sexy sexy jenny

photo-fun with my bestie in the fields...

lensbaby

my shiny new lensbaby muse arrived todayyyy!!!

i have a feeling this will be my toy of the summer.

i can feel myself coming back...

i'm slowly coming back from this funk i've been in...

and its about FREAKING TIME!!!!!!!

here's something i shot for class this week that i'm rather proud of... seeing as i haven't taken 414 yet.

first year award

okay so i promise i'm not dead, i'm just extremely busy with my school, work, and man (who is fantastic!) i'll be out of school for the summer in three weeks and then i will return to blogland.

One quick thing to write about, i received the First Year Award from my school which is a huge and unexpected honor!! i really couldn't even believe it!! Apparently after the first year of school your teachers all come together and nominate students they felt stood out the most and worked hardest and show the most potential for success in the future and they picked me! I got to attend a luncheon with the president of brooks, academic department heads, and the pro photo director scott miles at the Arts and Letters Cafe, which was DELICIOUS (and free... always good)

After the luncheon we were presented a plaque and signed letter of recognition by the president and i was so excited i made them take pictures :) here they are! i am so so so grateful to the teachers who nominated me this was truly a huge huge honor and is motivating me to keep pushing. 

blog vomit

AHHHH MYYYY GOSHHHH

I DONT KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS ANYMORE

I NEED SPACE AND FREEDOM AND ADVENTURE

I NEED TO FIND MYSELF AGAIN

I NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPEN

I NEED TO BE NEEDED

The Zoo and Grandpa!

My grandpa came to visit me for a few days last week, one thing we did was go to the zoo!! here are a few pics from that day :) we had so much fun! 

I got to feed a giraffe!! 

FIRE IN SANTA BARBARA!!

so so so so scary!

my house is currently in the evacuation warning zone, 

but right at this moment the fire appears to be 

moving away from my area of SB.

here's some picsssss

These are from yesterday around 3pm, taken while riding my bike along the beach.

Then i took these today around 6 or 7 pm.

I greatly appreciate the prayers of anyone who reads this!!

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Today a boy 

chased me down the street 

for two blocks 

to introduce himself 

after he saw me 

leaving the gym. 

I think 

i might 

be pretty? 

So bizarre... 

Sweet like Honey

Here's some shots from a session with a lovely lady named Honey i met on model mayhem, i really like how they came out i was going for something earthy and simple, because that's what she wanted! Turns out we are actually soul mates and are going to hang out all the time now :)

update

things are going so well! i got a job at Urban Outfitters which is very exciting because i love that store and the people i work with seem really cool. my main goal in getting a job that isn't photography related is to bring some balance to my life. i've been feeling like my life is all photography all the time and i just feel like it will be refreshing to hang out with people who DONT go to brooks and to make some money will be nice too! so far the job is going wonderfully i went out with some co-workers last night and had a lot of fun :) the real trouble is going to be when my employee discount card gets here... 40% off!!!!!!!!

in other news, i've started to get booked up for real paying jobs which is very exciting as well! here are some shots from a shoot i did with two girls last sunday, they saw the pics i took of emma and sami and wanted to hire me to take some of them together! i'm also shooting a wedding this summer in WA which is very exciting as well.