March 15th, 2011

It's been quite some time since I've updated my blog.

These past few few months have been insanely busy and full of surprises...

My photography will be displayed at the Raymond James Financial Firm and Investment group offices. A few people are already interested in purchasing my gallery framed prints, which may mean I will finally be able to get my new camera... the Canon 7D!



I've been dreaming about this camera for ages. And while my real dream camera is the 5D Mark II, that one is a little too much out of my price range.

Here are some of the photos that are going up for display at the firm:



These are just some of the photos, with a total of 10. If I sell more, I can bring more in.


In other news, I'm graduating in June... I've been insanely busy with portfolio work and my Senior project. In a week and a half, winter quarter will be done, and after spring quarter, I'm finally finished!

Here are some still shots of my projects I've been working on:

Miniature Project (compositing a hand-built miniature and making it into a realistic scene):

Before

After

My animation project which I tweaked a bit to turn into my Visual Effects project (because it was really more visual effects than animation in the first place anyway).


Plus there are a few other projects that I am currently in the works of finishing in a matter of days. Our class with the Vice President of The American Institute of Architects to create a spot for their company. I'm about 95 percent finished with that one, and will post the link/photos as early as next week.

I'm also storyboarding (last minute, I know) a TV show opener about two rival prides of Lions. It was originally going to be about tigers (because I had so many great photos I had taken of tigers in the past), but I was watching the Lion King the other night with Sam, and it gave me a lot of new ideas as to create different concepts for the fictional show.

I recently started a job with Ann Taylor on Michigan Avenue (you wouldn't believe how many tourists there are!) I absolutely love the people that work with me, so working retail is a lot more fun than in the past places I've worked (which shall not be named...)

So yes, I've been insanely busy. Just got a random photo session with a Photographer, Simon Ho. I was originally just supposed to be assisting my friend for the shoot (who is a makeup artist and wanted a shoot done for her dressed as Sophia Loren... but, we decided to do the shoot together as well. Luckily her shoe and dress size were very similar to mine, so it worked out!

Here are some photos from the shoot:

Jana fixing my hair

striking a pose

The perfect exposure... fyi none of these are photo shopped!! Simon was great!

Side profile of Jana and I

Anyway, that's all for now. I'll keep updating as classes go along, and new opportunities arise.

Also, my birthday is exactly one month from today :)

-Melinda