slides are ready!

my awesome roommate allison and i started a motorcycle/photography gang and had our first day out a couple weeks ago. we took photos on our outdated film cameras with color slide film with the intention of making polaroid transfers for homemade christmas. (photos of SF for everyone!!)

sometime last year i read an article in a photography magazine about how to make polaroid transfers at home. i remembered making them in photography class back in high school and loved it, so immediately went on ebay for the machine... and a film camera... and the polaroid film, etc. another addiction day.

i made transfers for my brother and his wife at their wedding, but not much else. i had intended to make some of gigi bridge as presents, but found it very difficult to get myself to gigi alone and without transportation. enter allison (with her motorcycle, camera, and striking good looks) and michael (my beautiful new-to-me vespa) and we have a motorcycle/photography gang who can travel to the gigi bridge for a photoshoot. the day was a lot of fun and i can't wait to make the transfers!

amy & eric's wedding album - finally!!

okay, so i just finished amy & eric's wedding album last night. phew!! i decided to make my first asuka book, but found the process really tedious and difficult. then i found out asuka was creating software similar to mypublisher, which is what i've previously used. once i learned how to use the software, it was much simpler and a lot of fun.

these aren't final yet since i just sent them to amy & eric, but wanted to share some of my favorite layouts anyway. the first layout is for the hardback cover that comes with the leather and faux leather asuka books. i made theirs a 10 x 10 faux leather album with 50 pages. the layouts following the cover are each a two page layout, with the exception of the final page which is the last page of the album and is only printed on the left side (that's why it's square and the rest are rectangles...)

photo fixes

i'm dying to work on my duvet cover and some knitting projects, but i really need to get amy and eric's wedding album finished.  i mean, it's may 23rd and they're wedding was back in september.  plus, the next step in making the duvet cover is washing the fabric...  boo!

part of the reason this album is taking me so long is because of all the small details i need to fix in the photos.  i worked on two photos today that i'm pretty proud of and thought i would feel better about spending so much time on it if at least someone else knew what kind of work went into this.  the following photos are before and afters.  

okay, so this one isn't perfect.  i still think the after is better even though mr.tuberson's face is clearly lighter than everyone else's.  it is not as noticeable when the photo is by itself though.  i thought his expression in the original photo would look better as a smile, so found one of him smiling and used that expression instead.

in this second one, i fixed julie's closed eyes.  it came out much more natural than the above example.  such a small fix, but makes a huge difference in the photo.

only 8 more pages to go!  (or 18...  ??)

gracie baby

i just finished up the photos i took of my niece grace while i went back east to visit her.  it was great to finally meet her 2 months after she was born.  what a little sweetie...  wish she lived closer!

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amy & eric's wedding slideshow

wow... so after almost a full day of figuring this out, i think i have it. my first video post. enjoy!

amy & eric's wedding

amy is the sister of a very good friend of mine and i graduated college with eric... so not only did i get to photograph their wedding, i also got to party with many friends.

we all crossed our fingers for no rain - or at least some breaks in the rain for some photos, but it didn't happen. so out came the red umbrellas!

besides the rain, the day was perfect as planned, the bride and groom were happy and relaxed, and everyone had an amazing time.

thanks to amy & eric for letting me be a part of their big day! i wish them a lifetime of happiness... of course.

here are a few photos from the day:
(more to come...)