Into the Woods...

Hello Lovelies~

I hope you are all doing well out there! Things here are busy as a bee and I have so many things to share.

To start, I am shooting a project this weekend that I'm very excited about. This work (which I describe as Lord of the Flies meets the military with a twist of Lost Boys from Peter Pan) is a fleshing out of my Last One Standing series (there are a couple of shots from that series below). I was asked to show this work in a couple of months at a gallery here in Maine, and I needed more pieces to fill the space; thus the shoot. I will also be submitting this series to FOAM Magazine's Open Call this year. FOAM is a premier magazine for artistic photography, so a win here would say a lot about the caliber of work I'm producing. Cross your fingers for me! I'll be posting some of that work very soon.

What else? Oh! I think I mentioned last post that I have started collaborating with a very talented videographer (and friend of mine), to produce short videos of my photo shoots both to show what goes into these shoots and to use for promotional purposes. The first video from the Westworld shoot is up over on Vimeo and I'm very happy with how it came out for a first go. I have put a link over in the right sidebar of the blog directly to my Vimeo page, so you can view videos as they go up over there at any time. Another exciting chapter of Jessica Beebe Photography has begun, you guys!


Westworld Shoot from Jessica Beebe on Vimeo.

And speaking of exciting chapters, I have also started offering gift certificates for my photography services. Why? Because people were asking for them and your wish is my command, obviously. Haha. But really, if you're local to Maine and you want to give the gift of my services to someone you love, please contact me for gift certificate details. It's quick, painless, and I even custom designed and printed these nifty hard gift certificates that slip into a standard card or envelope. Weddings, babies, maternity, portraits, engagements, head shots: The Beauty is in the Details. Always.

But it's not all work and no play over here! While everyone in Portland was getting completely toasted yesterday for St. Patrick's Day, I decided to enjoy the bright, pre-spring light down at the beach between time with friends. I always notice how the light switches in the fall to a warmer, more horizontal place and this year, I've noticed it switch back to bright, direct summery light. While we're supposed to get a ton of snow tomorrow, I am still optimistic for spring very soon...

Until next time: unpleasant dreams...

Fly Guys...

Hello Lovelies!

Well, I hope this Sunday finds you all doing well. I have been busy in the Mill as usual painting and plotting and creating mischief. Some of you may recall the frames at the Goodwill that I was going to make into art. Well, I have completed the first piece in the Icarus Amusement series and I've started on the second and they're coming along swimmingly. Take a peek... More to come, there will be 5 in all.

I recently signed up to be part of the blogger ornament exchange over at the Pampering You blog. (The date for sign ups has passed, but it's an annual thing that seems pretty fun.) I'll show you my ornament when I complete it... the recipient won't know what hit them. Heehee.

And speaking of the holidays, I came across this Santa marionette in a catalog the other day and I wanted to share since it made me say "What the... why?"

Oh, and for you book lovers out there, do I have a site for you! I stumbled across the Folio Society website quite by accident when I saw the Sam Weber illustrations for their edition of Lord of the Flies. Beautiful books with beautiful artwork, I think you have to be a member to purchase them and some are quite expensive, but if you have a favorite and they've published it, you can't beat it. If they ever published Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury ( my favorite book of all time), I would sell my limbs for it. (Except my left hand so I could still paint of course.) And if you haven't read that book, go get a copy and give it a whirl, Ray is wonderful.

I am by no means a motorcycle rider, I think they're beautiful pieces of machinery, but beyond the aesthetics, I have no interest. So imagine my surprise when I happened upon Harley Davidson's patriotic ad campaign recently and fell in love. No, not with the bikes, though they're very pretty (can you call a bike "pretty???"), with the 1940's look of the campaign. It's beautiful; the bike, the model, the fonts are all impeccable. They really spared no expense; there's a pin-up calendar, postcards to the troops. It's beautiful stuff, go check it out.

Let's wrap up with a nutso new story because well, it's been awhile and well, this one is a doozy. So, did you Kids read about the 3 homeless men in Russia who in fact killed a man and ate him? But that's not the worst part... they also sold some of his body parts to a local kebab house where other people also ate him. What the?! How does this happen? And can you imagine unknowingly eating a person? You go in for lamb, and come out with Stan. Whew boy, yuck.

Until next time: unpleasant dreams