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2012-01-16T19:44:00.000-08:00

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Two Different Waterfalls

2012-01-07T06:22:00.000-08:00

Two times in my life; I lay back and feel the cold rocks on my shoulders, let the numbing water rush over my head

I need to take black and white pictures more. I forgot how to think that way, it's different, you know?

on purpose

2012-01-06T08:02:00.001-08:00

i wonder what it feels like to remember

sometimes it's "let's see what I wrote last night"

2011-12-11T06:44:00.001-08:00

I already know it doesn't match.

So fuck the inhibitions, impersonations, and misinterpretations because we're getting old. We're rusting like the carburetor in the truck driving us home.

The sun is obscured by bellowing smokestacks; it rises in the snowy morning as if held by wires. An omnipotent puppeteer above us all makes us do our frantic Monday marionette dances.

We can't waste time on things that don't make us happy and warm, so we'll drive this lemon far away from this stinking city and the mistakes we may have made.

secret honey

2011-12-08T01:02:00.001-08:00

we'll see how i feel in the morning

MoReL

2011-12-07T22:18:00.001-08:00

and time goes by so fast now

HeRe i aM

2011-11-29T19:09:00.001-08:00

Today I watched the rain turn into snow
as I was driving north on I-75

BELLOWING/IGNITE

2011-11-28T15:02:00.001-08:00

give up/give out

give in/look out

stitch a skirt of queen anne's lace, where wildflowers grow rampant and i will be a fierce, free, feral wood nymph in lush green forests

i want to grow old where it's cold, and i'll keep your bed warm while you're away

New York City Isn't That Far Away

2011-11-27T16:18:00.001-08:00

we had it all

updates? more like SUPdates amirite

2011-11-24T20:48:00.001-08:00

I was missin' these guys pretty hard today, you guys. #haefsgiving

also, look at that pretty lil' lady.

yeah, crop that guy right on outta there.

Thanksgiving is just one big puppy party

2011-11-24T06:57:00.000-08:00

Oh, the obligatory "I'm trying to do my website but I have no idea what I'm doing so I'll just update my blog instead" post.

more pix

2011-04-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

PEEP THESE

i like taking pictures of bands performing, but i think i like taking pictures of people when they're just hangin better? I think some of my favorite shots I've gotten on this tour were in between performing.

#salttour

2011-04-25T12:13:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a while, I haven't really had any inclination to post until now... or much reason, I guess. But here I am in Ypsilanti, about to embark on the second round of Chris Bathgate's Salt Year release tour, with Samantha Crain and Hezekiah Jones.

We leave for Marquette tomorrow, and from this afternoon on I'll be posting exclusively to his tour blog, which can be found at http://www.chrisbathgate.org/ (which actually just went live during Hezekiah Jones' set on Thursday night at The Strutt in Kalamazoo...) SO; back to my scheduled blogging session, here's a SNEAK preview:

here's something from this fall

2010-12-21T20:45:00.000-08:00

because we all miss the warmth of the sunshine. today was so grey.

3rd time's a charm.

2010-12-03T19:19:00.000-08:00

and finally; the things I've been doing lately (as in the past couple months); some images that are "just because"

mainly they're just pictures of Morgan and people's pets.

That's it for tonight, I think. More to come. Later. This week maybe.

NUMBER 2

2010-12-03T19:06:00.000-08:00

Chris Bathgate is coming out with a new album (The Salt Year), and I offered to take some promo pictures for him, mainly because he sent me lyrics to this really old song that he wrote that I couldn't find on the internet. And because he offered to make me a pie.

And here he is making me a pie.

I also took a few rolls of film, which I picked up today, so hopefully I'll have a chance to work on those this week.

First post in a while...

2010-12-03T18:29:00.000-08:00

I've been trying to keep busy lately, and feeling much more motivated than I have for the past few months. I'm going to rapidblog to show exactly what I've been up to lately.

HERE GOES.

I've been doing some FREElance stuff (get it?)

