Maddy Lucas Photography

Road Trip

2011-11-14T19:41:00.000-08:00

This summer I sold my Polaroid 600SE for a Mamiya 645. I don't have a lot of experience with medium format film so I had to try a couple of times to find the right fit for me. Well, turns out this ol Mamiya was exactly what I was looking for (psst, I love it because it has autofocus, but don't tell anyone that). I love shooting with it, and I finally got my first rolls of film developed, and I was happy with the results (most of them, some of the colors are way off and I need to figure out why).

So here are some photos of our great treck from The Pacific Northwest all the way out to the Midwest. A lot of these were shot on the side of the road or in small towns we needed stop at. A couple at Jackson Hole, and a couple at Antelope Island.

PS thank you Seth for helping me scan all of these in.

Daphne reads

2011-09-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

Daphne is one of my favorite people, and she's great to photograph (aren't most children?). While in Denver visiting our very good friends Nic & Kirsten we set up this shoot for their little girl. We found children's books from the DI and ripped out the pages (which didn't feel quite right), then put them up on the wall. We spray painted some books, Kirsten found some cute vintage glasses, and viola: Daphne reads.

Seth shot a video of the shoot, and it's just about the cutest thing I've seen.

Annie

2011-09-04T12:09:00.000-07:00

While I was in Salt Lake I spent a lot of time with my little sister Annie, she has been asking me for a really long time to take photos of her, I had a few things planned for the shoot that didn't work out, so last minute I decided to go for a laid back, street style photo shoot. These were taken in the Avenues in Salt Lake.

Ari

2011-07-16T18:14:00.000-07:00

Ari is my nephew, he will be two in August. Please take note of his baby farmer's tan.

These were taken right after my airplane shoot with Henry, I let Ari play around in the planes before we got started.

Rainbow Paper Airplanes

2011-07-16T18:08:00.000-07:00

Seth sketching

2011-07-03T16:05:00.001-07:00

As he often does.

Salt Lake City - for my Aunt Glo

2011-07-01T20:44:00.000-07:00

For a christmas present to my Aunt Glo (who raised me) I went around Salt Lake with my Hasselblad and took photos of all the places she lived. This was last December and I didn't get the film developed until last week, but better late then never.

I started with her college apartments:

Then the apartment she moved into after college. I remember visiting her here, where I would have sleepovers and she would read me the Velveteen Rabbit.

Then the first house we all lived together in, and the prettiest house I ever lived in. It had a green circular staircase, a fenced backyard where we would jump on the trampoline, a steep driveway where we would take our red wagon, and a bedroom with a balcony and bunny walpaper (loved that room).

Michelle

2011-07-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

I finally took my 4x5 camera out for a test shoot. I only shot these first two images with it, the other two are 35mm. I bought all color film but I was not liking the colors at all on any of the film I shot that day, so I switched them to black and white. Which is a bit frustrating considering the color film is more expensive to buy and develop. Well, what can you do?

(still some dust, got a bit lazy)

Federal Way

2011-06-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

Best gal pal Michelle Irwin lives 45 minutes away from me in Federal Way. Very different from Seattle, not quite as pretty which makes it just a bit more interesting to me as far as photographing goes. I went to visit her this weekend and we took a walk around the neighborhood, I brought along the Polaroid 600SE. These are the scanned in negatives (I still can't decide if I like the polaroids better, I may end up posting those later as well). The negatives take some time to dry so some of these got a little messed up since we were out walking around.

Practice Roll

2011-05-22T17:17:00.000-07:00

I bought a cheap roll of film at Walgreens and also had it developed there to practice shooting on my new 35mm film camera. I was also testing out my wide angle lens, and I wanted to make sure the camera worked, and it looks like it does!

A sign of Things to Come

2011-05-15T20:20:00.001-07:00

Whoo, a lot has happened since I last updated. Namely, I finished my website (SO excited to show you all, just waiting for it to get published), I upgraded my Canon 50D to a Canon 5D (mark I), and I bought 3 new film cameras. I spent about $30 on an old timey 35 mm camera, and I also bought a Polaroid 600SE and a 4x5 Large format camera (all of it costing less than most new digital cameras).

