Thornton Pop Junior Performance Final Fall 2012

I took over 500 pictures this night! I always have such a hard time paring down my images from these events. The ones I selected to display below I like because they capture the energy and passion of the night; these students are doing what they love full out. They have put aside all other interests and obligations in life to pursue music. That's so inspiring-- it inspires me to push myself photographically. These images capture emotions that speak to my soul.

I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed taking them and watching the students perform!

 Aaron Childs catches sick air as his back-up vocalists look on with wide smiles.

 Sing it!

 I love this candid smile exchange.

 The drummer, positioned in the back of most bands, tends to get left out of images; not the case in this sick picture!

 Sing it, Nina!

 Maddie Ross and her band belt it out.

 A musical exchange between violin and guitar.

 GO Madison and Segun!

 Josh Goldberg on the keys.

Special Guest Jimmy Villaflor and the band rock out to some heavy metal. What a surprise!

Rock on, my friends.

Photographically yours,

Kylie

Chandelier Perspectives

Hello again!

You're in for a treat: more photos! This photo class is doing me well, having me flex my creativity muscles and have a BLAST pursuing my PASSION yet again! woot woot!

These images were shot as a response to a prompt to explore an object, photographing it from very different perspectives and distances. 

I am so pleased with my result! I have about 100 images of this chandelier, but these 4 were my final project. I love how the light plays with the glass shapes!

Check out the reflections in this next one: mirrors on mirrors! I also love the star shape the light makes coming out of the candles :)

Here's a fun one for you: shot through the chandelier! 

And a little geometry & symmetry for you. Miranda (a classmate) referred to it as a snowflake:

Yay! Thanks for reading! More images yet to come, so stay tuned.

Photographically yours,

Kylie

BEAR ATTACK at Tommy's Place USC!

Bear Attack played Tommy's Place Friday night. It was an AMAZING show! This band is extremely talented-- and not to mention simply wonderful people! Here are some of my favorite artsy shots from the night. I love playing with the lights on stage!

Here are some more images from the show:

Check them out on facebook, twitter, youtube, or on their NEW BLOG! omgbearattack.tumblr.com

Peace, love & music -- and photography!

-- Kylie

Dorm Room Lighting Techniques

Hello friends!

As a part of my photo-extravaganza last weekend, I experimented with some desktop studio lighting. Inspired by Edward Weston's beautiful black and white produce photography (such as the pepper pictured below), I decided to photograph a strawberry.

(source: sfmoma.org)

 I found a berry with a nice dent in it-- I wanted one with a dent or some sort of imperfection in it that would be accentuated with the hard lighting and shadows it produced. Hearkening back to my days in AP Photo class, I set up shots of hard and soft lighting.  Note how the hard light hits the strawberry below:

Like I said before, I did this all atop my desk. I placed a plate with a strawberry on it in front of my window, set up a white backdrop, and then used my desk lamp to project dramatic light down onto the berry. The light was positioned out of the top left of the frame.

Here is the same strawberry, this time lit with soft light: the light from the window alone.

Looks a lot more appetizing, huh? My photography class loved the emotion in the first one, saying it looked evil or menacing, while the second strawberry looked ripe and ready to eat.

What a difference lighting can make!

Photographically yours,

Kylie

Gingerbread Houses!

Christmas... in February? Better late than never! Here are some images of the gingerbread house I made this year. My family goes all out- I was raised decorating gingerbread houses, and each year gets more and more ornate. This year I created my own little red and green Ski Chalet. Wish I could actually move into it in the Swiss Alps! Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Perspectives

I committed a photographic faux-pas and neglected to ever retrieve the following images from a memory card. I found said images this morning, and was so excited when I did. I feel like these images capture the spirit of autumn; the crisp breeze and leaves, the changes in the air, the colors... Enjoy!

I love the combinationw of the warm browns against the bright blue sky in this image.

Crunchy leaves scattered on the grass.

Photographically Yours,

Kylie