I'm really not a summer person. Especially not here in the south with the un-godly heat and humidity. My season is winter- snow, wool pea coats, cozy fireplaces. But looking back through the photos from this session (taken back while I was still pregnant with little man) has me longing for summer sundresses and dreaming of the beach.
Just long enough for a quick swim though. I don't need an entire season.
Monday Photo Dump: Week 12 | Mikaela Joy: Savannah Lifestyle Photographer
Here we are facing another Monday. I'm still sick. In fact today I am call in from work amounts of sick, so I've spent the whole morning on the couch reading Divergent, cuddling with my pets, and feeling all around crappy.
But, I'm taking a break from all of that to share this week's photos.
3-15-14: We start off in the heart of Savannah's St. Patty's day celebrations. This holiday is kind of a big deal here, for some odd reason, so the party lasted all weekend long. We went out on Saturday with some friends and I did some drinking and street photography. I wrote a quick post about it and shared some pictures here.
3-16-14: Sunday I revisited some old music that I used to love as a teenager and realized I've not developed an attachment to music in the same way since then. There is something about hiding out in the orange and yellow bedroom of my teenage years reading Ray Bradbury and listening to A Ghost is Born that in some ways, I'll never beat.
3-17-14: Monday was shopping day 'cause I was in desperate need of a new pair of running/work shoes. I made a first attempt at product photography, which, although it's a bit dark, I think I did pretty decent on (especially since I was working with natural light).
3-18-14: On Tuesday Sam took in this absolutely adorable foster puppy who we both got instantly attached to (for me, all it took were some puppy kisses).
3-19-14: Wednesday I decided to revisit my writing after coming to the realization that I never write anymore, so I busted out this old tattered journal.
3-20-14: More writing on Thursday, but this time in the form of poetry. Inspiration hits at such random times for me (I wrote most of this in my head while counting jewelry at work), but it's such a great feeling when it happens.
3-21-14: Friday I did an impromptu photo shoot with Sam, her jeep, and the setting sun. I'm so excited with how this shot turned out!
That's it for this week. Next week's photo dump will be kicked off with the cutest puppies in the world, so stay tuned!
SJ at Sunrise | Mikaela Joy: Savannah Lifestyle Photographer
Last Saturday I got up bright and early to meet up with SJ, a gorgeous local model, to do some portraits at sunrise.
Let me just say that it pains me to get up early on the weekends. I wake up at 3:30 five days a week, so I really appreciate my Saturday sleep ins. Even if that's only until 7:00.
But waking up early to work with SJ was definitely worth it. We found a field and a lake to shoot at with golden morning light and steam rolling off of the lake. Beautiful.
SJ was a fabulous model, and we spent equal parts of our time laughing and shooting. What I love most about SJ is her sense of adventure. Some models might think it's weird when I ask them to climb a tree, for instance, but not her. She just wanted to know which tree.
This was a quick little shoot due to the limited time frame that the lighting allowed, but it was a lot of fun. I can't wait to work with SJ again.
If you want to see the whole shoot you can find it at my website here.
I Shoot... Canon? | Mikaela Joy: Savannah Lifestyle Photographer
I was very prepared to shoot some portraits of Meg when we went out to the lake. I had a big bag packed with everything I own, my tripod, three lenses, my reflector. The only thing that was missing-- my camera battery, which was plugged in in Meg's kitchen. That was going to be an issue.
The lighting was perfect and if we went back for the batter we'd miss it. Luckily for me, Meg had brought her Canon t4i with her 55-250 mm lens. Unluckily. I shoot nikon and don't know the Canon setup. Meg uses auto mode, so she wasn't going to be much help, either.
Unwilling to call it quits, I decided to give her camera a try. I wasn't going to give up that easily.
It took me a bit to get things sorted out. The setup of her camera is completely different than mine (I feel like my camera does in one button what hers does in three) and I had a few bad exposures because her light meter is backwards from mine. But I did manage to figure it out and am happy with the results. How do you think I did?
This wasn't the end of our troubles though. It turns out that the raw files produced by a canon don't get along with my computer. Her's either. It took us about 45 minutes to figure out what kind of file converter we needed to make it work. But hey- now I know how to work a canon and if the situation ever comes up where I need to, I am prepared. It's all a learning experience, and what can I say, I'm adaptable.
(click a photo to see the whole gallery)