The Stav, My Last Dive

My very last day scuba diving in Barbados was spent with my mother, father and their scuba diving club. I had a great time meeting all the character of Barbados Badass. That day we went to a wreck dive called The Stav. It is an old Russian ship that was purposely sunk for the purpose of wreck diving. The clarity of the water that day was amazing. My photos came out with some really brilliant colors. I do believe that this was my best day shooting underwater. Practice does make perfect!

My dive buddy for the day, descending to the wreck.

Turtle! You can see his/her identification tag on the left front fin.

I loved how this little bit of coral was growing on the rope.

A self portrait just before I left the beautiful Barbados waters for the last time.

"The Meal"

Last week I participated in a project, from The Art House Coop, called The Meal. I submitted this photo which will appear at an exhibition in Brooklyn, New York on April 5th. I chose to photograph my favorite sandwich. Its pretty simple: spinach, cheese, mustard and mayo. Definitely my favorite!

New Gadgets are Fun Fun Fun!

A while ago I bought a fun little attachment for my external flash. It gives a ring flash effect and I loooove it. These pictures were taken quite a while ago and again it took me a while to post the pictures. Slowly but surely I will get back on track and post things in a timely manner! Any way, here they are!

Self Portrait in the Bathroom

Did the title catch your attention? Well get your mind out of the gutter. Yes its true I got the idea for this while on the toilet, but its not a naughty picture. Here is the story .... I was at dinner after taking a run with my running club. When I went to the bathroom I looked up and was there was a mirror. I immediately thought of my film camera that was in my purse. So I set it up and just went for it. This is what I came up with ..

Self Portrait with Masquerade Mask

I received an awesome masquerade mask from Gary when I fist arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia over a year ago. For the longest time it was just a wall decoration. But when I was living in my first bachelor apartment, looking at it every day on the wall, I felt I just had to do something fantastic with it. And since I'd been wanting to do self portraits I decided I would wear it. Its a fairly simple portrait, simple lighting coming from my window .. I wanted the focus to lie on the mask. And even though I only used window light I think it created great high lights and it still has detail in the shadows.


There are some more shots that are similar to this and they may show up here eventually. But I still have so many other film pictures to put up. And I only want to post once a day .. so slowly but surely :)

Some More of Me

I needed to take a break from editing some engagement photos I took tonight.
Sooooooo .... Another self portrait! I like this one because Im just peeking around the camera. I really do like being behind the camera, but Ive decided that I need to do some self portraits. Ive got a few more from my black and white film that will come out shortly. I also like how grainy this film is. Very retro.

It's Not Always About Glamour

Ive been working with Black and White film a lot lately. Here is a self portrait I did. This was taken after another self portrait I did and while I was scrubbing off my make up I decided to take a picture. After developing the film myself, I got the negatives scanned so I could work with them in photoshop.

I thought that this one deserved a before and after because the negative started out really really flat. I did my best to bring back the detail of the water on my face and the make up under my eyes. Would love to hear any constructive criticism.


BEFORE
AFTER