Kate Daigneault Photography

Brooklyn or Bust

2011-07-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

Coast to Coast

So I finally feel prepared to make a big announcement. Some of you already know this and others may have figured it out on your own, but I’m here to tell you officially now. In June of 2007 I moved to San Diego from Connecticut. I had just graduated from University packed very few things into a car and without having ever been, drove across the country to settle in sunny San Diego. I’ve had some incredible experiences, met my amazing boyfriend, enjoyed four + years of nearly perfect weather and made a tight group of friends I am honored to call my family. Another thing I have done while being here is carved out a niche for my work. When I moved to San Diego I did a lot of odd ball jobs at first, saving seals probably being the most odd. After putzing around for a while I finally came to the realization that I wanted to be a photographer. Although I went to school for the craft I had never really been sure if I was going to pursue it as a career. Frankly I never really thought it was an option. But once I decided it was, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my time.

So in September I am moving again, to New York City, to pursue photography further. Brooklyn to be exact. I am not sure how long I will be there, and I am not sure how far it will take me. I do know its now or never for this kind of change. I also know New York is pretty much THE place to be as a photographer, and that if I don’t take the chance I will regret it for a lifetime. So again I am selling pretty much everything I own and saying goodbye to a lot of people I love to take a chance on a new city I have spent very little time in. I know that however bittersweet this will be, my heart will be happy being back so close to friends and family. I’m hoping too, that the city will have a very positive impact on my creative spirit, as well as make me even more hungry to push myself to succeed.

New York is a pretty dang expensive place, so along with selling my life and my car I have decided to set up a print shop. It contains some of my favorite images from the last four years. If anyone is at all interested in helping me raise some money for my big move, please have a look around. It is appropriately titled the Coast to Coast print shop. There are a few images in there now, and only in a few size options. I will be adding more in the next few weeks. Also if you’d like something printed in a different size, or have a request for a particular print you don’t see in there, please let me know.

Also, next week is my 26th birthday, and the best present of all would be to actually make some sales so ;) Here goes….

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Thank you all for the continued support I love every single one of you and will be racking up plenty of frequent flier miles to come back often…

XOOOOXOOO

Kate

Portland...

2011-02-24T16:50:00.001-08:00

I'm in love with your waterfalls and green, green moss.

Test shoot with Lacy & Decky

2011-02-13T13:57:00.001-08:00

Got together with Lacy and her sister Decky last week to shoot some test shots. Lacy is getting her portfolio together and Decky is starting her own business as a stylist. They were such a fun duo to work with and such great ladies with huge sunny hearts. Good luck to both of you in your new endeavors!!!

Inspire Magazine

2010-12-22T16:43:00.000-08:00

I shot an editorial for Inspire Magazine a couple months ago and its finally published! Inspire is a Slovakian fashion and lifestyle magazine, so I can’t really tell you to go out and grab a copy, but this is the whole spread. I shot this at The Cliffs and I think we all got a nice workout during the shoot. It had looked like rain all morning, but with a perfect overcast sky. However, as soon as we got on location the haze burned off and the sun shone bright on us the whole time. I came away with a major sunburn but I'm so happy with how the spread turned outI Big Thanks to my team… Stylist: Linda Drabova Hair/Make up: Brooke Hill Model: Joy Lui with NoTies
Happy Holidays everyone!

(click each image to view them bigger and see the detail)

Happy Halloweeeeekend!

2010-10-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

So I am by no means a baby photographer. However, my favorite hair/mua just brought this little pumpkin into the world. Just in time for Halloween too, which is her favorite holiday. So of course we had to snap some pictures of the wee one. I have to say I think my little make-shift pumpkin outfit worked out pretty well :)

Happy Halloween!

New Website!

2010-09-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

I've been a little bit of a slacker over here lately but for good reasons.

My website if finally launched!

www.katedaigneault.com

Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Thanks for all the support and I'll keep updating here whenever I have a new shoot, so keep checking back often.

