Lisa and Nick's baby pics

Lisa's prego... :) I've watched this girl grow up and through so many things, it''s hard to remember all of the memories. I think some of the funniest things we ever did involved some sort of dress up and me taking photos. I remember one that we did that involved lots of blue eye shadow, hot pink lipstick, different colored nails, and pig tails in her hair. Wow, those were the good old days I guess :) But, times change, no hot pink lipstick here, but she's still the beautiful girl I remember, and the best model I've ever worked with. :) Can't wait for the baby photos!!! (and, it will be a reason to come to CA!!

been editing photos and playing all day.'t

"Have you ever driven down a road that you drive every day and you think to yourself... wait... did I miss my exit or something? this doesn't look familiar... and then you realize that it's not that you aren't paying attention this time, it's that you are, and every other time you were asleep" this was Kris's realization this morning while we drove towards base at 5 am. I decided to try to photograph the things one might miss on their way to and from work everyday. I plan on adding to this, considering I drop him off every once in a while :)

And so it goes,

Early to rise and early to bed
Makes a man healthy and wealthy and dead.
~James Thurber, Fables for Our Times, 1940

we just can't seem to force ourselves to go to bed early, as if something at midnight will happen and we'll totally miss out. Like Cinderella backwards syndome. Wow. Okay, time for more editing of photos... hope you enjoy

Much love, KT

starting back up with the posting :)

I've been slacking a little lately with everything on my blog. So, here's some old work I've done that you may not have seen :)

some studio work, some on location, some intimate portraits of Lisa and Nick.

back to childhood days

-something I found online- after many moments this past week of laughing hysterically until we cried. I really started thinking about how much people get caught up in being stuck up their own buts and really don't let themselves relax and have fun. Went to Rvens game with Kris, dressed up and felt awesome. Walked around downtown baltimore all day ahahha got lots of crazy looks, but it was so much fun. being apart from him has been the hardest months of my life. Look... see that smile? it's the 9th wonder of the world... i promise. let it go down in history.

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.

I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple, when all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes; but that didn't bother you because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care. All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair; that everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.

I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simple again.

I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, kind words, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So, here's my checkbook and my car-keys, my credit card bills and my 401K statements.

I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, cause. . .

"Tag! You're it."

Congrats Lauren and Matt!!09/20/09

It was easy to make beautiful photographs when you're making photos of beautiful people! These two were awesome. Their family was more than willing to help me and make me feel completely comfortable, to the point that I even got kisses from Mom's as they were leaving. So, here's a few photos that I personally liked a lot. They're not the photos that most would like of their wedding, but I did those two! It was very dark but it cast a very nice mood over the whole place. Fun group of people, fun had by all. Here's a few photos I enjoyed, that made me smile, laugh, and go "awww.." :) Incredible people I met, felt very privileged to be a part of this amazing family for a day. As I edit I will post more, for now I was just getting them onto my computer and in a safe place.

very busy weekend.

So, I went to two.. yes, two Avetts concerts. Thursday went to the one in Chuck town, then went to the one in Augusta, :) Both concerts were awesome in their own way. So, I must post some photos from the shows. Keep in mind I'm in serious need of a new camera, so the photos are a little weird because I shot them in low light. Alright, so here we go.. I also got to go to Arts in the Hearts of Aug. I really like going to that and walking around for a while getting vibes from different artists. We spent the weekend rushing around it seems, but then again, I feel like that's kind of a little part of life... Hopefully Kris will get off work this weekend, and I will have even more stuff to post :) YAY! OOOooookkkkaaayyyyy... so one photo is of baby Isabella... she's the best and cutest ever!

I'm going to make a different post about the same weekend. I shot a beautiful wedding out at Middleton Place. It got dark really fast, so I couldn't shoot as many photos of the bride and groom as I"d have liked, but it was fun, and everyone had a good time, so that's what it's really all about.

this weekend..