Putting together my website, and looking through all of the photos I've shot over the last 4 years, I've been doing a lot of reflection and sort of realized what I've been missing, and that is film, not holgas or little toy cameras, but good quality well exposed film. So from now on, I'm going to try to do tons more film, I know it will cost more, and it will be a bit more frustrating, but I feel like my images will turn out so much better. Who knows maybe I'll sell my digital and become a %100 film shooter, we'll have to see where things go. Either way, I'm so excited to start shooting with my other cameras again. What's gotten me especially excited about it is reading Jonathan Canlas's Guide to Film, which I definitely recommend! (buy the book here).

This week I'll be testing out all of my new camera friends and I have a shoot planned with Seth, here's a little hint of what's to come!

Shot using the Polaroid 600SE on Fuji Instant Color film

Chalkboard

2011-04-07T11:51:00.001-07:00

It's been really nice getting to know Nicole & Tony, we haven't lived in Seattle long, and all of our friends live at least a half hour away. These two live just one neighborhood over in Queen Anne, which is just a stone's throw away from us (is that a phrase?). They had a chalkboard theme for their wedding back in August, so this shoot was just perfect for these two lovebirds.

For the first part of the shoot, I had them write down a bunch of words that described them as a couple, places they've been or they're favorite food, ect. I put all the words on this chalkboard Seth and I painted and the rest is history.

You're a star

2010-12-07T18:36:00.000-08:00

I took pictures of Preston a while back in Idaho. During our trip to Utah for Thanksgiving Preston contacted me about doing another shoot. This time we did it in a studio (and by studio I mean Preston's dad's garage...thanks Preston's dad) under the stars.

Preston is currently working on a new album, check out his promotion here.

Emily in the Woods

2010-11-15T19:50:00.000-08:00

Emily is in the americorps program with Michelle, and she likes to dabble in modeling (rightly so). So when she saw the pictures of Michelle she contacted me about having some pictures done. Seth and I got some wood, cut out trees and got a bunch of different colors of stain to create a woodsy scene. Emily fit in perfectly.

Travis & Jaqui

2010-11-04T21:16:00.000-07:00

We knew Travis and Jaqui a little back in Rexburg, and since moving out here we've been able to get know them a little better and it has been delightful, especially since we are getting used to a new city and have left most of our friends and family behind. Travis and Jaqui are extremely talented photographers, so we decided to spend a day shooting each other. Seth and I haven't had pictures taken of us since our wedding (almost 3 years ago!), so were happy to have it done by this talented duo. See their website here.

I shot them in my studio, using a damask background and a snow set I made.

It's a party

2010-10-24T22:23:00.000-07:00

I did another shoot in my studio today, trying to build up the ol' portfolio, this time with my best friend since 6th grade, Michelle! We both moved out here around the same time which has been just delightful.

Nina

2010-10-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

This is the first shoot in my studio, and I want to thank Evan and Lindsay for letting me photograph their sweet little two year old, Nina. I am still getting my lights worked out, but I am really happy with how these turned out.

Kaila & Co.

2010-10-10T13:28:00.000-07:00

Taking family pictures can be extremely difficult, sometimes children just do not want their picture taken and it can be even harder dealing with a grumpy husband. Getting a good shot can be difficult with so many people, that's why it's so much easier when you know the people personally. My parents were good friends with Kaila's parents growing up, my sister Adrea and Kaila are best friends. As a little girl I absolutely adored Kaila. She's like family. So when Kaila asked me to take hers I was happy to do it, not only did this give me a chance to catch up with her, but to get to know her lovely family. Plus, everyone was happy to have their picture taken and we had fun with it. And, I need the practice.

These were shot in Columbus, Indiana at the courthouse.

Henry at the Indy Art Museum

2010-10-02T21:26:00.000-07:00

I went to visit my family in Indiana last week and my favorite day had to be when I took Henry, my 4 year old nephew to the Indianapolis Art Museum to take some pictures. Henry was ecstatic to go, he was more than happy to take lots of pictures and blow bubbles. In the car on the way to the museum Henry told me all the good things that was happening that day, including cool (school) and now the museum, and later Dairy Queen.

