A photo a day... well, "ish"

new site up!

2009-05-12T15:19:00.000-07:00

I am now fully switching over to my new blog site. Its been real blogger! Come find me at Laurenhurtphotography.com or click the banner above!

over and out -

Lauren

i guess we dont blog enough

2009-05-07T19:59:00.000-07:00

sr. portraits

and delivery

for michelle

2009-04-29T09:11:00.001-07:00

cause i havn't posted in a loooooooong while

i took this while doing some headshots down in LA

just an update, i'm really close to finishing my official photography blogsite, i'm working on it like crazy, which is why i havn't given this one any love.

but i'll let you guys know soon when it's up!

Gare&Care

2009-03-18T23:16:00.001-07:00

Gare&Care
Originally uploaded by Lauren Hurt

little kisses

2009-03-15T15:38:00.001-07:00

love, sweet love

2009-03-13T18:06:00.001-07:00

feets

2009-03-11T22:27:00.000-07:00

Date Night/Silly pictures

2009-03-05T18:47:00.000-08:00

this is what a new camera does to people

joei

2009-03-04T21:12:00.000-08:00

joei got the proud distinguishment (is that a word?) of being the subject of my very first shot out of my brand new camera :)

more wedding shots

2009-02-27T13:42:00.000-08:00

Gotcha

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pearls

2009-02-23T19:46:00.001-08:00

nyssa and eli

2009-02-22T20:53:00.000-08:00

just loaded this friday night's wedding pics onto my computer, i think there are like 6 or 700, but i just wanted to process one for fun tonight

baby bump

2009-02-19T21:34:00.000-08:00

Sam's tummy. I love how this turned out! I used a wider angle than my usual portrait 50mm and her tummy looks like a perfect circle! I love baby bellies they make me want to melt inside

latte art

2009-02-18T20:23:00.000-08:00

Ashtyn

2009-02-10T21:53:00.000-08:00

I just finished processing this shoot, man it turned out so beautiful! I am seriously loving these photos.

here are my favorites from the shoot, they are tied for first so i have to share them both..

shoots!

2009-02-06T18:06:00.000-08:00

I've been neglecting this blog this week!! Sorry guys. Actually I've been really playing catch up this week. I some how stepped over the line where I'm doing more photography then I can keep up with. I finished Jake promo shoot this week, had 2 more shoots, trying to get my website and business blog (yes I soon will be busting up to a professional Lauren Hurt Photography blog complete w/ portfolio and prices), and I have 3 shoots scheduled for this weekend. This is on top of working full time and trying to refinance our house (prepping for appraisal on sunday) and doing taxes! I'm feeling a little overwhelmed but trying to step back and enjoy this crazy season for the blood*sweat*tears work it is (casey keeps telling me not to worry, starting a business&following your passion is sacrifice and hard work but so fulfilling in the end).

Here's some more from Jakes shoot, I simply love them. I find my self saying this with every shoot now though, I think that's a good sign...

Hello, nice to meet you

2009-02-01T21:46:00.001-08:00

Possibly my favorite image yet

Jake... Yo

2009-01-31T17:39:00.000-08:00

loved every minute of my shoot with jake this after noon, its so fun shooting with another artist because the creative ideas just flow and then piggy back on top of each other and its all just awesome. I love the shots came out of it today

Go Raiders

2009-01-30T16:59:00.001-08:00

I never know wrestling could be so interesting until i saw it through my camera lens...

CV wrestling

2009-01-29T23:33:00.000-08:00

i shot the CV wrestling meet this evening, very interesting!

rotten apple

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never leave the house w/o your hose

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Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels

2009-01-26T21:38:00.000-08:00

for some reason this picture just reminds me of that song... if you know it you get a gold star

Andrew n' emily

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the last i'll post of this set, i love them all though. Click on any of the pictures to go to my photostream and check out the rest

light

2009-01-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

andrew n' emily

2009-01-22T22:33:00.000-08:00

Andrew and Emily volunteered for a couples shoot, and for all the weird things that went wrong (i was late b/c we impromptu-ly decided to buy a car right b4 the shoot, i forgot you had to WALK forever to get to the covered bridge, we lost sunlight, and my flash card crapped out mid shoot) we got some pretty sweet shots. Thanks guys for being up for the adventure :)

Brian

2009-01-19T08:36:00.000-08:00

brian in a big yellow chair

Art Tea

2009-01-18T19:41:00.000-08:00

more loves

2009-01-15T21:41:00.000-08:00

they are such hip models

NnG

2009-01-14T18:52:00.000-08:00

tilt shift

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Nate and Grace "InLove Shoot"

2009-01-12T19:05:00.000-08:00

daah, i couldn't choose which one of these were my favorite so i had to post all three. Grace told me that she really likes the "overexposed look" so i tried to deliver it with this set. I really like how they turned out!