Found: Grand Canyon

2010-07-13T23:51:00.000-07:00

So next month I am participating in a group exhibit at the local gallery Art Produce . The exhibit was actually put together by my landlord Lori Lipsman who is an artist herself. Inspired by a hiking trip she took through the Grand Canyon a few years ago, the exhibit and installation is loosely themed to canyons. So I've been sifting through my photographs of the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas from the trip I took there while driving cross-country a few years back. I also decided to shoot some new film in San Diego's canyons. But I found some images I liked from that trip and thought I'd share them with you anyway. So here you go!

I should have the rest of the shoot from this weekend ready to go by the end of the week, as I know at least one of you is patiently waiting to see them all ;)

Goodnight

Kate

Weekend Warriors

2010-07-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

This was a great weekend. A few awesome days of good ol' fashion fun. Two fun things in particular happened. We celebrated my good friend Dain's birthday (still not sure if she turned 6 or 26). I also had a pretty big studio shoot that went smashingly. For your viewing pleasure here is a sneak peak of both. Check back this week for more elaborate photo fun!

Hope everyone has a fantastic week!
xo
Kate

Christmas comes once a month...

2010-06-28T23:03:00.000-07:00

... and in San Diego we call it Vibe Night

If you are lucky enough to have experienced a Vibe Night than you know it can't really be described with words. If not you should come check it out for yourself. Vibe Night was started a couple years ago by a group of local musicians looking for a sense of community. It started in the pool room of one of the musicians houses with about twice as many people performing as guests. These days Vibe night pulls in enough people to pack entire houses with little wiggle room. Performers Derek Evans , Jakob Martin and Brodeeva are the regulars with special guests each month. This month we were graced by the lyrical mastery of Rob Deez who is becoming quite the regular himself because we can't get enough. Vibe night is a house concert where you bring yourself "and two people as cool as you" as Chad of Brodeeva likes to say followed by "If you don't know anyone that cool, bring some beers and make some new friends". And he couldn't be more right. I went to my first Vibe Night solo, still relatively new to the area and most of my friends being on the East coast. I left Vibe with a new family, and I couldn't be more grateful. The men of Vibe have done, and continue to do exactly what they set out to do. Create a community. Not only amongst themselves but with their friends, family and fans as well. The guys all sing and play on one another songs and the crowd is usually singing and dancing as well. It might be illegal in some states to have that much fun and genuine love and respect packed into such a small space.

One night a month a viber opens up their home to about 100 or so people who all have a common interest. To come to an intimate house concert with good friends, good food, good wine and beer and great music. And the night never fails. Its hard to leave after a Vibe and when you finally do its hard to come down from the infamous Vibe Night High you're sure to experience. Its safe to say Vibe Night is most peoples favorite night of the month, every month.

This last Saturday was our first official Summer Vibe Night of the year, and was held outside in the nice cool San Diego air. I thought you might like to see what you missed out on. Enjoy, and if you make it out to San Diego be sure to ask me for the Vibe Line so you can experience it for yourself.

Good Night!

Kate

p.s I like how the last picture made a music note out of the light. Vibe Night magic :)

Pin-It-Forward ...Feels like home.

2010-06-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

Today is my day to Pin-It-Forward ! If you haven't been following along, this is a project from the brain child of Victoria from the fabulous blog Sfgirlbybay put together with the awesome new site Pinterest. This is a site where you can go and create personal 'pin boards' from all your favorite images on the web. I've been using it for a couple months now and really love it. I highly recommend checking it out.

The theme of this pin-it-forward was 'what home means to you'. I go over this topic in my head every single day. 3 years ago I moved from my home to the complete opposite side of the country. Literally as far away as I could go without crossing water or leaving the country. While my new home has certain aspects I love about it, good friends, great weather and lively culture, it definitely doesn't feel like 'home'. Not yet anyway. So while pinning this board together I found myself collecting images that reminded me of the place I grew up. A small town in the middle of nowhere. Filled with horses and cows and old barns and trees. Lots of trees. I lived on a lake my whole life, and although the ocean is amazing, I know to truly feel at home I'll need to live on one again.