If you have ever met a 4 year old they make sure you know they are 4 years old, so one of the first things we did was take some pictures in front of the big yellow 4.

Adrea & Josh Family pictures

2010-10-02T20:40:00.000-07:00

More family pictures! Just in case you didn't get your fill last time. These were taken for my sister and her family while visiting home a couple weeks ago. I miss them already.

These were taken in Zionsville Indiana.

Yellowstone

2010-09-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

Though we spent most of the summer traveling through Europe, when we get home we still hadn't gotten rid of our travel fever. I've spent the last 5 years in Rexburg and never went to Yellowstone, though it's only 2 hours hours away. I decided that I couldn't leave Rexburg until I had gone, so we went with our friends Nic and Kirsten who have an amazing VW bus. It was your quintessential camping trip and it was exactly what I wanted.

I have fond memories of camping here when I was a little girl, so it was great to come back after all those years. I didn't have my digital camera so here are the holgas I took.

You can take the boy out of Idaho...

2010-08-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

Seth and I returned to sentimental rexburg after a 3 month stay in Europe and a fortnight in Salt Lake City. We stayed with his parents, were fed daily and spoiled just a bit, we saw friends, and Seth graduated. To celebrate this and leaving the great state of Idaho we decided to take some graudation pictures in what else but a real Rexburg Idahoan field.

Christa

2010-07-24T09:54:00.000-07:00

Christa, fellow photography student, asked me to take her graduation photos about a year ago, so I was glad I happened to be in Rexburg for a couple weeks before graduation took place. It was so nice getting out there and shooting some portraits again, haven't done that in a while and it was just what I needed.

These first four were shot with my hasselblad, the rest are digital.

Mai & Lance - Married!

2010-04-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

Mai was my very first roommate when I got to BYU-Idaho back in the winter of 2005. We lived in the dorms, she was an amazing cook. She went on a mission, I got married. When she got back we reconnected because she is a graphic design major, and has had a handful of classes with Seth. Now, 5 years from when we first met I was the one shooting her wedding. It's funny how things turn out sometimes. I am glad we've been able to stay friends and I hope we'll always stay in touch.

So congratulations to Mai and Lance!

Preston Pugmire

2010-03-31T21:12:00.000-07:00

Listen to Preston's music here.

Shot in St. Anthony, Idaho.

Props to Brian Osbourne for this last picture, this was all him.

Amy & Daniel Berry

2010-03-13T18:31:00.000-08:00

I was so excited when Amy & Daniel contacted me a few months ago about this shoot. They saw my BFA show and wanted a little set of their own. I'm so glad we were able to work this out and I hope to be doing more of these kinds of shoots in the future.

Impromptu shoot with Melissa

2010-02-26T16:48:00.000-08:00

Melissa is showing her BFA this semester, in just 3 weeks (as is Seth! It will be a killer show to say the least) and her series is all about color, so she wanted a picture of her with, well, colors! We only needed this one shot but the location (Ard's glass) was so cute I took a few more.

white skies {film}

2010-01-30T12:31:00.000-08:00

As much as I dislike the cold, I do love me a nice white sky.

(PS this was taken with my new Diana camera! But I'll introduce her in another post)

Jack & Eunice Layton {digital}

2010-01-27T18:19:00.000-08:00

Seth and I had the opportunity to meet this amazing couple who have been everywhere and experienced everything. Jack was a pilot for the CIA and received numerous awards, Eunice is a loving wife, mother and talented painter. They were so sweet, and they're house has so much memorabilia that I could have spent hours taking pictures. Some of these pictures will be used for Seth's graphic design project.

Album Art

2010-01-25T18:12:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to taking these, which means my website is complete! Finally.

The Awful Truth:

Cary Judd:

It's official

2009-11-22T22:25:00.000-08:00

It's winter. If there's one part of winter I like it's the very beginning, when the snow is fluffy and it hasn't gotten too cold. Pretty soon it will be all ice so I'm trying to enjoy it instead of complaining. Anyway when I got home tonight the clouds were looking pretty sweet, so I grabbed my tripod and took some pictures. I took these at 9:30pm at a 250 ISO. Exposures were 5-6 seconds.

