Tom Smothers

Another story that didn't make it to the About page:

I don't shoot celebrities often. It really is easier to do my job if I'm not distracted by the giddiness that comes from meeting someone bigger than life. But I loved spending the afternoon with Tom Smothers. He was the John Stewart of his day, and had many incites to share, not all of them funny, some in fact, rather dark. But he loved to tell them, loved having an audience to share with. A real people person, you don't often meet.

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Shooting naked

While working on my new website I wrote some stories for the About page that didn't make it into the mix. I thought this blog would be a good place to share them. Here's one:

Most challenging shoot: 5 naked sax players on Auditorium Shores for the Naked Austin Calendar.  I've had more physically difficult shoots, like shooting in a clean room in silicon valley with a mask and gloves on and high humidity (try seeing through a plastic mask when your breath keeps fogging it up), or shooting out of a helicopter, but this shoot sticks out in my mind because of pesky passersby and their camera phones. I like my subjects to feel comfortable, and while this was a very uncomfortable shoot, people stopping to take photos bothered me and I had to run a few off. Note to self...next time maybe don't shoot the naked guys on Auditorium Shores.

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Found that country feeling in middle of Austin

At the beginning of August Austin Monthly contacted me about shooting a cover for their 'Weekend Trips' September issue. They had a good idea of what we would shoot; a family with a Wagoneer and a canoe on top, but we needed a location. I wanted to shoot out of the city, but logistically it's a little difficult to coordinate so many elements; kid, couple, car, canoe, us, did I mention a dog? I suggested an empty lot in middle of the city where I had shot in the past, which turned out to be just the trick for a easy shoot. The grass had grown up nicely and caught the afternoon sun beautifully.

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THE MAN SHOOT

I just finished shooting Austin's 10 most eligible bachelors for Austin Monthly. It was a lot of fun and also challenging. The magazine doesn't have a budget for an assistant, hair and makeup or a stylist. The images they showed me for examples were highly styled, and great images, but tears from magazines with very large budgets. My approach was to make the images more about the guy in it, while having some fun with the atmosphere of the pictures. The ladies from the magazine (Cory Rivademar and Jessica Power) did an excellent job making it all work.

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My favorite outtake.

Publishing work with no credit?

I just found this photo in a local magazine, no credit or information about it attached. My husband Ezra is the architect and my father and brother built it.


http://www.mcintyrebuilding.com/McIntyre_Building/Welcome.html
This is a link to my father and brothers company.

My husband took down his website (????!!!!), so here are a few images of the project and another off South Congress.

Life With a Three Year Old

I have a three year old daughter, her name is Josephine. I wish I could have as much fun as she does,  but it's a little hard to have her exuberance when you're older than three. I do try. Otherwise, I try to capture it with my camera. She's been a very good subject so far. I've only heard 'don't take my picture' a couple of times in her life. Sometimes, when I'm really busy working, I feel like she knows how to be especially cute to get my attention. Like the time recently when I was trying really hard to finish some images for a deadline and she picked up her ukulele and starting strumming and singing. I successfully ignored it, although, now I wish I hadn't. Another time recently she picked up this hat, which she will NEVER wear and I think is really adorable, and started posing with it. Luckily, I did stop what I was doing to enjoy the moment with her.

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Food for Tribeza

I love food. Let me clarify; I love whole foods, and not like the company, but food that isn't processed. Food that is as close to how nature made it is the best, nutritionally, and also aesthetically (for me anyway). Vegetables and fruits that have flaws, eggs that are brown or green, bread that looks hearty and home made. These are the things that inspire me, visually and otherwise. They make me hungry and then, I also want to take a picture of them. So when Tribeza asked me recently to photograph some breakfast food for the July issue, I was happy to see the cinnamon rolls from Upper Crust Bakery were on the list, because, these beauties are as rustic as they come. Big and crusty and covered in sugar and cinnamon, they make you want to curl up on a Sunday morning and do a crossword puzzle (or eat one and fall back asleep). 

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