Last weekend, I had the opportunity to take photos of my friend Hadley for her website. Hadley is working with Kate Spade this year and her website is Kate Spade themed. Her super cute website will house all of the work she will be doing with the company. That will include a fashion blog and promotional videos that embody what Kate Spade is. 

With her photos she wanted to represent who she is, while being welcoming, and showing her audience that they can trust what she has to say. Hadley wanted a mix of cute, fun photos, and elegant photos to show the many colors of Hadley Oehlert. 

When I photograph people, I prefer to use natural lighting because I think it looks beautiful when it hits the subject just right. In this photo, Hadley is sitting in a chair next to a window. It was cloudy on this day and I wasn't sure how I was going to like the lighting in this dark room, but in editing, I lightened the photo up and bit and I actually ended up really liking the light and dark contrast the cloud open window had on the photo. 




This photo of Hadley was shot standing 
next to her green Fiat. I liked the idea of
shooting next to her car because she has
a fun car that not a lot of people have, so I thought it would work well with the cute, fun photos she was going for. In this photo Hadley is wearing a fun striped Kate Spade shirt and holding her favorite Kate Spade book. I felt that a fun outfit like this one would look best in a fun setting to match it.

This is one of my personal favorite photos of Hadley. The lighting from the window it her perfectly and she looks absolutely beautiful. 




More photos will be available coming soon on her website and my Facebook page!

Saul Bass Inspired Movie Poster

My Wizard of Oz poster was inspired by the Saul Bass Rocky poster.
To create these posters we had to keep things simple using 1-3 colors and highlighting key factors of the movie without giving away too much.
In the Rocky poster I liked that stairs got farther away towards the top of the poster, so I decided to incorporate that into my Wizard Of Oz poster by doing that with my yellow brick road.

Consumption.

I grew up around theatre, art, and music, so I definitely think that is why I enjoy Broadway and the arts in general so much. I think it's probably a comfort thing, because it is how I was raised and it is somewhere I feel safe and like I belong. I mean- the first musical I ever saw was Jesus Christ Superstar when I was 5 years old. I started singing around the time I started talking. When I was young my favorite movie was Annie. I liked to sing along and I even had a locket with an "A" on it just like hers.  Performing is how I express myself, and like I said in my interview, you learn more about yourself and who YOU are with each character you play. It's a way to find yourself.

I'd say New York City is one of my 10 things about me because, believe it or not, I am very social and love being around people. New York, being a very busy place and a place that has so much support for the arts seems like an excellent place for me live. The first time I ever went to New York was the summer before my freshman year. It was a present for an excellent run as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. I had always known I wanted to have a career having to do with theatre or music or film, but it wasn't until I saw my first Broadway show, Newsies. I was sitting in the fourth row, orchestra, center. The overture started and Jeremy Jordan and Andrew Keenan-Bolger started singing Santa Fe. I started crying. I knew this is what I needed to do with my life. I walked out of that show with an experience hat was so much more than just my first ever Broadway show. I had such clarity. It's hard to put into words, but when you figure out what you were made to do, it's very clear and you just know.

Nerman Art Museum

  Located on the JCCC campus, the Nerman Art Museum currently displays the work of many talented artists. Including artist like KAWS and Dylan Mortimer, the Nerman did not fail to impress with beautiful artwork full of meaning and purpose. 


 My favorite piece of work was Dylan Mortimer's "Illuminate".
This piece uses light and motion censors to represent a halo. The art lights up when a person stands in front of it. 

Some of my other favorites include: