Saturday, May 21, 2011

Be on the lookout!!!





CrazyBeautiful Clothing Online is coming! In the meantime stalk our Facebook!

For those that are living under a rock, CrazyBeautiful is Memphis' #1 Women's Clothing Boutique for the past 3 years (Thanks Memphis Flyer readers!). We've been growing since the fall of 2006 and have no plans of stopping until world domination.

Latest trends, new brands and weekly sales are filling the inbox of eager ladies every Monday morning. Here's one from April...

We did a small photoshoot for Easter and Spring Apparel (thank you Mary Katherine for enduring the heat and wardrobe changing in a jeep!)



Friday, May 20, 2011

...the calendar on your wall is ticking the days off

Goal for summer: post most often. Yes, I'm making that promise. Again.



(Title post courtesy of what's currently playing... The The - "This Is The Day")

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Marshall Grant of the Tennessee Two



Tonight I will be attending the event: Up Close & Personal with Marshall Grant of Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two! I'm so excited for this. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity seeing as how tonight, in Memphis, Mr. Grant will be retiring from music. He will never again do another interview or play for the public. He has said, that at 82 years old, he would like to spend the rest of his time with his family.


Luther Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Marshall Grant in 1955

Grant was the upright bassist in the backing band for Johnny Cash. Not only did he record with Cash from 1954-1980, he was also his tour manager. The two's friendship suffered difficulties and Grant ended up being fired by Cash. Thankfully years later they reconciled.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Who Shot Rock & Roll...



by Bob Gruen - Joe Strummer & Gaby - Kiss On Car - NYC, 1981

If you're in Memphis you MUST GO SEE THIS EXHIBIT!! It's at the Brooks Museum until September 26th. No excuses to miss it - every Wednesday is Pay What You Can!

About the exhibit (from the Brooks site):
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present is an exhibition about the men and women who have photographed one of the
most important cultural revolutions ever, rock and roll. The music needed images to communicate its message of rebellion, freedom, and personal reinvention. The best photography of rock is skillful, sensual, sexy, creative, compelling, and underrated.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Lucky bastard! Hmph.


Pardon my french... but damn! This guy has the world at his disposal now.

Ten years ago Rick Norsigian bought a case of glass negatives for $45 from a garage sale. He had never seen glass negatives before but thought, what the hell. Well, they ended up belonging to no other than ANSEL ADAMS! Yes, that Ansel Adams, the famed nature photographer. The $45 bargain purchase is now worth an estimated $200 million!

Think Norsigian would be down to fund a young up and coming, just graduated, photographer's dream?? Eh? Maybe?

* *Read more at: bit.ly/a6w4l8


I studied Ansel Adams in various art history courses in college, so I've come to know his work well. His piece Autumn Moon remains to be my favorite:

(Autumn Moon, Ansel Adams, Sept. 15, 1948)

Friday, July 16, 2010

Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed




I am in love with
The Avett Brothers.

The first I had heard of them was a couple years ago when I stumbled upon this live video of theirs for 'The Ballad of Love and Hate' off of Emotionalism.


How could you not fall in love? This video is the definition of pure passion. Props to the college film crew who shot it. When I first found it, I probably watched a dozen times in one sitting.

Capture Memphis!

Capture Memphis is back. Through the Commercial Appeal and a few other outlets, Capture Memphis is a photography book of Memphis. It was first issued a couple years ago. There's a photo contest online, you submit and vote. The more you vote for others the more your name (& photos) get out there, so the more votes you'll probably generate. Out of thousands of photos, only about 200 are chosen. Unfortunately the first time around, none of my photos made the book. But 2 of my photos did however make the DVD that accompanied the book. So that's something.

Well it's time for round 2. There are about 2 more months left to submit & vote. So for whoever stumbles upon this sad excuse for a blog in the near future - PLEASE GO VOTE FOR ME!!


Thanks :)

Saturday, July 3, 2010

and she returns...


