Frames of Thought

Well, Here It Goes: My Attempt at Real Life

agehrett — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:35:37 +0000

Summer has ended, I have graduated and ended my summer job, and now am attempting to make a new start in the real world up north; more specifically, Seattle. I’m job searching while getting some quality time with my camera and hoping that I can settle in here. We’ll see how that actually turns out in the next couple of months, but still. Just informing the world of the location change, and leaving you with some recent photo adventures.

View from a park in Queen Anne

An intriguing street.

A funky apartment building, The Chelsea.

Obligatory Space Needle photo. Note: the perspective misleads the size.

Laundry Grunge Photo Shoot

agehrett — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:55:09 +0000

First time shoot with the lovely Liza Brown; even though I had a couple equipment issues, she was a delight to shoot with, and we got some cool shots out of it. Am I enjoying my access to the basements on campus? Why yes, yes I am.

Plenty of dryers!

Stayin' warm...

Taking a break from laundry.

Grunge angel.

Through the laundry glass...

Pause and pose.

Peeking out.

So much to clean, so little time.

Exhausted.

Lady Gaga-inspired Photo Shoot

agehrett — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:03:05 +0000

So my sister messaged me with the idea to do a Lady Gaga-inspired shoot, and how in the world could I say no? Gaga is such a great jumping off point for some unique, colorful, and just slightly crazy photos. And I have to admit, I am in love with how they turned out! Here’s a couple teasers; check out the rest beyond the jump!

Gaga in the mirror.

Gaga in a red bow.

Gaga in a cage.

"Hello hello baby..."

Gaga in the laundry room.

Seeing double Gaga.

Striking Gaga.

Gaga behind wire.

Angelic Gaga.

Sparkle Gaga.

Gaga, taking a moment.

Final diva Gaga.

Senior Photos With Kaitlyn Sage

agehrett — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:15:07 +0000

The rain held off for the weekend and allowed Kaitlyn and I to go out and shoot her senior photos, something that we’ve been meaning to do since the fall. Like my shoot with Kate, the overcast weather was just perfect; the shots really turned out wonderful, and Kaitlyn was just a pleasure to work with.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

On the "Dock"

Peeking!

Pretty Smile Amongst the Daisies

Just Lovely

In A Field of Wheat

On The Whale's Tail

Note the super cute shoes!

Gorgeous Eyes!

Grad Photos!

agehrett — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:05:53 +0000

The rain cleared, and Kate and I were able to go do some grad photos! I love how these turned out; the overcast weather actually made for beautiful lighting and skin tone, and we used parts of Alton Baker that I haven’t ever really used for a photo shoot before.

If anyone else is interested in having grad photos done, you should definitely give me a call!

Pretty in Purple

Field of Wheat

All Smiles!

Tree Lovin'

Duck with Daisies

Cap and Gown Time!

Fairies of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

agehrett — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:17:06 +0000

Shoot done at South Eugene; they were performing ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and their costumes were too fantastic to pass up a photo session! Here are some of the best shots (let me tell you, editing a pattered background was crazy difficult and painstaking):

Jump!

Pretty Pose

Waiting for the Fairy Dancing

Grace

Puck

Adorable

Group Shot

Syncronization

‘Beauty Is’ Photo Shoot #3!

agehrett — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:54:47 +0000

Feeling on a roll here; two weekends in a row. Mainly of course because I’m graduating soon, and really want to take advantage of any opportunity to build up my portfolio and play in the studio. Plus these fun shoots are keeping me sane, which is a plus.

Five people came to this one, including the first boy! (See guys, it can work for you too…) Anyway, thanks to Mary Beth, Nathan, and Brooke who came down from Corvallis, and Emily and Sierra who took the time to come by (and also to Jill, who came and hung out and let me take random pictures of her in between.)

Photos are below; for a reminder of the concept, here’s the first and second shoots: http://agehrett.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/beauty-is-photo-shoot/ ; http://agehrett.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/new-beauty-is-photos/

"...remembering to play with your toys"

"...Experiencing Nature"

"...Friendship"

"...Being in tune with my Emotions"

"...Dancing with the One You Love!"

"...Dancing"

"...Being: In Charge, Confident, Competent, Strong"

"...Just hanging out in Jeans and a T-Shirt with all my Books"

"...Being reminded that I am always Loved"

"...Trying New Recipes"

New “Beauty is” Photos!

agehrett — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:55:19 +0000

Finally was able to do another “Beauty is” photo shoot yesterday; two lovely people came by and let me take pictures of them, which was wonderful. Here’s what we got!