Home to me is also big veggie gardens and fresh baked goods. Its warm wood stoves in the winter after playing in the snow all day. Its tea time with my family and a house filled with pets. Home is little windy dirt roads and deer and fox constantly in my backyard. These are just some of my images I chose to represent the home in my mind. To see the rest please visit my actual board here . Warning I may have gone a bit overboard :)

Thanks for letting my share my vision of home with you! I really loved this process and will probably keep adding to my board even if its just for me. Also please check out the board of LA born and bred Stay in the Lines who posted Friday. And make sure to check out the lovely Life Sunny Side Down tomorrow to see what home means to her! And thank you again to Victoria for letting my participate and introducing me to this amazing site!

Happy Monday!

Kate

Magic in the air

2010-06-01T23:21:00.000-07:00

You belong among the wildflowers

You belong on a boat out at sea

Sail away, kill off the hours

You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, find you a lover

Go away somewhere all bright and new

I have seen no other

Who compares with you

-t.petty

This is one of my favorite songs and I felt it was perfect to accompany this shoot I did a little while back. Deana is a fabulous hair and makeup artist who works on most of my shoots for me. She also happens to be gorgeous so I was thrilled when she asked me to take some pictures as a gift to her husband. The day was magical. And so it goes...

Happy June!

Kate

Dainty* Handcrafted...Finally

2010-04-25T12:01:00.000-07:00

A few months ago Dain of Dainty* Handcrafted and I got together for a huge shoot for her new spring line of handcrafted headbands and accessories. This is the second season I've shot for her and I love doing it every time. Her work is fresh and original and very fun to wear. (I know because I have quite a few pieces of my own.) I absolutely love how these came out and can't wait for her next major update to do this again. You can find Dainty* here and her shop here. We were waiting for the shop update to do a big reveal, so I'm excited to finally be able to share these with you. I had a hard time narrowing down to a couple favorites, so enjoy about 16 instead... :)

Happy Sunday!!!

Kate

Snail Mail

2010-04-23T23:14:00.000-07:00

My new business cards came in the mail today, I just ordered them Sunday and they were supposed to take 10-14 days. So this was a nice little surprise. Still waiting on the postcards I ordered, with any luck they'll come tomorrow or Monday.

I'll hopefully be back tomorrow morning with a couple posts that are well over due.

Goodnight!

Autumn de Wilde is brilliant.

2010-04-22T12:54:00.000-07:00

So I've always been a huge huge fan of most everything photographer Autumn de Wilde does. She's one of the few artists working in the music industry whom I really believe creates unique images. She doesn't just take pictures, she creates them. Images that are both creative and insightful to what the music she's representing is really about. She is fun, very quirky and young. And I find everything she does very inspiring. Her most famous images are probably those of Elliot Smith and Beck. Autumn is also the mastermind behind a huge group of other artists as well including but not limited to Death Cab, Rilo Kiley, Fiona Apple, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, The White Stripes, She and Him etc etc. Basically she is brilliant. I came across this video on her myspace today and wanted to share it. I especially love her description of it.

"So I spent a couple of days in Nashville recently. Got this idea to put 8ft mirrors in the forest and delve into the surreal compartment of my brain. The guys have a similar compartment in theirs and by the end of the day we had abandoned reality and redefined right, left, front and back. Perhaps I have talked to my old friend E one too many times about his father's Parallel Universe Theory. The forest will never look the same to us. I want to bring my mirrors with me everywhere now. An Indonesian fortune teller whispered in my ear, and The Hanged Man was dealt to us in more places than you might think. The search for understanding sometimes ends upside-down so the search is on my friends.... tell me what you have found.

Autumn d.W."

I really wish I had thought of this. Enjoy.

Old Enough from Miky Wolf on Vimeo.

What do you think? Any other photographers who think and shoot like this I should check out?

