Holi Moli 2011.

Holi: A Hindu celebration welcoming spring which includes throwing colored water and colored powder in the air and at each other.

UNC holds an annual Holi festival called Holi Moli every year. While it could be possible suicide for your camera (mine was triple-wrapped in Saran wrap), it is a festival full of color, celebration, moments and camaraderie. And even though you leave with stained skin, hair, and clothes (which lasts for a few days) the experience is worth every minute of getting powder thrown into your face and then sprayed with water.

I'll be there next year, Saran-wrapped and all!

tutus, soft boxes, & salvador dali skies.

This shoot, inspired by the beauty of a dancer's build, how light falls to accentuate muscles, my undying love of tutus, and Black Swan (in the beautiful, un-grotesque way), was magnificent. One, I could not ask for a better model. My future sister-in-law (YAY!:)), Tess, has been dancing for eleven years and is preparing for Dance for Christ, which is an annual production her studio puts on near Easter. She found some awesome tutus for the shoot and put up with my malfunctions as we shot inside as well as outside in the cold, but windless, afternoon light. The sky was magnificent, reminding me of the dreamy skies Salvador Dali painted, as the barren winter branches were silhouetted and reflected in the pond. Overall, this shoot was a huge success for me and these pictures, and Tess, are absolutely beautiful!

These first two shots were my edits for class. One inside, one outside, and both with a completely different feel.

And these last two are just in my personal edit. Tess looks so peaceful and graceful, something I am not (note: getting my soft box stuck in a chandelier).