(For explanation of the project, check out my first blog post: http://agehrett.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/beauty-is-photo-shoot/)

"...Getting Fired Up about Football"

"...Channeling Audrey Hepburn"

"...Embracing my Inner Child"

"...Strength and Power"

“Beauty Is…” Photo Shoot

agehrett — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:44:56 +0000

Today was the first shoot of my “Beauty is…” concept. I wanted the things that make a person feel the most like themselves, that make them feel happiest, most comfortable in their skin, things that feel unique to them. I think anything that falls into that category could be called beauty. The idea was to have people write down a response to “Beauty is…” and then visually portray that idea. I had four people come by for this first shoot, and I’m really happy with the results! I’m already looking forward to the next photo shoot, which will hopefully happen in the coming week.

"Watching Chick-Flicks in a Man-shirt and Boxers"

"Expressing Myself"

"Making, Listening to, and Writing Music"

"Performing"

"Embracing the sexy and the nerdy together"

"Drinking in Movies, Books, and Video Games"

"A Wild Imagination (and winning the House Cup)"

"Intelligence"

"Wearing my favorite pair of shoes"

‘Wizard of Oz’ Photo Shoot

agehrett — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:05:53 +0000

So, I’ve been doing an independent study lighting thing this term, which has basically allowed me to play around with all the lights I want, and play in the studio, and just try new things. This was a shoot I’d been thinking about for a while, and I had based off some sketches I’d done a while back of a modernized, fashion-y ‘Wizard of Oz’ look. So I got some very willing models together (who luckily put up with my crazy ideas and were willing to try out a lot of different things) and we did this shoot a few weeks ago. We were sadly missing our Scarecrow due to scheduling difficulties, but it still ended up being a lot of fun. Here are some of my favorite shots.

The Tin Man

Tin Man Gets a Heart

Zoe was the lovely Tin Man. She even brought an axe, which was a lot of fun to play with. Fun fact: the heart was hastily sewed by me the night before when I realized I had completely spaced finding a suitable prop. Luckily I had an oversized red shirt that I was never going to wear that I didn’t mind cutting up.

Doing the makeup for the Tin Man was especially fun, but at the same time super challenging. The silver stuff I got was… deceptive. It looked like your basic eye makeup, and turned out to be something akin to goop. And silver paint just seemed excessive. However, after playing around and applying an insane amount of the goop and lots of shimmery glitter, I ended up loving the look. A lot.

Also, Zoe brought these beyond awesome glasses that I completely fell in love with. To me, it’s like some assassin-robot with killer fashion sense. I could totally see this in some space-age movie like ‘Blade Runner’ or something. Anyway, definitely my favorite Tin Man outfit of the bunch.

Fashion Meets Woodcutting

Silver Shimmers and Awesome Earrings

My favorite outfit for the Tin Man

Very Space-Agey Tin Man

Dorothy

No wonder Dorothy got so much help along her travels...

I was extremely happy when my lovely friend Kaitlyn got back to me just in time and said she was available for the shoot; I really couldn’t have picked a better Dorothy. We had a large collection of blue and white outfits, from an actual Dorothy costume I once wore for Halloween to a Dorothy-goes-corporate number with a blue button-up and white slacks.

One reason I love shooting Kaitlyn is you turn away for a second and the next thing you know, she’s come up with another awesome and cool idea for an outfit, pose, or whatever. And by this point, she can basically read my mind so I barely need to give her any direction.

We attempted to make Dorothy a little… rough, without ripping off D.G. from ‘Tin Man’ (which is a really cool mini-series starring Zooey Deschanel, featuring a return to Oz with very entertaining and modern takes on the typical Wizard of Oz characters. Definitely worth checking out!). But punkish Dorothy turned into more of a jean jacket tough farm girl Dorothy. Which… actually kind of worked.

One dress in particular she brought was perfect for some black and white; plus, I can never resist making red pop in a desaturated photo. So we made sure to do some “pre-Oz” photos that I got to play with in post.

Pretty pretty Dorothy

Trying to make Dorothy edgy...

Red Shoes

The Cowardly Lion

Rawr... Fashion Lion

Finally, my wonderful friend Sierra agreed to be the lovable Lion, by far the most complex outfits to put together. Finding a balance between the modern fashion feel and the actual resemblance to the character was a challenge. But it ended up being a lot of fun!

The clothes were a lot of fur, fuzzy, and one extremely hideous fur sweater that we gleefully cut up and used to create multiple accessories. My favorite was a poofy brown jacket with fur trim, and a scarf that could be used as more of a cowl.

The finishing touches were the hair and the makeup. I loved the makeup–the brown blush created gorgeous cheekbones and the shiny brown lipstick mixed fashion with the lioness feel I was looking for. And the hair… so much fun! Ever since theatre I’ve missed doing crazy fun hair, so getting to tease up Sierra’s hair and make ear-like little buns was a treat.

And Sierra was a lovely sport with everything, considering that the outfits were… less than traditional, and I put tons of hairspray in her hair after every 15 frames or so. (Her hair is magic… give it 10 minutes, and all the teasing and hairspray and styling would fail and it would fall stick straight again.)

Tough Lion... Found "The Nerve"