I did the Christmas cards for my work-

and then the INSIDE says:

"Because the goodwill of those we serve is the foundation of our success, it's a real pleasure at this holiday to say "thank you," as we wish you a full year of happiness and success."

Yeah, I know. Their colors are yellow and purple. I didn't get to choose it.

Pretty cute though, right?

and they've been having me redo a bunch of their menus and things, which is pretty cool because I don't mind doing this kind of stuff for them and they throw me extra cash and give me extra hours when I do it.

I know I haven't updated in a while

2010-06-30T20:15:00.000-07:00

but there are lots of new photos on their way soon.

also, CHECK IT OUT I'M UNCREDITED IN HUFFINGTON POST

Hey remember that time I was uncredited and published in a UP newspaper? Because I do.

update on my life

2010-06-02T12:58:00.000-07:00

Jessica, Morgan, and me

Alright so I graduated from college. Morgan, Andrew and I signed our lease for our new house in Royal Oak, and Morgan and I both got jobs (at the same place, haha). Also, I'm obsessed with Why? right now, especially this song. I start work on Friday, and I'm going to start moving stuff into the house soon (Andrew started today, and Morgan started work today). So I'll post pictures of the house soon. Things have been kindof crazy, and I admit I haven't been keeping up with photos. So I guess once things settle down, I'll start taking more pictures and then maybe get a job in a gallery part time.

2010-05-27T08:17:00.000-07:00

on the dock with the whole universe pushing down on our hearts. the moon is too bright for stars tonight. goodnight blueberry, you said.

not the same.

2010-05-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

just got home from chicago, applied for some jobs. my stomach hurts today, i hope someone hires me.

chicago is like new york, but way less stressful, less people, less going on. it's lonelier somehow.

my system is the solar.

2010-05-12T09:43:00.001-07:00

ALMOST DONE. This semester is seriously the semester from hell, it never ever ever ever ever ever ends. I have my final walkthrough at 1:30...

I have all 12 of my images spread between a wall and a panel. Small images are priced at $275, large at $375. Additional prints available upon inquiry. These are my first thesis from this year, the ones in SECTION 1 of my portfolio.

Cloud Nothings "Can't Stay Awake"

(thought it was fitting.)

You can tell how tired I am, and how tired of school I am. People keep asking, "So how does it feel to be done?" IT NEVER ENDS. Also, let me just complain about one more thing and tell you how sick I am of looking at these images. I've been working on them since September.

Somebody buy my stuff, or give me a job. Please.

karrasville

2010-05-09T16:47:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a mini camping trip up north in Harrisville, Mi. It snowed while we were there (also I saw a fox! and two deer!) But was beautiful in the bittersweet way, you know the way I'm talking about, and I love my friends so much.

Finally, on Saturday (once it stopped snowing), the men got a fire started. Things started to get good, we were all really depressed and were thinking about going home because it was so cold. We toughed it out.

Lake Huron is literally 20 feet from Drew's parents' place (which is a 10x10 ft. shack, and we had 12 people sleeping in it, and 2 in another smaller shed).

I climbed up this too. We found this on a walk. But I didn't climb all the way to the top. I couldn't make it solely because I wasn't wearing my grip gloves, which are pictured here:

On the right side is my glove peekin' over the lens. None of us packed gloves so we went to Kmart and bought matching gardening gloves that have grips on the bottom. Good for holding beers and climbing things.

Here's some more random pictures of places and things:

“Doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world.”

2010-04-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

about to go to my last crit and final review...

graduation, here I come.

how i'm feeling: fat. and accomplished.

I'm like a real grown up: high heels, suit coat, and a college degree.

at least there's no room to grow up any more here.

peace out ccs. you've been bad and good to me, but mostly good.

I'd like to thank my mom and dad for putting up with me through all of this, (also putting me through this) and for the talent and creativity you've given me. you have no idea how grateful I am/have been/will be.

i love you most.