Puppy Love

2010-04-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

This is Daisy. She's our house guest from now until Sunday while a friend is out of town. I already have puppy fever pretty bad, and she's just going to cause it to increase 100x. Isn't she gorgeous?! She's only about a year old so she is still super active and a cuddle machine. We're already so in love. I'm very excited for a puppy filled weekend. Be back later with most likely a million pictures of her. Those honey brown eyes beg to be photographed :)

Puppy Love

Kate

Weekend Love (plus some self portraits)

2010-04-18T20:26:00.001-07:00

These last few weekends in San Diego have been sort of amazing. The weather has been nice and warm and sunny. Our windows and door have been open and the birds have literally been chirping all day. Our new apartment has an amazing yard and we've been taking full advantage of it. There has been a noticeable increase in how much literature I've been reading too, which seems positively correlated to the wonderful light our new place gets. We had friends over this Friday night and last. Bought a nice grill, make some yummy potatoes and

veggie kabobs and tofu fingers. Not to mention my favorite salad which is so simple and delicious: Baby spinach, strawberry slices and crumbled goat cheese with a little bit of Trader Joes sweet poppy seed dressing. It just tastes like summer!

Anyway it was a great relaxing weekend But I still managed to get some work done. I designed some new business cards and promo cards today (below) that I'm very excited to get printed. And Friday I played around with some new equipment and did a mini self portrait shoot. I normally wouldn't post pictures of myself, but I really like the way these came out, and I'm in a very sharing mood.

Anyone else have an amazing weekend? I feel like most my weekends from here on out will be just as great. There seems to be this positive energy in my new apartment thats just constantly flowing all throughout and I couldn't be happier. Anyway, I'll leave you with some pictures and the wish for a great week ahead. The last one is my favorite so scroll down!

Thanks for looking, Goodnight!

Kate

Just for fun.

2010-04-08T17:03:00.001-07:00

I'm in a really random mood today so figured a bunch of random facts about me would be fun to write. So here you go:

My 5 favorite songs lately:

Left Coast- Matt the Electrician

Home- Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zero's

Trapeze Swinger-Iron and Wine

Something in the Stars Translated-Matt the Electrician

High School Walls- Derek Evans

This is us - Mark Knofpler and Emmylou Harris

(ok that was 6 sorry)

5 Things I've been craving lately:

Orange juice

Potatoes

Dark Chocolate

Peanut butter and jelly

Delicious Quinoa burgers

5 Things I did last weekend:

Survived an earthquake haha

Went thrifting with Dain

Played tennis

Took a bubble bath

Did a really fun shoot with Derek (see post below)

5 Things I wish I could do this weekend:

Go to CT to see my family, friends and dog

Buy a new camera

Find the perfect kitchen table

Plant a little garden in my new yard

Go swimming in a lake

5 Goals I have yet to accomplish from new years:

Go running 5 days a week

Sew myself a sundress

Practice more Yoga

Save money

Write more snail mail to friends and family.

5 Places I’d Like to Travel to soon:

The Redwoods

Costa Rica

Spend a month in CT

Portland

Go back to Australia

5 Things Im looking forward to:

Seeing lots of friends this weekend

Going to New Orleans in May

My Birthday

Lots of lazy days at the beach

Spending every single day with Derek.

Tell me 5 random things about you, and maybe I'll send you something fun.

Have a happy sunny weekend!

Kate

Derek and I want to live in a tree house (Image Heavy)

2010-04-07T22:30:00.000-07:00

There are a million things I love about my boyfriend. But one of my favorite things is that he enthusiastically agrees there would be nothing better than to live in a tree house, in a remote location, with little to no cell reception and birds and deer as neighbors. Not to say we don't like people or the energetic buzz of the city life, because we do. I think we've both just to come to realize how much better it feels to be surrounded by clean fresh air, and trees so tall they make you feel insignificant to the world. This is a world I grew up in. Playing house with acorns and berries in the roots of big trees. I know that is why the heart of me wants to get back there. I haven't pinpointed the exact source of Derek's desire. But I think its just because he has an old soul like me.

