Kate Rose

Pearl and The Beard//Brooklyn//Feb 2012

A shot from my shoot with Pearl and The Beard a couple months ago. I can’t wait until more of the photos from the set are released so I can share them. Such amazingly talented and incredibly nice people. 

Martin in NYC//March 2011

Martin made a pit stop in the city on his east coast tour. He played a beautiful show. We walked the Brooklyn Bridge. We took some photos for his website relaunch. He risked his life on my fire escape. More to come. Waiting on some film. 

Simple Pleasures//March 2012//Breakfast

The most perfectly speckled egg meets a handsome black russian bagel.

True love.

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Aysmley & John// Save The Date//Feb 2012

Yesterday I also received a Save The Date from Ayms & John, whose engagement shoot I posted a while back! I love the photo they chose and love that it came as a magnet, because that’s one thing I’m seriously lacking on the fridge. Plenty of stuff to hang up, nothing to hold it there. 2 birds 1 stone! 

So excited to be shooting their wedding in gorgeous New Hampshire this coming October! 

By the way, how gorgeous are their dogs? I’m a self proclaimed puppy thief. If you don’t want me to try to steal your dog, don’t introduce us :)

Over on my other blog…

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Dain & Chris // Save The Date// Jan 2012

I’ve been doing a little design work here and there lately, and this is one project I wanted to share with you. My good friends Dain & Chris got married in December having a small beach side ceremony in San Diego with only family. Although I couldn’t be there to shoot it, they are having their reception this summer and I will definitely be there, camera at the ready, for fun portraits and to capture the party. D&C asked if I would design their ‘save the date’s’ for this summer and this is what we came up with. The photo was taken by the wonderfully talented Renee Chartier the day of the ceremony.  

I really loved the way it came out, and especially loved getting it in the mail. There is something special about seeing your work in print, no matter the medium! I have been working hard on learning some aspects of graphic design, and see a lot more projects like this in my future. So stay tuned!

Kait Marrin// St. Marks Place // Jan 2012

35mm & digital mix

Meet Kait. This lovely lady is a friend of mine from college who is now living in the city. She is a crazy talented girl who splits her time between acting, stand up comedy with The Upright Citizens Brigade, and being a freelance make up artist! Oh, and she is working on her first album. No big deal. There is doubtfully ever a dull moment in her life.

We met up for the first time in about 5 years a couple weeks ago for a late morning pizza and beer at Ray’s. I asked her to show me her favorite spot in the city and she took me for a nice long stroll down St. Marks Place. Kait eludes this sense of outgoing, friendly, approachability that makes everyone want to stop and talk to her. And everyone did. Not to mention, the actor in her came out and she held a lot of conversations on her own as well. 

She showed me her favorite hookah bar, where she gets all of her tattoos and how to haggle with the street vendors. She made getting a $5 discount on a pair of sunglasses look like the easiest thing in the world. We then strolled on over to one of her favorite thrift stores where the owner remembered her from her last visit, and she scored those sweet red cowboy boots for a deal too. If you ever want to learn how to properly barter, she’s your girl. Check out Kait’s web portfolio here: www.kaitlinmarrin.com

This is the first in a new series of lifestyle portraits I’m working on. I’ve realized I know a lot of incredible people in this city and want to share a little bit of their stories with you. So keep your eye out for more posts like this!

I am lucky enough to live within walking distance to Central Park, and every time I go it’s brand new. Before I moved to the city I had no idea how massive the park was and while I enjoy exploring new area’s of it, I always end up taking some of the same little streets. What I love though is how different they are each time. I loved it in the fall when the leaves were turning, loved it after it’s rained when all the trees are dark brown, and loved it in October when we had a mini snow fall but bits of green grass were peeking through. I have to say though, Central Park blanketed in snow has to be my favorite version yet. 

When the snow stopped coming down today Nola, the lab, and I went for a romp. We spent close to two hours in the park, despite how cold it was, throwing sticks, eating snow balls, people watching and taking pictures. My trusty LLBean boots kept my toes toasty, while she opted for the fur coat. It was most magical at dusk when the lights started to all turn on and the snow and sky took a similar shade of purple. 

It is really gorgeous there. 

Also, this one. From a roll of 120mm. 

Found some 35mm from a shoot last year that was published with The Ben Trovato Blog. The editorial only used the digital images, but I really love these shots from an expired roll of film I had on me and wanted to share them as well. 

Last spring I got together with Meg and Bryan some fabulous San Diego musicians for a fun little promotional shoot. These two have the most amazing combination of talent and grace and just down right beautiful voices. You absolutely have to go listen to their music. They are also just a really fun pair to watch perform and harmonize and work together like one finely tuned instrument. I had a major hard drive failure last year and thought I had lost these photos forever, but I finally got it fixed and now they are like new to me again. So I’m happy they are getting a proper place on the blog. 

You can also find Meg & Bryan via twitter and band camp