FINALLY

2010-04-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

FINALLY DONE WITH MY WEBSITE.

no matter what the weather, you and the clouds will still be beautiful

2010-03-29T13:44:00.000-07:00

ALSO

2010-03-26T19:30:00.000-07:00

Here is some stuff I shot for Mike's portfolio:

I left the crop open on these versions. The versions going on my website (and the ones in his portfolio) are a bit different.

detail of the illustration:

I'm really into the version of "And It Stoned Me" that Bob Dylan and Van Morrison did. I couldn't find it online (and I don't have it on my computer, only on my iPod), but here is the original version of the song for your listening pleasure.

when the lilacs were in bloom

2010-03-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

35mm negatives scanned digitally (along with some prints) and manipulated/painted in photoshop.

so remember that image of the building and the water where the building looks like it's on fire? i decided to make that my second thesis, along with my website. I'm gonna print them either on skins or on canvas and have them be paintings. i'm so hungry.

i'm coming home it's over

2010-03-25T07:32:00.000-07:00

I've been working on my website.

also, I cut my hand in the studio today and was dripping blood everywhere. it dried on my pinky and now there is dried blood stuck there woops.

hot and heavy pumpkin pie chocolate candy jesus christ ain't nothing pleases me more than you

2010-03-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

okay i know this image is like two years old. whatever.

just one in a billion

2010-03-24T09:24:00.000-07:00

2010-03-22T15:27:00.000-07:00

so I wanted to post this song:

with this photo, but in searching for it on youtube, i found this video:

and not only is this song awesome (too), this video is mind-blowingly good. i'm having a rollercoaster of a week so far, it's only monday. things will always be better tomorrow, right?

2010-03-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

I sense in my blood the rotation of unexplorable universes

more disposables

2010-03-14T19:05:00.000-07:00

lately

2010-03-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

For whatever reason, I've been attracted to work like this.

I don't know why.

I decided to make something like this to use as

one of my backgrounds for something I'm going to letterpress, we'll see how it goes. This is three cyanotypes, one under, one exposed, and one overexposed, scanned, and inputted into photoshop.

Here is another one, it is a bunch of film scans superimposed digitally and messed with. I was planning on doing this for my second thesis.

love these guys.

2010-03-02T15:10:00.000-08:00

DISPOSABLES

2010-02-28T12:36:00.000-08:00

i guess i am just going to post a few of these a day, some are from this month and some are from my senior year of high school, but i just got a bunch of disposable cameras developed.

oldie but goodie?

2010-02-22T16:13:00.000-08:00

I made a book of these last year. I am so sleepy and I have to leave for ann arbor in a couple minutes, and it is too late for coffee when you have to wake up at 7. i hope i don't fall asleep at the wheel on the snowy road.

this morning

2010-02-16T07:20:00.000-08:00

WEBSITE

2010-02-13T13:16:00.001-08:00

SO I made a website. I just went live yesterday, so things aren't finished, but I'm pretty excited about it...

http://www.jacquelinegaret.com/

she wants you more.

2010-01-21T08:25:00.000-08:00

There's been enough subjective film pictures that I've updated lately. So here is a picture I took of my best friend Kate and her boyfriend Dan, who make up This is Deer Country. They're real awesome at singin' and music and stuff, and also I love them.

and also they live in Houghton, Mi in the UP and make really tasty pasties.

AND I JUST FOUND THIS REALLY GREAT ILLUSTRATION THAT

Travis Paquin

DID OF THIS PHOTO.

using negatives without editing

2010-01-20T19:27:00.000-08:00

this town is my favorite

and I promise that I'll come back.

whew.

2010-01-19T19:56:00.001-08:00

Third update today. Hehheh.

So here is something I am working on this week. I'll try to upload the finished print when it's done if I can figure out a way to scan it. I'm going to print this on matte paper tomorrow, but more opaque so I can letterpress on it. That's probably not the right verb usage. Oh well, you get the picture.

and I took this one a while ago and I felt like it fit with this post, pictures of food that look gross.

more for today.