Anyway, Derek is in the process of recording a new album. A lot of the songs, while not intentionally so, touch on this topic. Not all in a extremely obvious way, and maybe its just more apparent to me because I know what all the lyrics really mean. So it just seemed natural to do the artwork for the album in the same fashion. We've actually done a few shoots already and while I won't disclose the exact images we are going to use, I will share a few. These Images are some of my favorite from the most recent segment that we shot over the weekend. It was hard for me to choose just a few favorite so I decided to make this an image heavy post. Here goes:

Good Night

Kate

Dainty* Interview

2010-04-05T17:10:00.001-07:00

I wanted to stop by quick to let you know my good friend Dain of Dainty* HandCrafted was interviewed the other day here: http://one-artsy-mama.blogspot.com/

Its a fun little interview filled with tid bits about Dain and where you can find all of her beautiful handmade headbands. I've been working with her a lot to get her spring line done, and there are a few pictures on there from our latest shoot. As soon as I'm done with the last batch her new website will be ready to launch. And I should be done with them tonight, so you should keep your eyes open! Shes also doing a really fun giveaway via the interview so you should definitely go check it out. That is, if you like awesome things, if not don't bother.

I'll be back later tonight with a full post with lots of new pictures, just wanted to send a quick hello! The post was scheduled for last night but I got a bit distracted when the whole city started quaking and didn't stop. I think thats a pretty good excuse :)

See you soon,

Kate

Orange you glad you aren't a popscicle?

2010-03-27T14:46:00.000-07:00

So my friend Dain bought Derek a book about popscicles and a frozen pop mold for his birthday. Since we've been busy moving and traveling we hadn't gotten to use it yet. Last night while Derek was still off recording I decided to surprise him and make orange juice pops! I knew we had a fairly relaxing weekend ahead of us, and it was going to be sunny and hot (finally!). So I filled up the molds and stuck them in the fridge. Unfortunately I got a little carried away and fell in too. Oops!

I finally got out when Derek got home, and got hungry. And the pops were still delicious.

Oh and Happy Spring!!! What would you put in a popscicle mold? We're going to have a house warming party soon and hopefully have lots of declious frozen treats to serve our friends. So let me know if you have any good ideas!

Side Note: We went to see Alice in Wonderland last night, so maybe, just maybe this was a bit inspired. I liked the movie, but thought it could have been a bit more fantastical and outrageous considering the director and cast. None the less it was cute.

XO Kate

Babe the Cow and Frozen Cornfields.

2010-03-11T13:35:00.000-08:00

I finally got back some of my film from my Christmas trip to Connecticut. This is where I grew up, and where I truly feel at home. Derek now understands why I get excited to see cows on the side of the road when we drive up the California coast. Although he looks miserable in the 2nd picture (which I love) he felt right at home here also. So without further babble: Ashford, Ct via frozen ponds, cornfields and cows. Enjoy.

(some little indoor plants trying to survive the winter, with 13inches of snow outside)

I figured I'd post these now before spring is in full force.

Xo Kate

Blog Love

2010-03-08T11:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and let you know Derek is being featured on one of my favorite peoples blogs today as part of her Music Monday feature. Go check it out and give Dainty* and Derek some good lovin'.

http://www.daintydainjb.blogspot.com

We're moving this coming weekend, so we have a very hectic week of packing ahead of us. I'm also trying to get some last minute things done for Derek's brothers wedding in two weeks. I found the perfect dress yesterday (and it was super cheap) but I need to get it taken in, and need to find shoes. I don't really do heels, I think they are uncomfortable and I am already pretty tall so feel like a beast in them normally. However, since this is a black tie wedding I have to suck it up and go buy some.

Friday I'm also doing a sexy little shoot with my favorite hair and make-up artist. She is about 7 weeks pregnant, and wants to do a fun shoot for her husband before she gets her baby bump. Its going to be a crazy week, but all worth it. I'll try to check back with updates along the way.

xoKate

Give Away Winners!

2010-02-28T21:33:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday everyone! As the title says I decided to choose two winners. So here they are Diana and Haley. Diana wins because I feel the same way about my parent's house. Although I live on the other side of the country so am very independent most of the time, nothing feels better than going 'home'. Haley also wins because she is one of my closest friends yet I never ever knew she lived in a blueberry field and now I'm really jealous and hope that in sending her a print she'll take me there some day. That sounds magical!!!

Email me your address at kdaigs (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll get your prints to you right away!

