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Phipps Conservatory | Personal

Shell — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:25:07 +0000

It always makes me smile to see so many cameras at Phipps. Each room is full of DSLRs- usually professionals and amateurs alike- and those that don’t have them still squeeze in iPhone shots. I love to see so many people practicing photography. Whenever I go somewhere like that- where I have shot before, and where the subjects have been photographed hundreds of times before- I always make it a bit of a personal challenge. Getting the standard shots is nice, but I like to push myself to photograph it in a new way, to come home with shots that I haven’t seen before.

That seems to be my philosophy to photography, especially with weddings. Weddings can seem very predictable. The white dress, the rings, the kiss- even nontraditional ceremonies have similar elements. It would be easy to shoot weddings the same way every week and come back with the same list of images, over and over again. Easy, but boring. I love challenging myself every day, to find a different way to look at the ceremony, to find a creative way to capture events. To deliver artistic photos filled with the couple’s personality, unique each time.

It’s one of the reasons I love weddings so much: there’s always the white dress and the rings and the kiss, but each one is a new challenge, and you never know quite what to expect.

I actually haven’t photographed a wedding at Phipps yet, but I would love to. There beautiful nooks and paths abound, and the ceremony gardens are just gorgeous.

Eyecandy | Spring Flowers

Shell — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:02:10 +0000

Eyecandy: Phipps Conservatory

Shell — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:29:40 +0000

A few weeks back, a friend and I went to Phipps Conservatory to escape the winter blues… I absolutely love that place, I could spend hours sitting in the Tropical Forest or living in the Orchid Room. I had actually never particularly cared about Orchids one way or the other, but Phipps is currently running an Orchid and Bonsai show, and I’m a convert. Two weeks later, and I have my own mini potted orchids, I’m researching the different varieties online, and I want to put large canvases of them up on my walls…

Still waiting for spring, but here are a few lovely buds to hold us over…

it only gets better as it goes on

Shell — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:46:16 +0000

A few days late? Maybe. I’ve never been very good at celebrating holidays when you’re actually supposed to. And besides, who says Valentine’s Day has to only be one day a year?

One of those rainy days

Shell — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:08:36 +0000