.. I had planned a trip, and should have known better. the good ole navy ruined everything. But, oh well, I'll figure it out, and either way it will be fun! :) so, finally finished all classes but one. :) should be pretty fun to go to augusta this weekend.. and then shooting Lauren's wedding sunday. Then maybe off to Va. or Md. We'll see. photo fun? this is one of my slides from my final portfolio for photojournalism. Next quarter I wanna do more intense subjects, i wanna get down and dirty.. if anyone has any ideas of really dirty jobs or crappy situations, brainstorm and let me know!

finals weekk.... AAHHHH

So, have an interview with Charleston magazine tomorrow I'm pretty excited about. I'm going to hopefully rock it out :) I want this internship so bad! I dunno anyone else in my school who's done the photo part of it. so we'll see what happens :) Got my clothes ready, shoes ready, :) I'm all set and ready to go! 10 am I gotta be there, then it's my final day in advanced principles tomorrow. I'm actually a little bit sad about that. I enjoy hearing Katherine tel us her opinions about things and how they work, and tech news and stuff. Guess I'll have to research on my own now. So, got very bad news today :( Kris is not able to get off for the weekend, so I'm going to have to go up to MD alone, AGAIN. haha I'm really kinda getting used to having to cancel plans with him. I purposefully didn't buy tickets, but then my friend Katie Hansen got them for me as a gift :) YAY.. anyway. Heading to write up the final draft of my artists statement and then head to bed... much needed beauty rest. So, for my final in illustration we had to make up our own cd cover, so I chose to do mine on Megan jean, I mean, it only seemed right.. here's a rough of it. I'm still working out the kinks and stuff... goodnight moon.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/60703/cinelan-3-minute-stories-paints-on-ceiling#s-p2-st-i0

this guy is amazing to me. Such a story, a past, whole-heartedness to his work. amazing. i guess I don't really have a specific story, time or place to explain where my art comes from. whether it comes from watching many many people in my life create things, fix things, or teach me different ways to do things, I'm unsure. i know that i love to listen. i used to sit in the hair salon my entire childhood just listening to older women talk. partially i guess i was nosey, most kids hated to listen to their elders. although i rebelled against my mom and dad my fair share, i was never a really bad kid. while others were out running around smoking and drinking, all i really strived to do was be in love with a stupid boy, when neither of us really had a single solitary clue what that meant. love. i suppose that's the underlining meaning of my work, i think i understand what love means. learning and love. those are my passion. learning about the things i have shut off in my life, and trying to understand the things that others don't have a passion to even try to understand. i like being able to have a passive wall to the world. anything that happens, will. anything that doesn't, won't. Katie and I spoke of many things the other day, one being that she doesn't think she could be around a person in a photojournalistic situation and not want to help them. I think I do have the ability to do this, because you have to remember you ARE helping humanity. it's a rough decision. no one ever has a real answer to the ethics and morals that go with it, but i suppose my stance is the harsh one of the two. however, i have never been in the position to make that call. well, onto finishing up my cd cover, artists statement, and finals. tuesday I have an interview at charleston magazine for an internship. i really hope I can get it!... time for finding a movie and hitting the sack, tomorrow's another day, I'm sure to catch up on my homework then. ahhh yes, and a photo... let's see...ahh... one trip to fayetteville nc... what a weird and strange place, much like that of augusta, no one wants to put money into refurbbing a place that's already there so they move out in town and create suburbs full of barnes n nobles, targets, best buys, and brand new developments where all the houses look the same.. ugh.

car brochure

some may think it weird that I had books on BMW's that I was carrying around, hahah but, it's not so weird to a college student. Anyway, new assignment. Had to create a mock-car-brochure.. so here's my first draft of mine. yes, i shot all the photos, yes, those clouds are real in one photo haha. . :) Clouds like this exist in Virginia, it's amazing. guess it's cause all the water around Norfolk. But, Kris probably gets tired of me always saying "wow...look at the clouds" so I used that for this :) football tomorrow hopefully, and then horse show photos this weekend. lots of uncooked frogs this week. Alright, here we go!

Happy Birthday!

I love you. :) Thanks for being the most patient person ever. . . since you deal with me and my crap! and, here's funny photos to make you and everyone smile with you. wow... mac's are too much fun. :)

wow.. fast week

at times it seems the days just blend together into one giant 24 hour period. So, I'm working more on my story and Katie McCord. . . yesterday I spent the entire day and it was insane when you spend a day actually caring for Mother Nature. I cooked and ate an organic meal, took recycling to the respective places, even down to cleaning with organic soap, carpooling, it's insane what little precautions can really do. After a conversation with a classmate today I really feel like there are people in my school that really take the easy route out of assignments. I feel like mine is difficult but VERY educational. I've learned so much from this amazing woman, whether it be about caring for horses, the earth, chickens, cows, dogs, just caring in general. Sometimes when you live your life for yourself you never realize all the things you're missing around you until you're forced to notice things because you have a camera in your hand. And although everyone else may view my photos and feel like they can skim though them in 2 minutes and get the story, they're really missing out.... it's a very in-depth story in itself. Caring for animals is a thousand times harder than caring for people, because you can't tell what an animal is really feeling. It's like trying to help someone when they speak another language, you just can't. So, I'll share a few photos from the shoot at Iron Horse Farms.. it was a very educational and crazy day full of running errands, and doing what seems everyday to one person and is an entire new world to others.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. ~Vernon Howard

a bit abstract.

so, for a final in one of my classes, named advanced principles, we could do anything we wanted for our finals. I chose to do an abstract tattoo project. I shot all of these with the Mamiya medium format camera, it was awesome. I based the shoot on the fact that some people see tattoos as a veil, a cover if you will. Some view it as a display. Some follow you down the street or through the grocery store to speak bible verses to you about how you may go to hell. The most common verse that you get is from Leviticus 19:28 that states "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you; I am the Lord." Which is the same page where it is stated that we're not to make any marks against our hairlines either... sorry guys... let your beards grow and don't get tattoos.... you'll go to hell if you do. There's a big debate over this and I'm not sure what to think about it, since the bible also states that only your soul goes to heaven, and your physical body stays here on earth. If that's the truth, then why is everyone so afraid of your body that you leave here on earth having a little more color than the next guy? stop looking at someone's color and not seeing past it. look beyond the veil.

cookbook 2

new one... a little different. this one's fun the other one's classic looking I think they're different enough to count as two very separate projects haha... i think my professor was worried they wouldn't be different enough. okay.. on to work on more projects!

football... and uncooked frogs.

hmm... it's been a long weekend... much much much to post :) first I'll start with some football photos... i focused a bit on some features and details this time, which I found really fun. Tyler, thank yousoooo much for the crazy hook up, and Coach Lotz, thanks for the awesome pointers. He's amazing. So, I have to start really learning the game of football. I'm good at knowing when the ball is going where, I'm just not good with my lingo of it haha... well, here's some football photos. Going to hopefully finish my other cookbook tomorrow :) got a whole day of nothign but shooting with a camera that costs more than my life (The Mamiya) and getting work done. Maybe another trip out to the farm to get some more for my story. K. goodnight mr. blogfrog.

ahhh yes... the uncooked frogs story. so, in my photojournalism class, one of our assignments was to go shoot sports. there's two types, a feature and action, pretty self explanatory, ones when the game or event is actually happening and the feature's when ti's not. it's a huge difference.... anyway, no one realy wanted to shoot sports and everyone by this time in the class had really freaked out because its a lot of work to shoot a different event every few days, but we had to hash out all the different realms of photojournalism in order to understand.... long story... but, we're all stressed out and Mikayla gives us this assignment to shoot sports. . and no one really comes back with anything spectacular and we're all freaking out about it, and on top of that there really isn't sports happening at this time except baseball season, like the ending of it, so... she compares shooting sports photos to things we don't like to eat because we've never tried them. . . Kayla said guacamole, don't really remember anyone else's, but, you get the jist... so, i really don't know anything to say at this point. I really would try anything food-wise. I've tried just about everything, in fact things I haven't tried really intrigue me sometimes. So, I thought for a long time. I mean, there are things I've tried and don't particularly care for, but there isn't anything that comes to mind. Mikayla says frogs? and I've eaten them before... so I dunno... so we settled on uncooked frogs. I dunno if I could do that... but, then again I don't know many people that do eat them either. So, shooting sports photography=eating uncooked frogs.... and so far, I kinda like the taste.

they're really small photos, so the quality looks a little crazy, but i'm trying out different ways of making them smaller for on here :) okay... time for more work. much love,