I'm thinking of doing one of these print giveaways every couple months so check back for more and follow me on twitter (katedaigneault) for updates

Thanks and I hope everyone has a great week!

(Picture from my 'home' in rural Connecticut)

XO Kate

Spring Cleaning Giveaway!

2010-02-24T15:52:00.000-08:00

So today was work from home Wednesday. I really love these days, except they always go by way too quickly. When I'm stuck at the lab all day color correcting the hours drag. But now all of a sudden its 4pm and I haven't gotten anything on my list done for the day. I did however come up with the great idea that it was time to move again. It actually just started out over my morning tea that I thought it'd be fun to look at apartments on craigslist. Then I found one....Then I went to look at it, and the owners were there, and they were lovely, and so was the apartment. And it just so happens that our lease is up in a few days and we go month to month after that. Long story short I fell in love with a super cute little apartment with a big sunken yard thats pushed pretty far off the street. It still has lots of cute built ins and vintage tiles, but is maybe a bit smaller than the one we have now. However, my current neighbor is setting up his picnic table and grill and food right outside my living room window, like two feet away from me, as we speak. We aren't in the most private apartment right now and I need a better outdoor space especially with spring on its way. And I'd love more natural light...So long story short I'm trying not to get excited, but may be moving soon.

So that means I need to get rid of some stuff. I'm going to start that process by doing a giveaway of a favorite print from an image I took last summer. This one to be exact:

The print is rather large, a 16x16 with about a 2 inch white border all around. It would fit into a 16x16 frame or 14x14 if you trimmed the border. It was recently printed and never hung so its nice and crisp. In the spirit of apartment hunting and spring cleaning leave me a comment about the best place you ever lived and why and I'll choose a winner sometime this weekend!

Yay! Happy Wednesday

xo Kate

P.S If we move into this new apartment we can discuss the possibility of getting a puppy. Eeek! Rex needs a friend...

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T22:28:00.000-08:00

Just a quick hello to say Happy Valentines Day! Derek and I spent the weekend in Dallas with his best friends and their adorable son for birthday festivities and it was so much fun. On the flight home today I was checking my email and came across this sweet little message:

I had entered a few pictures just for fun to this contest via twitter last week and it turns out we won!!! We both get a pretty sweet gift card to Urban and our picture is all over their website. The director of marketing emailed me to tell me the picture made the whole office crack up for quite a while. I am honored because the rest of the pictures they picked as favorites are gorgeous images of other beautiful lovers. But really this one captures our personalities perfectly, so I couldn't be happier. I had friends all over the country texting me to tell me I was in their inbox this morning so it was quite the day. Anyway, I hope everyone had a great Valentines Day. We just got home from a delicious Mexican feast and are ready to crash after a long weekend. So Goodnight!

xoKate

Spring Please!

2010-02-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

So everyone has been talking about how they can't wait for the snow to stop and for Spring to be here. I know I live in San Diego, so I don't get to complain about the Winter. HOWEVER I too would love for it to be Spring. For a while I was complaining about not getting snow, especially after being in 13 inches of snow for Christmas in CT. It made me really miss a REAL winter. But now I realize there is no use in hoping for snow because it simply doesn't grace

our beach lined desert. So instead I'll hope for warmth. For being able to sit outside in the grass and get some color on my skin with out also getting goose bumps. To be able to wear dresses without boots and sweaters and tights, although I do love wearing these things. Mostly to wake up and go to bed in a warm apartment. 50 degrees at night might not be very cold, but its cold when its 50 degrees in your apartment because you live in San Diego and you don't have a real heater. Its sort of really painfully cold some nights.

There is hope though. I was browsing through some old photo shoots from last year when I came across the one below. I sat staring at the green grass and pretty yellow wild flowers for a while when I realized this was shot in mid March...and it was full on Spring! Now I'm excited. Now i'm hoping that we'll start to have some warmer weather by the end of this month. I'd really love to go have a picnic at the park or at the beach without freezing. Even If I have to wear a sweater, thatsokay. So for everyone else out there hoping for some warm weather, green grass,

and sunshine colored wildflowers I wish you luck, and leave you with some spring time themed photos.