Lens

2009-01-11T19:03:00.000-08:00

so this is more of a concept photo, i was just thinking a lot today about world views and how the lenses that we choose (or are taught) to see the world through color all of our encounters and experiences in different ways. What lens am I using to see the world around me? (no photography pun intended!) And how is that forming my thoughts, beliefs,and reactions. I want to see the world through God's eyes (or lens..) but am far from understanding the full extent of what that means and looks like. But I'm optimistic and excited about the process....

In other news, i haven't posted all week because I've been a busy bee researching websites and preparing to take the next step towards starting my own portraiture and event photography biz.. Right now I'm in the process of figuring out what areas of my portfolio are lacking and trying to set up shoots to add to those. for the next couple weeks I'm going to focus on babies and couples. So if you out there have any babies I can take pictures of, or couples that don't mind looking really in love for the camera, then send them my way! Actually i'll extend the babies offer to entire family shoots, just let me know what you are looking for!

thats all for now, i shot nate and grace potts today so i'm going to load them onto my computer now

see ya'lls

business headshots anyone?

2009-01-04T18:00:00.001-08:00

this among others was today's project :)
i really need another flash to correct shadows like the one to the right of shirl's head

but watch out Olan Mills, Lauren Hurt is coming!
(joking, seriously...) :)

teddy

2008-12-31T20:06:00.001-08:00

cacophony

2008-12-29T14:12:00.000-08:00

this is from a the Art Cacophony from last night, one of the exercises to play out community, everyone in the conference created their own little house and they put them all together to form a little community

performance

2008-12-28T19:44:00.000-08:00

casey and the band playing at winter youth! I'm having a wonderful time resting up here, and listening to amazing music of course :)

learning curve

2008-12-27T16:56:00.001-08:00

so since i'm up here at this conference, one thing i've been doing all day (while everyone else is at practice or sound checking) is finally taking the time to learn more about my new flash. How to use it has been a big one, but also cool technique and stripped down techniques for when you don't have much gear (like this weekend for instance). So i've been reading a ton from my favorite lighting blog (http://www.strobist.com)

so today's experiment was with balancing flash with ambient light (lamps, windows, etc.)

first subject is our hotel room chair
pic #1 only lit by ambient light from the stand up lamp. If someone were sitting in this chair and leaning toward me, their face would be mostly shadowed.

pic#2 then adds a flash balanced with the ambient light so it looks as if it is just ambient light lighting your subject. The flash is at 1/4 power bouncing off the white bed sheet hanging over the bed camera left (see the shadow now strikes on the right side of the chair)

this next shot i scooted back on the floor and bounced the flash off the ceiling so you get an even light as if there was a big ceiling fixture (notice no shadow on the right of the chair, and now you can see a bit of the bed sheet i bounced the first flash off of)
next set is my coffee cup placed on this laptop (lets hope casey doesn't see these!)
pic #1 the cup and computer are lit only by the desk lamp to the right of and slightly behind them. You can see where the shadow of the cup falls and that most of the cup itself is in shadow.

Pic #2 then i add a flash balanced with the light from the lamp (even though in this shot you can't see the lamp). This flash is bouncing off the ceiling this time and at 1/16 power. Most of the light is coming from the flash bounce from the ceiling as you can see the shadow cast from the rim of the cup. But you can see it is still picking up a little lamp light at the right side of the cup is less shadowed then the left.
i also used quite a few custom white balance tricks to match the colors of the white flash and the yellowish lamps, my dad will be proud

anyway i hope you all liked the learning lesson today, i know i learned a lot :)
and now you can see what i like to do when i am away from work and home and all responsibility!

Christmas crazy head

2008-12-26T21:58:00.000-08:00

i havn't been able to post very solidly lately because of the craziness going on around me the last week and a half. I was working a ton because all my staff took time off for Christmas and then besides work i was directing a children's Christmas pageant! But thankfully much of the stressful craziness is behind and the restful craziness is still to be had! Casey and i are up in portland at the CBNW Winter Youth conference, he's leading worship and i am getting a much needed 4 day vacation equipped with a very amazingly comfy hotel room bed and lots of free food and good company.

