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A Post a Year, Apparently

1/1/2016

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Oh, 2015 - Let's just skip to the photo recap, shall we?

January
Why Storms Are Named After People

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The name's taken from Caitlyn Siehl's Literary Sexts: A Collection of Short & Sexy Love Poems. Taken on my birthday, the largest print I've made yet, and now funny to me to see how red my nose is bc it was absolutely freezing that afternoon. Overall, it gets me psyched for the new year.

February

All Things Crawling and Free
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Wherein Connor stays still and doesn't make a face for A Second, and helps me figure out a new technique for backgrounds.

March
You Carry Your Dead With You

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This is still one of my faves, using the new background technique, taken on a day where the last thing I wanted to do was take a photo. Hung in a tattoo shop for a brief stint.

April
A Willful Burden

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Also known as, the cops don't like it when you shoot in reservoirs, but then realize you're a harmless nerd. The background as it's shown here is almost completely fabricated from previous, less altercation-y visits to the area.

May
Alphabet of Emotional Territories: Attention

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A really long title for a series that I got...2 into?

June
Safe Travels

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My favorite vacation time of the year in my favorite place in the world. Ribbons remain some of my favorite props. I play favorites.

July
Escapes

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Getting friends to model by bribing them with food. She's also the only one who can actually fit in that dress (it's deceptively and amazingly narrow!) and is patient enough to lug a chair through the woods. Cameo from one of last year's bluebirds.

August
Coming In For a Landing

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There were technical difficulties, so I worked on a previously untouched shot from Vermont. This is a magical combination of me being able to jump, toss the dress, and flip my hair all at the same damn time. The only thing photoshopped, besides aesthetic tweaks, were the houses that were in the background.

September
Simple

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I recovered and was damned tired.

October
How am I not myself?

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Similar, but not. I get an idea in my head, it won't keep still.

November
Epicenter

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and
Holding Pattern

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Preemptive bonus round! Making up for August.
Epicenter has regrettably been lost in an archiving incident- but it's a step in a direction I like and am perpetuating in Holding Pattern. At this point, I want to explore more and break away from the central composition/fairy tale character theme- just to see what else I can come up with.

December
I've been having these dreams

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No joke. A re-work, but still moving in a different direction. Something I've been enjoying and looking forward to playing more with this year.

I'm hoping to push myself more in 2016- experimenting more, playing with new techniques/compositions/styles, getting out to new places, and working with other people. Growth and evolution, taking risks, and holding myself to it.

What're your goals for 2016?

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