View On Black <---click here to see on a pretty big black canvas, makes a world of difference!

View On Black

Goodnight! xo Kate

Daniella's Closet: Part 2

2010-01-31T17:07:00.001-08:00

This is the second half of 'Daniella's Closet'. I feel like we barely made a ding in her collection, but when it got to midnight we were all a bit beat. That being said I expect we'll be doing another one of these shoots sometime soon. For now enjoy Daniella's 'illegal-in-most-states samurai sword'...

and just for fun...

Daniella's Closet: Part 1

2010-01-30T13:46:00.000-08:00

So my friend and model Daniella has this amazing closet filled with so many vintage goodies that were begging to be photographed. It just so happens she herself is gorgeous and made for the perfect model. So for about 5 hours last Saturday night she was running around my apartment complex in little to no clothing. It was freezing that night, but fortunately for her, the vintage collection she brought over was full of big fur coats. We had also done a shoot earlier that evening which I am working on finishing up and will be publishing in a couple days. The earlier shoot was for Dainty* and we had a fabulous hair and make-up girl there to help. It was a very long night, but so much fun. By about 9pm we all needed to refuel so ordered an amazing vegan pizza and then got back to work until about midnight. Daniella was a trooper and I am very happy with the results. Here is the first set of my favorites:

Look for part 2 tomorrow!

xox Kate

Muscian Elaine Faye

2010-01-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

Last week I did a shoot for musician Elaine Faye for her new album due out in March. The album is called Matters of the Heart so she wanted cover work along that theme. We were going for more of a gritty look that had this tiny bit of warmth to it. Last week was also when Southern California was hit with torrential downpours and crazy windstorms everyday. Somehow we managed to schedule to shoot in the only 2 hour block that was mild the entire week. The sun wasn't out because of the impending rain, which made for perfect light. And literally 20 minutes after the shoot ended it was pouring again. We also made some workers day because she was modeling outside their warehouse in a tiny white dress on a cold windy afternoon...best lunch break they probably had all week.

Anyway, the first two images are most likely what the final effects will look like as far as color and texture, and the rest are just some of my favorite images from the shoot. (you can click some of the images to see bigger) What do you think?

Location, location, location

2010-01-17T18:11:00.000-08:00

I spent the entire afternoon driving around the entire city looking for new locations to shoot. Some I already had in mind and wanted to test out, others were just happened upon. I'm doing a shoot Tuesday (weather permitting) for a musician who requested an urban/gritty feel. It never rains in San Diego, but naturally when I have a shoot on a tight schedule its going to rain all week. Living in a medium sized city, urban and gritty doesn't seem like a hard request. However, they have done a darn good job cleaning up the Downtown/Gaslamp district and there is much less grit than you would imagine left behind. I traveled a little to the outskirts to find some better spots, the results of which you'll see later this week after the shoot.

We are also working on a new set of promotional images for Derek which I am very excited about. He should have a new EP coming out sometime this year and we are putting together a pretty cool concept for it. This idea may or may not include a shoot in this little magical place:

The fact that its still January and we have this amazing green grass makes me so happy. I could complain about missing east coast winters and the snow, but I can't complain about spots like this. Anyway this is going to be a very busy week photographically and I'm excited about that. I'm going to try to get Derek to do some yoga with me, then make some yummy tofu concoction. Happy Sunday!

Kate

Stay tuned...

2010-01-13T22:29:00.000-08:00

So with the new year off to a quick start I am becoming almost overwhelming motivated. In the next couple weeks you can expect at least 4 (hopefully) awesome photo shoots and to hear about some other potentially amazing photo related things I've been working on. I spent tonight getting a wardrobe ready for a shoot next Saturday that I am very excited about. One of my goals for the new year is to do more personal projects, and this is the first. I will also be doing a shoot for Daintys* spring line, a local fashion designer, a few musicians and a pretty fun little promo shoot for Derek. Since I don't have anything professional to share right now, I thought I'd leave you with some fun polaroids from New Years Eve...

