Let's take a trip to 2003

I can't believe this was nearly three years ago. Was going through a box of old photos this past weekend and came upon this gem from 2003. This was one of my first commissioned shoots! A family friend wanted me to photograph his goddaughters in front of his super awesome rat rod. He was assisting in directing the shoot, which apparently was stone cold rock n roll. ;D Chicks with guitars! Fast cars! Rawk'n'roll!
Shot on 35mm film (and definitely lacking some fill light)
As painful as it was for me to browse through these, I can't help but feel good about the progress I've made.

Day at the Villa

Took my dSLR to the museum to shoot with, but ended up using my iPhone instead.
DIY filter used.

My wonderful partner in crime

Self

I read an inspiring post today, and it was really about nothing new. A talented photographer wrote an article about the fact that one can produce a great photograph despite the gear used. I have always heavily backed this concept, but lately I haven't done enough of it. This photographer had posted tons of street photography shot with her iPhone, and the results were terrific. So I decided to monkey-do and experimented with a self portrait. I did some light post-processing (added a tri-color soft filter) using my Photoshop app on my phone. What I was mainly focusing on was getting the right amount of light to bring out the expression in my eyes. I am happy with it ;D