Anyways, back to the pictures.... Since i just have casey's laptop up here i don't have a lot of my pictures to share, but i did think i could share one of the pics i made for casey's Christmas present. We gave out of what we've been given this year... he learned one of my favorite songs and played it for me and i framed some pretty pictures of his favorite subject (har har har!)

this i one of two, and my personal fav b/c of how the edit turned out

thats all for now... if you are lucky i might post some pics of the band/conference while we're up here

Ugly Sweater Christmas Shoot

2008-12-21T20:51:00.000-08:00

so this is a funny story.... we were taking our corny ugly sweater pictures and this guy walking by asks his dog (yes, talks to his dog but not to us) if the dog wants to be in a picture. Then he walks over and holds him/it (?) up into the frame, i get the shot, and the guy (and pup) casually walk away without saying a word to us! It was hilarious!

The notorious...

2008-12-20T17:23:00.000-08:00

....eric nordby

piano men

2008-12-18T20:08:00.000-08:00

eric and tyler nordby, taken while we were doing a shoot for a brother picture for their mom's christmas present. Go advent conspiracy!

Tostberg's

2008-12-17T18:41:00.000-08:00

family portrait shoot from yesterday, they are such a beautiful family!

Baby Evan

2008-12-15T19:07:00.000-08:00

after far too long of not hanging out, i got to spend some time with amanda on saturday afternoon. During that time i also got some photo time with baby evan, he just oozes cuteness!

double whammy

2008-12-13T09:58:00.000-08:00

i just love these photos of casey so i thought i'd share both today. They're just so funky

the great laugh

2008-12-12T13:43:00.001-08:00

this photo just makes me happy when i look at it. Her smile is contagious :)

little red

2008-12-11T10:04:00.000-08:00

i dont know about you but i think val is one of the most beautiful women i know... thanks for letting me take your picture val!

glass in hand

2008-12-10T21:42:00.000-08:00

we had an impromptu photo shoot with all the girls after tribe last night. This is one of the many super fun shots i got, thanks to the girls willingness to play, and laugh... a lot!

feeling refreshed

2008-12-09T22:20:00.000-08:00

so i'm back, i was feeling a little bogged down with the blogging everyday obligation, its tough with my current crazy schedule, but i am still taking pictures like crazy. From here on out i might miss a day or two between postings, but i'm ok with that. because I'm still loving photography and practicing constantly.

Today i am very proud to introduce this picture... It is my first work with strobe flash, and i'm beyond excited about it. I ordered some studio lighting equip last week and it just arrived yesterday so i have been blissfully playing with it. Last night when i got home from work the package was on my doorstep and i ripped it open and set it up immediately, then made casey sit and be my muse for quite a while, he is such a supportive hubby!

There are many from last night that i love, but this was definitely my favorite.
Let me know what you think!

1,2,3, break!

2008-12-05T15:08:00.000-08:00

I'm taking a break from photo posting for a couple of days to relax and restore my creative juices. I'm feeling a little drained. see you next week!

might as well..

2008-12-03T19:28:00.001-08:00

I liked the first one so i thought i'd just keep on goin... :)

Wine-o

2008-12-02T22:38:00.000-08:00

todays creation: as i was drinking [this] glass of wine and wondering what i should take pictures of today...

Jack's Birthday!

2008-12-01T21:28:00.000-08:00

I know this is out of order (jack's b-day was last mo.) but i was just looking through my pictures and remembered that i never posted anything about Jack's Birthday :(
The sweet little man turned 1 on november 11th. He's the coolest nephew a girl could ever ask for!

Santino!!

2008-11-30T09:36:00.001-08:00

more studio fun, santino rocked it

al-IAN

2008-11-29T14:32:00.001-08:00

casey, jon, and ian have been in the studio all week busting their butts to get their EP finished. This particular night they were there from 11 in the morning to 5am the next morning. Hanna and i joined them for to 8pm-5am shift, along the way i took some silly pictures

4

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my favorite one of the shoot. I love this girl

scrutherford3

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scrutherford

2008-11-26T14:54:00.000-08:00

photo shoot with my amazing housemate (until friday:( ) hannah

scrutherford1

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Shadow

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red grass

2008-11-23T16:39:00.000-08:00

i went on a silent retreat this weekend and took this while i was out on a walk (newport bay front)

jack

2008-11-22T12:34:00.000-08:00

fall

2008-11-21T11:49:00.001-08:00

does it seem like fall is gone in an instant? It was like i finally came to accept it was no longer summer and planning all these shoots i wanted to do with the beautiful leaves in the back ground and then bam, they were all dead on the ground and starting to frost over... :(

I took this shot while i was scouting out a place to take the Tostberg's family portraits

Wait for it, wait for it...