Goodnight!

2009 was a grand 'ol time...

2010-01-03T20:31:00.000-08:00

2009 was very good to me. I had the opportunity to meet and connect with so many amazing musicians, artists and other creative souls, all of whom were a real inspiration. I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite images from the year that came from these meetings. So in no particular order, here goes:

The Guggenheim Grotto

I know the year to follow will be just as amazing and then some.

Happy New Year!!!

Kate

Derek Evans at the House of Blues- San Diego

2009-11-13T17:42:00.001-08:00

DSC_5293, originally uploaded by tinfoilwings.

Derek got asked to open up for Everclear at the House of Blues San Diego this past Wednesday night. A few of the members of Vibe Night (Jakob Martin, Dan Diaz and Chad Howlett) joined him on stage.It was an amazing show. Dereks set killed it and was a huge crowd pleaser and the guys on harmonies and instrumental really brought it all together. It was an unanimous vote that Derek's set was far better than the main act!!!

HOB San Diego

2009-11-13T13:00:00.000-08:00

Henning Clothing

2009-11-06T21:08:00.000-08:00

Today I went up to Solana Beach to shoot a local fashion designer's new shop. Tijen of Henning Clothing and I were introduced through a good friend of mine who is also a designer of the handmade accessories Dainty. We're working on some new promotional material for her clothing line and her shop. Today I went in to just shoot some simple shots of the shop itself and all the amazing details she put so much hard work and creativity into. Here are a few of my favorites:

In the next couple weeks we'll be shooting the clothing on models so stay tuned for those pictures. I'm very excited to be working with her so make sure to check out her clothes and shop if you're in the area!

Twisted Bath Time

2009-10-29T21:21:00.000-07:00

Here are a few recent mask pictures that Derek was all too kind to take part in. I'm really lucky to have him around, and that he's always willing to model for my slightly strange shoot ideas. We'll call these the good and evil sides of bath time... you can decide which is which. Halloween is so close, I"m so excited!

Masking your identity

2009-10-28T21:16:00.000-07:00

So as promised in the spirit of Halloween I'm going to share some of my favorite creepy pictures. They'll range from the first digital project I ever did to some new ones from this week. As it will become apparent I like to shoot with masks as a prop. This all started when I was doing a portrait project in school. I wanted to do a shoot that touched on modern day portraiture and the ambiguity that comes a long with it. I won't go into great depth, but the main purpose was to showcase that when a person is the main subject of a photograph, we never really know if its a 'portrait'. Is the picture depicting something about that person or is it an image in which the photographer is trying to say something and the model is merely a passage for that?

Unfortunately since that project you will find mask portraits popping up everywhere. They've become especially popular on flickr, but I still love them so I'll post mine regardless. Here are a few of my favorite images from that shoot. Stay tuned for more in the next couple days!

Slacker with a capitol S

2009-10-28T15:43:00.000-07:00

So I've been meaning to start a blog for a very long time now. And haven't. My main reason for the hesitation is that I don't think I really have that much to say. But my new inspiration for wanting to blog is wanting to be more inspired by my work. Or maybe just more inspired by my life, and therefore more creative with my work. There are a lot of photographers out there that take on the 365 challenge. Its sort of self explanatory, but basically entails creating a new photo everyday for a year straight. It can be as broad an open ended theme, or as specific as a different stranger, or making a different self portrait. I was just on flickr browsing and came upon photographer Riot Jane that did almost 2 1/2 years worth of daily self portraits. So i figure if she can do that many with one subject I should be able to get through one years worth with an open ended theme. It will be a huge challenge as I will sometimes go an entire week without taking a picture right now. It will also be challenging because most days I'm stuck working until its dark, but I'm excited for the challenge. I think it will push me and I hopefully can create some great images in the process.

So therein lies the reason for the blog. There will be other posts, and I won't be starting the 365 project today but I wanted to at least get some words on this page so it wasn't so blank.

I also stated through my facebook page that I was going to upload one Halloween themed picture each day for the week leading up to the magical day. However I've been really bad about starting that too. When I go home tonight I intend to start that though.