October 1, 2011 Wedding: Allison Buie and Davis Ray

On October first of 2011, I teamed up with fellow classmate Natalie Lowdermilk to shoot the wedding of Allison Buie and Davis Ray.  This was the second wedding I have shot and I feel so lucky to have been a part of this special ceremony.

Best wishes to the beautiful, happy couple!

Eye to Eye

The two loves of my life!
Both images were shot with my Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 macro lens.

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Finally Updating!

Hello everyone!  It has certainly been a while.  I apologize for being so lax when it comes to updating my blog!  But here's a little bit of an update:

As most of you may already know, I am staying in beautiful northern Jersey, literally minutes away from New York City and I am interning with commercial photographer Zachary Goulko!  I'm not even a month into my internship and I have already learned so much - from little post processing tips and tricks to seeing what goes on behind the scenes when putting together a shoot (it really is quite the production!) to getting to assist on an eight-page magazine spread shoot.

It really is kind of surreal, being here on internship.  It seems like not too long ago I was logging 12-14 hour days in the photo department, leaving every night reeking of photo chemicals.  The other day, I was speaking with someone, explaining why I was up here.  I nonchalantly was just telling him how I'm here for two months to work for and study under this photographer, and that my fellow Commercial photography students were spread out around the East coast doing the exact same thing.  He then jokingly said, "Well I'm nowhere near as cool as you."  I had to ask what he meant and he replied, "Well you're out living in New York for two months, working with a photographer and doing what you love.  I'm kind of jealous."
With those words, everything came into perspective.  I guess I have grown so comfortable with the idea of everyone leaving to pursue their dreams that I never really thought twice about it.  But what we are doing really is amazing.  We are getting the chance to do what we love and I am so lucky and so proud to be able to tell people that I am studying photography at Randolph Community College.

It really is thanks to you guys, my fellow students, that I am so proud of this school.  You've made this past year the best experience and I can't believe what little time we have left before we graduate and all go off to do big things!  Being out in the "real world" has really made me realize how much I have learned under the careful guidance of our amazing team of instructors and I want to thank everyone for making this the best time of my life!

Love you all!
XOXO
Holly

First Attempt at Time Lapse!

We had a time lapse assignment for John Rash this semester and I really actually enjoyed this project!  Turn up your volume and enjoy this 27-second long video (:

The Third & The Seventh

Last Tuesday, we had photographer Clint Clemens come into our school and speak.  He was an excellent speaker and had a lot of great things to say.  One of the main points he touched on was how the photography industry was moving to CGI, or Computer-Generated Imagery.  It was totally mind-blowing; scary, yes but so incredible!

So sit back, turn your volume up and hit the 'full screen' button on this video.  The whole thing is CGI.  So unbelievably beautiful:

Self Promo #6: Pumpkin Bread

For my very last promo of the semester, I decided to try something a little different.  All five of my previous self promos have involved a model of some sort so I wanted to do at least one that didn't have a person in it!

I love this time of year; autumn is my absolute favorite season.  And pumpkins are one of my favorite things in the world!  I did an ad for Starbucks' pumpkin bread and am pretty pleased on how it turned out.

Self Promo #5: Musician Matt Siegel Promo

My friend from high school, Matt Siegel, contacted me for some photos for his album coming out next year.  I happily agreed and then realized that I could use him for my fifth self promo, also!  He's a very talented musician, accompanying his ukelele with his amazing voice.  His sound is kind of acoustic folk-y, drawing inspiration from influences like Bon Iver and City and Colour.  I wanted to match his style of music with the photographs so I chose to have him barefoot and outside in nature... Hopefully, I achieved what I was going for!