2008-11-20T07:54:00.000-08:00

Claire playing chicken with the waves....

Tai Chi on the beach

2008-11-19T06:34:00.000-08:00

This weekend i was at my family's annual beach reunion at Cannon Beach. I love that place! We went for a family morning walk and spotted this guy doing Tai Chi. If i did Tai Chi I think i would want to do it here staring at this too... so beautiful

I entered this one in another contest on flickr, we'll see what happens, the last photo i entered in this contest i got 3rd place! (the one of jack waving his "wand")

joelle from saturday's shoot

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2008-11-17T17:25:00.000-08:00

Nalia and Travis

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waiting around like real troopers during the shoot!

bad girl

2008-11-15T22:34:00.000-08:00

i didnt post yesterday because i was on my way up to a family reunion, so we get a bonus pic today. I drove in to portland (from the family reunion at the coast) to shoot with caylan's friend lavenda, an awesome photographer out of portland.

the main model cancelled last minute so i ended up modeling instead of shooting
but i still stole some shots over lavenda's shoulder

this is one

bonus
and my best impression of zoolander
"Blue Steel"

casey organ poster

2008-11-13T15:43:00.000-08:00

I've been dabbling in music promo for casey lately... There are some more posters i did on his myspace page if you want to check them out..

2008-11-12T20:13:00.000-08:00

Vote!

2008-11-11T16:57:00.000-08:00

hey all, i entered a picture i took of Jack (waving his stick/wand) in a contest on flickr and voting is now open! You should go vote for me... or someone else... there are some really cute pics on there!

I think you can only vote if you have a flickr account (which is free if you don't).
check it out at People And Expressions [Vote Now]

Lauren

2008-11-11T06:59:00.000-08:00

"Film Noir"

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first shot

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this was like the first or second shot of the of the day. Joelle has gorgeous eyes and I really like them in this shot. I think she kinda looks like LC here haha

Caylan workin it

2008-11-08T15:28:00.000-08:00

Had a photo shoot today with Joelle Lund, a friend of caylan's. I just uploaded the pics from my computer but this is one from the prep time. Caylan does makeup for models and does a darn good job! ;)

another one from val

2008-11-07T13:32:00.001-08:00

i've kinda been on a monochrome kick lately...

halloween

2008-11-06T08:14:00.000-08:00

yes, this is me
I was a caterpillar for halloween, but everyone thought i was an alien... :)

Dreamy Valeri

2008-11-05T09:02:00.001-08:00

Valeri's so beautiful! we had an impromptu photo shoot heading up to portland for a show.

Orchid Silhouette

2008-11-04T14:59:00.001-08:00

Jack Danger - Halloween 2008

2008-11-03T08:34:00.000-08:00

My nephew Jack was a teddy bear for halloween, I caught him enthralled by the horn on his stroller, honking for more candy! (just kidding, he's not allowed candy yet!)

Grace, Sr. portrait style ;)

2008-11-02T07:32:00.001-08:00

Gracie

2008-11-01T09:17:00.000-07:00

I was experimenting with some different lighting stuff and my friend grace gracefully conceded to being the guinea pig (thanks grace!). I wouldn't really say the lighting experiment was successful, but grace was a beautiful model ;)

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T07:26:00.000-07:00

The outcome of our tribe's pumpkin carving party :)

Hanna2

2008-10-30T09:06:00.000-07:00

These last few shots are all from a shoot i did last weekend with some friends of mine. That's all I'll share on here, but you can see the rest by clicking on any of the images and going to my flickr site (and feel free to comment on the flickr photostream, it makes me feel special!)

Hanna and Chelsi

2008-10-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

Chelsi

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Hanna in Tule

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Hanna

2008-10-26T16:10:00.001-07:00

I just finished processing the shots i took from the Hanna and Chelsi shoot i did last weekend. You'll be seeing more on here throughout the week, i'm going to try out a new collage tool i discovered last night!

365

2008-10-25T22:27:00.001-07:00

I made a goal for myself to take at least one photograph everyday to practice and celebrate the art. This blog is my outlet for that, to help keep me accountable and inspired. All critique, criticism, encouragement and advice is welcome! I have a lot to learn and hopefully I will learn a lot during this process...