Dear past Lauren, You don’t know it yet, but your difference and outcast-ish ways will be what sets you apart. Your notions in life is what will breathe emotion into your art. Substandard will bore you and this single mum stigma will subside, catapulting you into a deeper meaning of it all. It will instill …
Dear Younger Me, The one in the midst of postpartum depression and anxiety, the one filled with so much fear and feelings of failure and weakness. You are so much stronger than you think and everything is going to be okay. It’s going to be more than okay, it’s going to be extraordinary. God is …
Is this session personal work or client work? Client work Tell us a bit about the magic of summer + the connection to your lens? I have a love hate relationship with summer, it is all delicious fruit, long nights and sweat lots of sweat. I live in Australia where 9 months of the year …
Weekly special project. LENSBABY is in Hampton Roads VA What is one thing about your photos that says the most about you as a person. Dig deep! I think the emotion and the darkness in my photos is what says a lot about me as a person. Obviously I was in full sun for most …
Tell us a bit about your approach to the work you do, your time in the business and a few personal facts about you. I’ve had an intense passion for photography since I was a young girl. My mother was constantly documenting our lives in photos and videos and the gene was definitely inherited. …
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.
Why are you passionate about street photography First and foremost, there is nothing fake, easy or predictable about street work. It’s the most frightening yet exhilarating way to capture the world around you. Secondly, I’m saddened that we gloss over people in our every day hurry without even knowing it’s happening. No one stops on …
This image that I’m including from when “I first started” but it is as far back as I can get to right now. I have been taking photos for much longer than most, as I started when I was about 18. This photo is from 2013. I started in film. I spent most of my …
Dear (Past) Ashton, Ah, you’re in such a weird place. You’re finally happy in the new state you’re calling home (Alaska) but you’re still absolutely miserable with where you call “work”. I know, I know, you’ve finally figured out manual mode on your camera and you think you’re ready to dive head first into this …