busy

last time i wrote in here was the beginning of summer.


you have no idea.
haha.


well i'm taking my first photography class. :D and i'm excited. i'm finally learning how to take better pictures. ...i'm the youngest one in my class.
oh and i got a new job and left my other one. so now i have way more time for photography, cause i work first shift now.



i started up a new series. well actually 2.
one's a small one though.
but here's a sneak peek at my new series.

swtp

Today I went over to my pop pop's store. Because i haven't done any jewelry shots for them in a while. And i went over there with the intention of getting about 3 sets done. but i ended up doing 5 different sets of jewelry. julie and i were outside for hours in 102 degree weather. i'm surprised we survived it all. haha. i guess a little humour goes a long way on a shoot. oh yeah. this is julie kong... the julie version of king kong.

cirque du stump.

i started off my circus theme with a promising first shoot. i have sooo many people signed up for this, that i actually could be doing this series for a good half year. i've got magicians, siamese twins, clowns, dagger throwers, fire breathers, birdladies, bearded ladies, elephant women, mermaids, and so much more. i'm still looking for a few more spots to fill. mainly dood spots now. but i'm sure i'll get them with no problem. here's a "back stage" shot of bri. i couldn't resist haha. cause it looks like any other typical model-off-camera shot i've ever seen. well check out my flickr to see more of bri. www.flickr.com/photos/astumpphotography

boating docks

i never seem to have good weather whenever i shoot lately. it's either about to storm or close to dark. well i think the post-storm clouds actually helped me out on this shoot. and julie and i finally found the one set of docks that she's been trying to show me for the past couple of months since she first got her liscence. i actually couldn't have been happier with this shoot. everything was just perfect, even down to the dress that she was wearing, which was meant for the art show exhibit. and nobody kicked me off of any property. i didn't lose any cellphones or bodyparts (like the shoot previous to this). i actually would like to come back to this location and shoot again. but i want to make friends with someone who owns a boat, so that way we could shoot on one of the docks with the boats

all attached to it. cause those were all locked off... and you know me, but there was state police watching the whole place. haha. well i definetly have more on my flickr. so check them out. and i will have more to come. www.flickr.com/photos/astumpphotography

p.s. i love my accidental shoots :] haha. did i mention we were supposed to shoot in a field? maybe we'll do that one another time.... i'm still searching for that right field.

trailor park

i finally got my liscence. so yesterday i did the first normal-stump shoot in a while. i took julie to this abandoned trailor on the side of the highway. grunged it up and had some fun. it was actually pretty cold yesterday we could see our breath during the shoot. and the skies were horrible and near dark, but somehow my camera picked up a great amount of light. it didn't even look like it was raining or had been raining that day or that it was near sunset.

- oh yeah, and this is julie trying to bust down the door. sadly everything was locked up.

new ideas

i'm going to drift away from the nymphs for a little. and i'm going to be doing a bunch of new conceptual portraits. i don't want to be stuck doing nymphs forever. haha. i know i won't but thats how i kinda feel. i'm going to be going back to my older style of pictures. the ones that were slightly morbid.

she likes me.

she really likes me. i went to Moment Photography, showed her my portfolio, and she loved it. and she basically told me to considered myself hired, however when the business picks up.


so i saw this movie, Tideland recently and i love it. it's one of those films that you either hate or you love. it's such an inspirationally, visionary, and unique film, it's going to be hard to find one that will top it. today i'm planning to do some pictures inspired by this film. i've already decapitated some barbies.

and also. i'll be going for liscence soon. hoffenlich i will pass.
oh yeah. and i got my first tattoos this past wednesday when caleb and i celebrated our one year anniversary.