Fresh to death, you can’t deny the beautiful dramatic way we love to express ourselves. This month was a literal bunch of beauty. The varied interpretations of images with florals or green make me so damn happy. It is always such an honor to be making a collection for our community. I hope you enjoy …
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot …
One of the biggest inspirators for me is a location. I find myself often daydreaming about the possibilities of photographs as I drive down a highway, or as I take hikes with my family in beautiful places. Most of the time its tiny little corners of my rad suburban life that inspire me. I love …
Words by Adri De La Cruz Oh what a year it’s been. If you’re like me than 2017 hit you like a ton of bricks. My only hope is that you grew from every experience, as a human and as an artist. I am so tremendously proud of the community we are building over at …
What is one thing about your photos that says the most about you as a person. Dig deep! I think my photos say I’m a mess, and that’s okay!! Really, aren’t we all? I’m a bit whimsical in nature, and I want my images to portray life as it is- but also the amazing magic …
Each day, 42 families in the United States will receive the devastating news that their child or teen has cancer. This month we teamed up with Cynthia Dawson of the Gold Hope project and many other Instagram communities who are sharing from the hashtag #teamup4goldkids Originally we wanted to feature just images from the hashtag but …
Yes, We know! This is not just a Nikon issue. Across the board, with many of the other big photography companies, women are not being represented. Yes, we know. Basically, in most professional fields, women don’t have a position that warrants their voice to be heard. This matters, we matter. Nikon is currently celebrating 100 years …
Why are you passionate about this project? There has been a lot of media attention on police violence, especially against black men and boys over the past few years. Black men are typically portrayed as “violent”, “dangerous”, and “criminals” in the media, which continues to perpetuate racial bias and a culture of fear within our …
What Lensbaby lenses have you shot with before? How have they transformed your work?
I have never shot with a lensbaby before. Eep I was so excited to get this one in the mail for the week. It was definitely tough to nail the focus for me but I still loved it and I have one in my Amazon cart right now.
I have never used a lensbaby, but I have done a lot of freelensing and I feel that helped transform my work a lot. I learned that some images are best out of focus because life isn’t always in focus.
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The project is set around trying and experimenting with a Lensbaby lens, the Twist 60 is traveling through the U.S.A + Canada currently. Each artist has one week of play time. All of the artist are attending out Out of the box collective in June in Denver CO.