Bonjour! Been more than a minute since I've visited this thing. That habit of scribbling on scraps of paper on what band I just heard for the first time, or artist I just discovered will soon cease. This place, this blog, will be my scrap of paper. I hope.

A lot has changed. In my life, the world.

Updates soon...

For now, it's summer. Happy 4th.



Xoxo.





Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Should I stay or should I go...

Just one photo from a fun and impromptu shoot I did with Charlie last month... go to the flickr site to see more!

And just a little summer action...


Josh and Roxy, originally uploaded by loveaddsPhotography.

Josh and Roxy at the park a few days ago... great way to spend the afternoon :)

I've been busy...


, originally uploaded by loveaddsPhotography.

working away! (attempting to)

Classes start in a week! I hope my Diana F+ will bring me luck for my Senior Show! *fingers crossed*

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Up-to-date

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

I'm here to recruit you


Finally, FINALLY saw Milk last night (after I bought it when I was in NY and never made the time to see it). I watched part of it on the drive to my sisters sunday and finished it last night. What a blubbering mess I was come credits time. Having a sister who is a lesbian, numerous gay friends, and a had a few friends pass away from HIV-AIDs, this movie really hit close to home. It's just incredible what someone could do with being in office only a year. And the drive and passion that these people had and still do have to this day is inspiring. 


"All men are created equal. 
No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words."


Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Cadence Gray

My niece in March...
(courtesy of my sister)
(she turned two January 19th!)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Lomo takes on the Apple!


A few images from my latest trip to NY...




back to reality!

Been gone for a hot minute... or two.

Updates coming!
Pictures of NY soon!

Hopefully I will have St. Patty's stories to share ;)

PINCH SOMEONE TODAY <3

Saturday, March 7, 2009

the big apple

SPRING BREAK <3

New York this week.

I will dive into my film-picture-taking head first.

Fisheye. Multiple exposures. Here I come.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Mr. Pink and a Fish

Mr. Pink arrived at my doorstep today! I was so excited to rip open that package. They accidentally left out my ringflash, but I called and they said they would send it out today so I should get it next Monday or Tuesday. The camera is *so* cute! And so lightweight, of course because it's all plastic. But I also ordered the 35mm back to go with it, which that comes with different sizes brackets for a number of options on what kind of photos to take! And it also came with colored gels for the electronic flash. I already took a roll of film with it earlier while there was still some sunlight out, though it was mostly overcast cause a storm is rolling in. But there were some great clouds, so I hope the roll isn't a complete waste. ( I remember the first few times I shot with a 35mm manual I had no idea what the settings meant and my first few rolls were a total waste haha)
I was in the digital photo lab earlier and it took me about 3 hours to print. 

I printed this one out at 14x32in



I printed out smaller versions too, but I made the big one for fun just to see what the effect would be. I've never really worked in such a large scale, my previous photos have just centered around 8x10in or 11x14in. Now it depends on what each teacher says works better (I'm doing this project for two classes).

This one composition took I think about 5 separate images. I can probably get the same effect with fewer images, but I just did it quickly last night. There's still some seams I need to fix, but it's what I have for now until it goes through critique next week.










I can't wait to get the roll developed that I shot with my Diana! Yayyyyyyy!!



Wednesday, February 25, 2009

rubber ducky, you're the one

This was Cadence (my niece) this past July.

Kinda fitting to show since my sister called earlier and said her new thing is bath-time all the time. My sister can't even say the word "bath" in front of Cadence or she'll freak out and run into the bathroom ready to play. Hahaha. She just turned two in January and watching her grow up is so much fun.

She's such a handful, but so damn cute <3 

Just in time


Finally I'm liking some images that I've gotten 
with my fisheye. I'm definitely sticking with this for the semester!

I was so excited to get these processed today and printed for critique tomorrow. I printed them on Premium Luster Photo Paper, which I'm really liking. It's the first time I've used that type of paper, past classes I've used the Premium Semi-matte.

Now I've just got to experiment with what shots work best with the multiple exposures. Whether it's more landscape type, or if I should include people too. We shall see!