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wild beauty.

She was happy, you know, before everything ended. I can see her from here dancing amongst the trees her beautiful golden hair lit by the sunlight. I can see her now slowing to listen to the whispers and whimsey of the forest. They are friends, you know, her and them. At least they were.. before everything ended. She was a beautiful creature. Kind, Gentle.. and then greed came into her life and whisked it from her.

She is still beautiful, you know, golden hair lit by the sunlight.

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..where midas is king
and he holds me so tight
turns me to gold in the sunlight..
- Florence and the Machine

So.. today I painted a girl gold. It was awesome. I am really really excited with how this turned out because this was NOTHING like the image in my head. With the sun basically hidden all day and not being able to find a male to execute this the way I imagined I kinda had to re-think/settle for something else.. and I wasn't very excited about doing that. Regardless though, I am so pleased.

Amanda was such a doll as I painted her gold and weaved weeds in her hair. This morning before the shoot we went to the thrift store to try and find a dress and totally scored with this beauty! not to mention this beautiful spot.

So this image is the Second time I've used another person besides myself to tell a story and I am LOVING IT! This is a sort of re-vamped version of the story of King Midas. That is his daughter after he touched her and she turned to Gold. I also love the song raise it up by Florence and the machine (the lyrics are above, and what inspired this photo) and the way it inspires me, so.. yea!

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I've been doing primarily Art photography as of late. Conceptual stuff that really speaks to me, and hopefully you, but the other day I went on a shoot with Laura and I couldn't resist posting this photo. It's rare, to be honest, that I find a "portrait session" stimulating.. but when I came across this capture something in me stirred. I Love that you can see who she is in this photo - even without looking at the camera.

13600+ views? WHAT?! hahaa.. wow.

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