SXSW 2012 was a whirlwind of panels, music, film and walking the jam-packed streets of downtown Austin. It was a lot of fun but going to bed no earlier than 2am and waking up no later than 8am for 10 days was totally exhausting. I wish I had another week to recover.
Right after their set at the Kate Spade pop-up shop, I photographed Vivian Girls for Refinery 29.
There's something really peaceful and fun about shooting flowers. Especially getting to work with Mary Kathryn of Loretta Flower. She's a really cool girl with a wild style of arranging flowers and a great eye for styling. I've gotten to help her out with a few Design*Sponge columns shot at Elizabeth Street Cafe and Hotel St. Cecilia. These are a few of the photos, check out the links for the full stories.
Wild love: Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan
I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph one of my very best friends for Refinery29 when I was in my home town of Miami last month. Talia and I first met in chorus class in high school (I was a freshman, she was a senior) we hit it off from the first day and have been best friends ever since. She's an amazing artist and is one of the most stylish girls I know. You can see the sneak peek into her studio and home HERE.
Thursday night I shot the second annual Worst Tattoo in Austin Competition. There were so many awesomely bad tattoos, quite a few were totally unpublishable, the ones that were made it in a photo essay on CultureMap Austin. I learned some lessons that night: Never get a tattoo when you're drunk and never let a friend (no matter how good or how artistic) give you a tattoo.