2010-01-19T10:01:00.000-08:00

because I've been slacking off I'll update twice today, here are two more pictures from my UP trip back in OCTOBER...

and a song that I really like today that may or may not go with these pictures.

(also it should be noted that bibio is both really awesome morning music and really awesome working music)

yikes.

2010-01-19T08:47:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated in a long time, I've been having bad days and feeling pretty unmotivated, especially about my thesis stuff. BUT now school is starting again, so I have to get my booty back in gear.

so here are two more images for my thesis stuff. I'm going to have to go back and edit some of the previous ones that don't fit out of the final product. I'm not sure how many pictures I'm going to end up having, I just want them to all fit well together. We'll see how this ends up, I'm kindof freaking out about it since I Have no real set plan right now and I am just trying to work...

2009-12-22T10:38:00.000-08:00

soooooo. here's a thing i did for impose.

i'll post more thesis pics later.

the upper peninsula

2009-11-24T19:30:00.001-08:00

So I went up to the UP at the beginning of October, and I just got my negatives back. It snowed while I was up there, I think the date was 10-10, but I could be wrong...

it feels cold wherever I go.

I just uploaded this song onto youtube really quick

2009-11-09T18:48:00.001-08:00

but I just got her album and it's fantastic.

also, my cat won't be quiet.

the absence of people

2009-11-03T17:16:00.000-08:00

IMPORTANT:

I'm hungry.

2009-10-24T08:53:00.000-07:00

more thesis stuff.

2009-10-20T19:27:00.000-07:00

thesis background

2009-10-20T19:16:00.001-07:00

So I realize I never wrote about my thesis. Well in a nutshell, it's about suburbia. I wanted to make my photos sad, because I feel like growing up in Detroit suburbia, I got a different experience than any other suburban landscape. Detroit is falling apart, Michigan is falling apart. So. Sad pictures. I'll probably post examples of my inspiration later...

As I started shooting, I started concentrating on natural and man-made elements interacting. But, I guess I just want a lot of pictures, a lot of different details. We'll see how it evolves.

Also, I am concentrating on how certain songs enhance environment, like I was planning on making my thesis class a mix CD of songs that are important to me, or that give me the feeling that I want to portray in my photos. and this song is important right this second.

So here I am.

2009-10-19T18:19:00.000-07:00

I've been going a lot of places lately. Like Houghton, and back to NYC. But when I've been home, I've been shooting like crazy for thesis. I just started seriously scanning tonight, and I'm a little worried about having prints ready in two weeks (since I am going back to NYC next week... woops...). Also, I am getting sick. Bummer. So, I guess that just means I am going to have to work extra hard for the next week, and scan like crazy.

Here is one of the images I worked on tonight.

so

2009-10-01T07:12:00.000-07:00

I'm shooting for thesis (I don't have anything scanned yet...) and doing work for all of my other classes.

Somehow I found time to do a pro-bono shoot for my friend Corina, who needed a comp. card. She just got scouted by a modeling agency, but she doesn't have a lot of money. So, she told me she'd model for me in anything else I needed a model for if I shot her comp. card for her. We only had time for a 3 hour shoot, but it went pretty well.

SO if anybody knows anybody who needs comp. cards ($100-200 for a 3 hour shoot, depending on what they want)... I'LL DO THEM!

also, my friend mike is using a picture I took for his "under construction" banner on his website. no big deal.

http://michaeleugeneburdick.com/

I'm going to take a nap. I've been getting up at 7 every morning to shoot.

I'm starting work on my thesis today,

2009-09-19T10:45:00.000-07:00

^(Camping on Fire Island)^

So there will be lots of pictures up from that soon (maybe...).

AND I FINALLY FINISHED WORKING ON MY INTERNSHIP PRESENTATION.

I still have one million photos from NYC to edit, but I did a couple for the presentation.

impose w3rk

2009-08-31T12:49:00.000-07:00

I shot a couple things for IMPOSE this weekend...