Mesa Falls Holga

2009-11-11T11:55:00.000-08:00

Student Art Show

2009-11-06T20:57:00.000-08:00

Last night was the student art show, where anyone could submit two pieces in any category, and then there are prizes given out for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and honorable mentions for each category. Seth and I got all of our pieces in the show that we submitted, and I won second in photography! There were a lot of really talented photographers that entered so I was surprised to get second, Rosalyn Caywood took first for an awesome holga she took. Anyway here are some pictures from the night.

I won 2nd for the picture on the left:

I also entered 1 one for printmaking:

Seth's pieces (2 for graphic design and 2 for illustration):

Seth got an honorable mention for his booklet:

Seth's digital illustrations (amazing!!)

Melissa with her amazing photograph that also got an honorable mention:

Me, Melissa, Rosalyn, Tori, Alise, and Esther:

Bridgette

2009-11-05T20:04:00.000-08:00

This is Bridgette and she is adorable. These are some pictures we took after using the 8x10 for this ongoing project I'm doing.

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Melissa and I went out to an old abandoned house to shoot, it was sunny, it was Halloween...why not? I am actually working on a photo project with the 8x10 camera and shot out there with it. These were for fun.

Scenic Idaho

2009-10-18T09:42:00.000-07:00

Seth needed some specific photographs for a typography project he's doing, with the theme Sunlight. So we did some classic Idaho sight seeing and went to Mesa Falls and the sand dunes to take some pictures. I usually don't get excited about taking pictures of trees and sand, but it was nice to get in touch with nature and do something a little different.

Just warning you now, LOTS of sun flares, and just a few rainbows (not photoshopped).

LA Trip

2009-10-14T10:26:00.000-07:00

I found this little camera at the DI, and it turns out, it makes for some pretty interesting pictures. Best $1 I ever spent. I brought it along with me to our LA class trip (so much fun). I edited these images for color, but all the other quirks are straight from the camera, including the images that overlapped. I never know what to expect when developing the film from this camera, and I was not disappointing this time around.

LA Trip {digital}

2009-10-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

I have yet to develop film from my 5 day LA trip (1 credit - for school). But here are some fun pictures from our impromptu shoots.

Adrian & Laura

2009-09-17T17:27:00.000-07:00

This relaxed, fun and gorgeous wedding took place in Twin Falls. It was a hot, cloudless day with zero wind factor but Adrian and Laura took it like pros.

Congrats to one of the coolest couple around.

Laura & Adrian

2009-09-17T13:12:00.000-07:00

Laura & Adrian, super cute and super talented (seriously, click on their names to see their blogs). Here are some of the engagement photos I took for them this weekend.

My Nephew Henry {digital}

2009-09-03T08:22:00.000-07:00

Seth {film}

2009-07-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

Motorcycle

2009-07-21T10:34:00.001-07:00

VW Bus

2009-07-14T20:17:00.000-07:00

Our friends Nic and Kirsten recently purchased this amazing VW bus, and they were kind enough to let me use it for a shoot, for my series.
Just a few I was happy with...

PS: Check out Nic and Kirsten's etsy shop here (they are selling this skirt on their shop and used some of these photos for it).

Series Continued

2009-07-09T14:51:00.000-07:00

Suitcase, bike...traveling, get it? No longer using the Hasselblad for these, as I ran into some technical difficulties. Just good ol' digital.

Trevor & Sydney Engagements

2009-07-07T22:55:00.000-07:00

Had a great time shooting these engagement photos this weekend. A gorgeous couple, and coordinated! They made it so easy for me (:

The Great Outdoors - BFA senior show

2009-07-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

Here it is! It's pretty cool seeing these in person, but this is the next best thing. I am so glad to be done and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out.

You can view or purchase the book here:
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/739056

New series

2009-07-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a little mini series for my historical processes class using my hasselblad. Rebecca, (who is really a fantastic photographer) was kind enough to do a shoot with me yesterday. Here are some of the digitals I took in between the hasselblad shots.

BFA show opening

2009-07-02T00:14:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow! Please come if your in town. It is from 7-9 pm thursday in the spori gallery.

