preparing for wednesday's shoot

i'm very jazzed for my shoot on wednesday. we're shooting the collection of a recent graduate of the masters fashion program from the academy of art university. we secured a stunning private residence in san francisco for our location and we will have her wonderful clothes to work with. we have a truly unbelievable stylist joining us and one of my favorite hair/makeup artists on board. the whole day will be great and i can't wait to spend the day making magic happen!

i'm an international girl, part 2

if you remember back in this post, i finally got my hands on copies of the international issues of psychologies italia and newsweek japan that used my images. check it out!

newsweek japan, kay ryan - the reluctant poet laureate

below is the spread from psychologies italia. my image is the bleed on the second layout.

my interview in american photo magazine

a big thank you to american photo magazine for featuring me in their nov/dec issue. you can read the article online here. my images are featured on page 61.

epiphany

my photography epiphany/decision today is simple: follow fewer rules, or no rules.

the act of thanks giving

today was a day i spent giving thanks in many ways. here are a few of my big gratitudes:

- my loving, supportive, inspiring, gifted, and caring parents
- my amazing fiancee josh and our upcoming wedding
- the abundance of food we have on a daily basis and the luxury of choosing what we eat
- a year of great assignments
- a fantastic big warm bed to sleep in and a home to live in
- new colleagues and friends
- dear old colleagues and friends
- a life of plenty
- hot showers
- my grandmother's new hearing aids
- naps
- wonderful and faithful clients
- still getting to do what i love for a living

sentimental? perhaps, but all very true. i hope you had a lovely holiday and find things to be grateful for every day.

the end of an era

it is officially winter. i have taken all 20 of our tomato plants and moved their much-loved remains into the compost. i couldn't let the hibernation begin without a small ode to our prolific plants and their gorgeous root systems.

tons of new work!

i've just updated my website with lots of new work from my last 3 shoots. enjoy!

check me out on the livebooks blog!

check me out on the livebooks blog. it's a fun post titled "it's personal" which focuses on the interaction of personal and commercial work and specifically highlights my new polaroid project. a big thank you miki johnson for being interested in my work and for putting up such a great post with lots of photos!

i'm in PDN's emerging photographer magazine

check out the story i was interviewed for in PDN's emerging photographer magazine! the magazine was distributed at photo expo in NYC so unfortunately i didn't get a hard copy but the online version looks pretty cool too!

i'm an international girl

i finally have copies of newsweek japan and psychologies italia in my hot little hands! i'll be posting scans of my pages in the coming days. also look out for an upcoming post on the awesome iphone story that american photo magazine has out this month co-featuring me.