(I still have to write the story for Helado Negro and get it up on the site, I've been so busy!)

On Friday, Noveller had a CD release show at Bruar Falls. This is the first noise show I've been to here. I didn't think I'd have a good time, but it was surprisingly awesome.

Ducktales (above) and Burning Star Core (below)

On Saturday, I went to IMPOSE's Party With Tables.

I had never heard any of the bands that played, so I was excited to see some new music. Screaming Females were BY FAR my favorite. They were so awesome.

Future Islands was great too. This guy is a mix between Charlie Slick and Bruce Springsteen. He sings really sad songs to poppy upbeat electro background. AND he is an awesome showman.

ALSO. A great thing about outdoor shows like this...

there's always somebody selling really cheap good food.

It's my last week in NYC this week. I am excited to go back to Michigan, but I'm going to miss it here so much. I'll be out to visit a lot, I'm sure.

This is the view of midtown from our kitchen window.

helado negro

2009-08-26T13:40:00.000-07:00

I'm going back to Michigan soon, in a week and a half. I'm excited to see my friends and family, but i am going to miss Kevin and NYC so much.

I don't have enough money to develop any film, and I haven't been shooting digital much lately.

So that's why I haven't updated in a while.

I've only been shooting digital for events, like the show my roommate Brandon planned at the Jackson here in LIC. I'm planning on submitting a set of photos from this show and a story to go with it to IMPOSE.

This band, Helado Negro, was so awesome. They're on Asthmatic Kitty, and they're doing a borough tour (which is awesome).

busy woman

2009-07-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

In between doing work for Dominic, I am doing work for IMPOSE and some pro-bono stuff...

IMPOSE just published one of my stories today, HERE.

It's about my friend Scott who used to be in this pretty big band (Saturday Looks Good To Me) and now he is doing his own thing as Drunken Barn Dance.

Also, I just did some promo stuff for my friend Joe (used to be in Canada, now is White Pines) who just came out with his album.

Here's my two favorites that I made for him:

txt

2009-07-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

I don't know if anybody reading this has ever been to The Strand bookstore, but it's definitely in my top 5 favorite places I've been since I've been here. It's this one-million-story bookstore and Kevin got antsy because I was putzing around last time we went. I could spend weeks in there. I ended up spending about $25 on a polaroid collection book, a Toni Morrison book, and a Breece Pancake book. Everything is really reasonably priced:.

So I was in the photography section upstairs and I found this INCREDIBLE book:

Eirik Johnson Sawdust Mountain

(the online collection is here)

It is a lot better in print (in my opinion). I'm going to have to buy it before I go back to Michigan, it was only $40 for a nice hardcover copy.

In other news, I went on my first shoot with Dominic and did my first shoot for IMPOSE, which is published already HERE, which is really exciting for me. So things are busy.

I went through my old hard drive before I got out here, and I found these two pictures. I never cared about them when I took them, but now that I went back, I really really like the one on the black floor.

the longest blog post in the world.

2009-06-30T11:36:00.000-07:00

I guess I never updated about any of my internships.

WELL. I got one with a friend of a friend first, Dominic Neitz, which is awesome because he does personal editorial stuff a lot like the stuff I do/want to do. I think we're attracted to the same sorts of things visually and it's nice to be working with a freelance photographer instead of a company. We're working on his website now and it should hopefully be up by next week.

HERE is his website, once we get it running.

THEN. I ended up getting an internship with IMPOSE magazine, which is basically just them giving me a batch of photos and me retouching/cropping/prepping them for publishing on the web.

HERE is IMPOSE magazine's website, and HERE is the first project I did for them. It was sort-of a weird project for me: their photographer ended up not being able to make it to this event, so they just gave me a bunch of cell phone pictures and really crappy point and shoot pix, and I had to make them all consistent/as un-crappy as I could.