Field Trip

2009-06-25T15:37:00.001-07:00

Went on a field trip today for class to use the large format cameras. 4x6, 7x17, and an 8x10 were involved...woo! I brought along my Hasselblad and took this shot of Melissa setting up the 8x10 camera:

(it was a fun day).

Baby Holga

2009-06-02T22:00:00.001-07:00

I picked up this little gem at the DI in Idaho falls, and when I bought it I figured it was a 35 mm holga, but the name holga isn't anywhere on the camera. Turns out there is no vignetting, but still a really neat camera, and I have fun with it. It's lightweight so I carry it around with me.

Here are some fun little shapshots I got with it while in Utah, and some in Rexburg too of course. I didn't do any editing, I kind of like what the camera gave me.

Paul Mitchell Shoot

2009-05-29T20:34:00.000-07:00

These are few of my favorites from the shoot I did last week for Paul Mitchell.
They aren't my typical style, but they aren't portfolio pieces for me, they're for the student's portfolio, so I tried my best to take pictures in the style of the model and what the client was asking for.

Melissa

2009-05-07T15:29:00.001-07:00

During historical processes class melissa and I decided to go out and take some pictures of each other, since we were both needing some new material to work with. So we went to the old craigos and did a little impromptu shoot. I got a couple good ones, and I made this first one into a kalliotype today (I'll upload that later when I have it scanned in).

Pinocchio

2009-03-20T12:19:00.000-07:00

I've been working on a series for my Photo III class using a 4x5 large format camera. I have been asking some of my friends to dress up like Disney characters. This has been a learning experience, I've been shooting indoors and some of the photos haven't turned out like I wanted. However, I am really happy with this shoot, and Brady makes such a great little Pinocchio.

Brown County

2009-02-28T10:12:00.000-08:00

Two months later and I finally got the film developed from Seth's and I's trip to Brown County, Indiana where we celebrated our 1 year anniversary. It's a cute, cute little town. I'm still disapointed all the ice cream shops were closed just because it was December.

Emily & Matt

2008-10-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

Emily and Matt were married on a gorgeous sunny day in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Holgas:

Family Portraits - the Bjorks

2008-09-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

I took these family portraits for my sister Adrea, in Zionsville Indiana.

Holgas:

House Photos

2008-07-12T22:07:00.001-07:00

I can't stop taking pictures of houses, don't know why I have this obsession with them. For my Digital Photography class I shoot houses for almost every assignment. There are just so many interesting houses in these parts. It was a perfect day for shooting, the sky was blue and the clouds were fluffy, so I headed out to Rigby, Idaho and took some shots.

Engaged: Miranda & Ryan

2008-07-12T22:07:00.000-07:00

Love is in the air, these are some engagement photos I took of dear friend Miranda & her new fiance Ryan.

Holgas:

Cary Judd

2008-06-29T18:08:00.000-07:00

I'm helping Nate Mecham with his final BFA project by taking the pictures for his project. This is Cary Judd, one of the people Nate is using for his project.

Large Format

2008-06-24T19:59:00.001-07:00

This was my first time using a 4x5 Large Format camera and I loved it! What an amazing camera. I did get a lot of looks taking these photographs, one person thought I was shooting a video. These are taken in Rexburg and Rigby, Idaho.

Windows

2008-06-24T19:59:00.000-07:00

This is for a "Window" series I've been working on for class. It's a little awkward sitting in front of people's yard with a tripod and waiting for 5-20 second shots. But, nobody ever seems to notice, thank goodness for TV.

Fun with Balloons

2008-06-08T16:51:00.000-07:00

Travis & Lindsay - Married

2008-05-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

This was my first time ever doing a wedding shoot. I was beyond nervous that day before the shoot, but once I got to shooting it was a lot of fun. I'm not sure if weddings are what I want to do, a bit too nerve-wracking for me, but it was good practice and I wish these two Rexburgians the best.

Shot at the Rexburg Temple, Idaho.

Birds

2008-03-02T10:45:00.000-08:00

I finally got into a Photo I class and I am loving it! One of our first assignments was to capture motion, I was having a hard time finding anything and decided to head to the park to see what I could find. On my way there, I passed the seed mill and noticed this huge swarm of birds. I pulled over and took some pictures. This was a film assignment, but I think the digital pictures turned out better.