesting stories associated with the given joy or grief, and met lots of cool folks from all over {ah, i love using the word 'folks', don't you? ha}.

Below are some of my favs, as far as style and overall great vibe -- be sure to check 'em out at http://newyork.timeout.com/ or in the mag itself in the coming weeks. Also keep a lookout for my photo credit. ;) ;)

Cheers!

xoLa


this little gal and her proud papa were anything but stressin'. :)


shaaaades of grey.


this rockin' rouge-lipped ginger chick and fellow painter is thrilled to have a brand new painting studio/apartment to call her very own {someday i shall, too ;)}.


the residential Union Square dancer.


these cuties had some fab shoesies!

so chill, sooo stylin'.





now, that's a sharp dressed man!


apparently, this fella was the "emaciated smoker" in Lady in the Water ... :)

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! :)

Tea Time in Toyland!

Once again I bring to you a few more of my favourite snaps from my SUPERBLY sacrine tea time pic-a-nic shoot with my sweet 'n' stylin' Erica T.

We actually had two mini "sets" for this blanketed shoot: one side, which you've already seen, featured pastel decor and Eastertime sweets ... the second side {featured now} has darker hues and rich, chocolatey cakes ... I truly can't decide which decide which section i loved more! Both sides were surely delish! Erica and I were sure to split the sweets between us once we were all done here, ha. :)

We had a ton of fun playing with the cakes and stuffed animals! Hopefully they enjoyed it as well ...



Don't get a toothache from all the sweet, precious decadence!

xoxo


Tea parties certainly are not dweebie. :)


Cheers for tea - hip, hip - HOORAY!








Eat, Mr. Giraffe!


** Note: No animals were harmed in the making of this photo story ... ;)

Happy, happy Easter!

Blessings to you all!

Love.
xoxo

la + erica t.

don't stuff yourselves too much with candy. :)

Peeps, Roses & Red Heads - Oh, My!

As promised, a continuation of my springtime pic-a-nic shoot with my darling, Erica T. :)
I certainly hope you're not tired of her! hehe.

I can't recall if I mentioned this in my last post, but I got to use my maco lens here - which I LOVE but hardly use, to my chagrin (whoa, I think I just used a college word there!). So, I had a ton of fun getting these close ups on Erica and some of the pretty wittle things we brought along on that dreamy spring day.

I'm also happy because the macro helps display her makeup {which yours truly did, hehe} - she can totally pull off the pretty pale purple, don'tchya think?

I tried doing the whole baby doll/geisha lips look: dark red in the center of her lips - pale face - dots of blush per cheek, to give her a dolly/Alice in Wonderland look. Alas, it didn't look too hot once it was done, so we kept it a bit more simple. Come to think of it, the sparkly candy is just enough sugary overload for this shoot anyhow. :)

Enjoy the Peep massacre, just in time for Easter! ;)

xoxo
la


You, bite the head off of that sweet, innocent, fluffy Peep, girl!


Yeah, Reeses Peanut Butter eggies!! An Easter holiday snack MUST. ;)


The macro REALLY showed off with the creamy, lusciousness of that cake ... Mmm!






One of my favs.

a springtime pic-a-nic

springtime kind of flew on in around indy - at least on certain days lately - on THIS day in particular!
thank the heavens it did on this lovely end-of-march afternoon because i've been DYING to do a shoot {without freezinnng my bum off! ;) }.

my GAWGEOUS model pal, erica t. and i planned a shoot this day, crossing our fingers for dreamlike weather like this and brainstormed a picnic-ish sort of alice in wonderland-esque scene ... once the theme was decided i prayed for great weather, and ran around my house, rumbling around for kitschy, cute, picnic materials {ha}.
stuffed animal picnic partners were a must, and fortunately we could both supply those - dorky, eh? :)

then, i hopped over to the market {yes, market} for some pretty, scrumptious sweets for erica and i to play with in the shots - YUM. i must say, we had a GRAND ole time chowing down on reese peanut butter eggs, fresh multi-coloured peeps, iced cookie and gooey cakes! ::smacks lips at the memory::

i took some shots in other locales, so stop by again soon to check out those darlings! ... McDonald's and jumping are involved ... ;)

enjoy the sweetness, just in time for Easter!

xoxo

here, erica t. is imagining she's a snooty heiress ::laughing snootily::. :)


i picked up this cutie cake simply because i adored its polka dots!


raspberry-chocolate cake joy on her face. :)



this cookie was ridiculously DELISH!