Makes me think "Witches' Coven"

 

Not sure why, exactly.

Like the Cover of a Cyberpunk Novel

Kyri and the Octopus

 

That would likely turn out to be a children's story for adults only, considering the subjects.  ;)

On the Bar Top

Smoke Stacks

 

A bar of steel—it is only Smoke at the heart of it, smoke and the blood of a man. A runner of fire ran in it, ran out, ran somewhere else, And left—smoke and the blood of a man And the finished steel, chilled and blue.  So fire runs in, runs out, runs somewhere else again, And the bar of steel is a gun, a wheel, a nail, a shovel, A rudder under the sea, a steering-gear in the sky; And always dark in the heart and through it, Smoke and the blood of a man. Pittsburg, Youngstown, Gary—they make their steel with men.  In the blood of men and the ink of chimneys The smoke nights write their oaths: Smoke into steel and blood into steel; Homestead, Braddock, Birmingham, they make their steel with men. Smoke and blood is the mix of steel.

Excerpt from "Smoke and Steel" by Carl Sandburg

Frozen River

Hall

 

One of my first assignments for Photography II is to take an interesting photo while standing in a particular spot in the lobby at school.  This was taken to help me generate ideas in the space.  I like how this turned out, but this won't work for the project.  I'm excited about the challenge though!

Jen and Kay

 

I meant to post these weeks ago!  Whoops!

The Lovely Heather Mc

 

 

Glueks

Enjoying a Drink

 

Kyri in the Sea Change bar again.  I just loved their green wall and she's an amazing model!

 

Aside from the photo above, I'm super excited about the new semester at school, it starts tomorrow at 9am!  I can't wait!

Kyri

 

Kyri, in an awesome jacket that she made, looking sexy at Sea Change bar in Minneapolis.

 

Model and Makeup:  Kyri L.

Hair:  Heather Luca

Fairshadow Photography

Carla H of Fairshadow Photography is amazingly talented.  She has a wealth of great ideas and fun concepts, combined with the creative eye and years of experience necessary to make them happen.  She has immense skill, but always remains both humble and professional.  Fun to work with and a delight to spend time in the presence of, I don’t know anyone who hasn’t enjoyed every shoot that they’ve had with her.  You’ll rarely find someone whose word-of-mouth praise is higher.  If this tells you anything, as a photographer myself I’m both possessive and controlling of my camera, but when I need to entrust someone else to take a photo with it, it’s her hands that I put it in.  I consider her to be a peer in every sense of the word and I never feel competitive or threatened by her success.  She’s an artist and I love to see her work.

In addition to being a superb photographer, she’s also an incredible friend.  Trusting, loyal, kind and always understanding,  she makes everyone around her excited to be a part of her life.  I consider myself lucky to be able to call her a close friend, and although we don’t get to hang out nearly as much as we would like to due to family, work and other obligations, whenever we do it’s like we’ve always known each other and can talk about anything.  That’s a rare feeling for me.

I know that we will continue to work and grow together as artists, and I couldn’t ask for a better collaborator.  That we will continue to be friends for all of that time is a given.

 

Happy Birthday (a day late), ‘La!

<3

Drayke

Ri Watches the City

The Middleman

 

Jon seems not entirely sure of what's going on, but he's definitely interested.