Annerirecuore

Hooray for opinion polls!

I'm looking into buying a macro lens in the next month or so, both for my fine art work and for when I photograph detail shots at wedding. And I honestly have no idea where to start looking when it comes to macro lenses!

So, what macro lenses do you prefer? I have a Canon 5D MKII- so I'm open to any lens that can work with a Canon (I'm extremely fond of Sigma lenses! They're a cheaper price but that quality is just a beautiful as the Canon lenses). I'm also more of a prime lens sort of girl, I mainly use my 50mm when it comes to session... But I also looooove the 24-70.

Any suggestions? What's your favorite? What do you hate? I'm open to anything!

Hope all is well with everyone! I'm have all tomorrow afternoon free, so I'm planning on going out and shooting.


<3 Karen

Yes, I really am back. It's been a long year and a half, but a good year and a half.

What has happened since March 4, 2009? I graduated from Hallmark Insititue of Photography, started my own photography business Happenstance Portraits (www.happenstanceportraits.com), I've been photographing weddings, senior portraits, headshots, families, and so many other exciting things!

But now that I have been out of school for a full year, I've been in a bit of a slump. My "artistic side", as my brother likes to call it, has been slacking. So I've started doing my own personal work now, to regain my "artistic side" and just have fun again.

I have uploaded a few images, as you may notice I have deleted all of my old work. This is a new side of me; still the same Annerirecuore (you can call me Karen, though. Or you can even call me Kay, it's really okay), but it's a brand new start of my photographic career. So why not just completely start over? There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

A new thing though, which I believe will be great, is that all of the images I upload will be available to buy as prints, canvases, gallery wraps, and more. This winter I will be pushing myself to go out and shoot personally at least once a week, so you can be sure there will be lots of new photographs coming in the next few months.

Other than that... Not much is new!

To see what has been going on in my life, visit my website and my blog!
www.happenstanceportraits.com
www.happenstanceportraits.blogspot.com

<3 Karen

Yup, yup!

I just got an email today saying that I am a finalist in the Photographer's Forum magazine's 29th Annual College Photography Contest!!!! Yes I just copied and pasted that from my email.

And what fabulous photo is going to be published in the book coming out in June?!?!!?

... The shitty little snapshot that is my deviantART ID.

Don't ask how that go picked. I mean, it's an okay photo but, I dunno. I entered much better ones, haha.
Oh well, it's getting published so I can't complain!

Damn, I really can't believe it's the year 2009 already... Next year will be 2010, which is scarier, but let's not think about that now.

2009.
Shit.
I graduate from college in 5 and a half months- 5 months and 17 days, actually. Then what? I go into the real world as a professional photographer, I suppose. Man, I don't know what I want to do yet. When I go back to school on Monday, we have to start thinking about our business plan, designing our website, doing internships. It's gonna fly by like nobody's business. I'm so scared yet so pumped at the same time.

This year is gonna be good, I can feel it already.

Anyways, enough of me being all smart and visionary sounding.

I had some assignments to do over break. I got a few done, still working on some though. On Tuesday I shot my friend Jasmine, who is one of my favorite people to photograph. The assignment was window lighting, so I shot her in her shower and finally go to do some pinup work. I can't wait to get back to school and see how they came out.  Tomorrow I'm shooting my director, Shane, for a character study... Holy hell, I'm so nervous about that. But it'll be fine. And I'm possibly going to do my self-portrait, too. I have a few ideas for that, so I'm pumped. Then next Tuesday I'm shooting my family portrait at the school, yay for high key lighting!!!

Hmmm... New year, new beginnings. Can't wait.

This was a weird, scatter brained entry, sorry. I just needed to get my thoughts out all at once, cause I'm kinda stressing for time. Ah, hurry for doing things the last minute, when I tend to work best, though.

Happy New Year, everyone... Here's to 2009.

K.C.

My iPhone has passed away.

It fell into the toilet.

I got it out.

Then it fell to the ground.

The back broke.

It not longer works.

RIP, iPhone. You will be missed.