Photo of the Day: Little Miss Hattie

This is my cousin's adorable and utterly precocious little girl. She's 16 months old with enough energy for 6 kids. In other words, the cutest.




See more here. You'll be glad you did!

I shoot people!

When I was in California, I had the amazing opportunity to do an engagement shoot for my favoritest cousin Lindsey and her fiance John. These two were already some of my favorite people on the planet, so I can't tell you how cool it was to photograph them. It was the first engagement session I've done (or any kind of formal people photography really) and I was really, really nervous. But they were awesome and fun and game to try lots of fun things and, thus, the photos turned out great. I took a roll of 120 film too, which of course I've yet to develop.

I can't wait to photograph their wedding! And now I can't wait to do more sessions like this. Thanks, Linds and John, for the opportunity!

Raw Photos People Finalists

Holy hell was this round difficult!

Not only did you all bring such amazing shots, but this was a true testament to why we have two judges. Sun had her faves and I had mine and they didn't necessarily match up all the time. Art is SO subjective! Don't you love it?

So we deliberated and deliberated and settled on these four finalists. Remember that we mostly paid attention to the quality of the shot and how it fits the theme, but we also liked other things like creativity, etc.

In no particular order, here are the finalists:

By braceball5

I just love the perspective and how crisp the foreground is with the main subject slightly blurred.

By nonspleen

Oh man what a capture! So sharp. And look at the action in the background!

By jensch1288

So well done. Love the light, the vibrant colors, the perspective, and the rule of thirds.

By psychmamma

SO COOL! It's like modern art. So trippy. So creative.

Good luck to all the wonderful finalists! Winner announced tomorrow!

Which one is your fave?

Raw Photos Contest: People

The Raw Photos Contest is opening Sunday! What? Oh yes. I know you all have been shivering in anticipation.

Theme: PEOPLE

Be your most creative. This could be portraits, street photography, silhouettes, etc. Remember this is how YOU interpret the theme! We want to see you shoot some people (hehehe).

A review of the rules:


1. You have to have taken the photo [duh, don't be a jerk and enter someone else's photo. NOT COOL.]
2. The photo has to be a raw photo. What does that mean? That means NO PHOTOSHOPPING. You can screw around all you want with exposure and white balance on your camera, and we'll even let you crop the photo, but that's it. No changing hues. No intensifying colors. No adding aliens or unicorns. RAW PHOTOS, baby. That's what we're looking for. (Both digital and digital scans of film are okay)
3. You have one week to enter a photo. You can enter up to two [2] photos per contest.

Once all the photos have been entered, we'll take a few days to look them over. When we decide who the winner is, that winner's photo will be posted on our blogs Crazy with a side of Awesome Sauce or The Suniverse, our Twitter feeds @andygirl or @TheSuniverse, and on Flickr. Plus, the winner gets an AWESOME BADGE to post on their blog, showing the world that they have mad photography skills.

And if you have any questions, just ask:
awesomecrazylady@gmail.com
thesueniverse@gmail.com

Submit here.

Now go shoot some people!

GOOD LUCK!