I took this of Morgan when she was visiting. This is on the way home from ToddP's acoustic BBQ at Fort Tilden (the prettiest beach in NYC!). I took it with her camera, and wherever she got it developed messed up the chemicals and there are bubbles all over the film. I sort-of like it...

TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY

2009-06-24T15:29:00.000-07:00

Kevin just pointed out that in most of my entries on here I mention how sleepy I am.

Here's a picture of Kevin's silhouette.

Also in my last entry I wanted to post something about how nice it is to finally have time to do personal work now that school is over. So.

It's so nice to do personal work now that school is over. I have been trying to take pictures without trying to compose them or worry too much about things, which is such an awesome feeling. It's finally becoming relaxing for me to have my camera with me, rather than me worrying about how I'm going to compose this, and I am just relying totally on my instincts.

night time

2009-06-24T14:33:00.000-07:00

I've been exclusively using my FM since I've been here, and I took my 5D out for its first run last night. These are taken off of the pier by where I live in LIC, it's midtown. That bright thing is the Empire State Building.

Oh. Kevin and I went to Olive Garden today in Times Square for lunch, real New Yorkers. Olive Garden is so good.

Here is a long exposure I took, 13 seconds I think. I didn't have a tripod so I just set my camera on the railing. It's a little shaky.

I'm so sleepy. I've been really busy this week. I'm going to go play the Sims and then take a nap.

sleepy.

2009-05-28T10:14:00.000-07:00

Kevin went to LA for the weekend, so here I am. At home watching Weeds and applying for internships. Well I'd be doing that anyway. But it's just lonelier. Kasey is coming to NYC on Friday, his band is playing at Piano's. So I'm going to go see them. Which I am pretty excited about. Also there are fireworks in LIC on Sunday. We'll be able to see them from our roof. It's so foggy out today that I can't see midtown from the kitchen window, crazy.

This was from a setup that I made in the spare room at my parent's house.

homesick

2009-05-27T07:49:00.000-07:00

I have to admit that I am starting to feel a little bit homesick. I mean it's not unbearable, I just miss Morgan a lot. And my dog, Sadie. And my rats, and my mom and dad. Of course.

L.I.C.N.Y.

2009-05-25T10:18:00.000-07:00

Like I said, I've been pretty busy with the move;

Here I am, Long Island City, NY. Kevin and I got in really late Wednesday night (we drove through the Appalachians in PA right when the sun was setting, it was so pretty), and I've just been unpacking, getting acclimated, and hanging out since then. I went to SOHO with my mom on Thursday, and then went to a show with a bunch of musicians from Michigan on Saturday. We got a bookshelf and a coffee table from IKEA so we spent yesterday rearranging the apartment and putting it together, so now I've got all of my stuff unpacked and it looks awesome in here. That picture is a picture I took last time I was here with my FM. It's got a light leak. Obviously. So now it's time to get serious and start applying for internships.

summer update

2009-05-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

So I haven't updated this in a while, I've been so busy with my review, the student show, and the move...

My review went really well, I got five things selected to be in the student show, which is a huge deal. One of the pieces I got selected was a diptych from my final series in Fine Art Concepts. Each of these was printed on 13x19 Epson Enhanced Matte paper:

In addition to these two, I got two more diptychs, smaller format (both landscapes), a handmade book, and a photo/illustration piece that I did and printed on ink-aided Rives BFK.

i'm so tired

2009-04-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

I haven't slept a wink.

Okay so here's some of my cousin Em's metalwork,

I took the PIX and made business cards.

I made three total, but this is my favorite one.

but if you gotta go,

2009-04-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

it's all right

but if you got to go, go now,

or else you gotta stay all night.

so here's something I made today.

I am really really tired. I'm going to go watch Weird Science and go to bed. Oh! It was so nice out today. Please Michigan, I'll do anything.

2009-04-14T14:30:00.000-07:00

So I guess it's high time I started a blogspot. It's going to take a while for me to get the hang of this...