A little dusty…

Well…It’s been a while. Let me dust off the cobwebs and give you a quick, hopefully not too wordy, catch up:

After a whirlwind season shooting the Express, there was a boomerang move (two moves, technically), a new job, more hockey with a different team, strife with the new owner of the Express, some personal stuff, buying a house, working on the house, finding out I’d been in auto-immune distress for years thanks to an undiagnosed medical condition, surgery to fix that, new diagnoses, and a promotion. (This would have been a perfect time for one of those sped up story montages a la Guy Ritchie or Ant-Man.)

Tomorrow I’m going to be at my first craft show in a long time. Outside of selling a few  items at the holidays, I haven’t really been putting myself out there for the last few years (it’s been a busy time! And my last foray into selling my handcrafted jewelry had a messy, terrible end; it was scarring). Fortunately, my big-sister, bestie, and generally awesome person, Carla, is joining me in a new project, Stardust &Whimsy! We’ve been kicking the idea around for a while (seriously 4 years) but it just kept getting set aside for other project and life events.

I’m hoping to share more with you about S&W, my life, and my photography soon. For now, keep following me on Insta and checkout StardustWhimsy.com

Kris

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A Quick Update

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday with their friends and families. I have two more rounds of gift exchanges left this week and I still haven’t figured out how I want to ring in 2016.

The last couple of weeks have been hectic to say the least between the Express Holiday Video, the day job, a nasty virus, and Christmas projects, I got a bit behind in my editing. I’ve spent this weekend working on Express Photos and listening to a couple of new mixes from friends.

I’ve posted the preview albums for the last two Express games over on facebook; but I wanted to share a few of my favorites here, too.

Nick Bretzger blocks a shot
Nick Bretzger blocks a shot
Filip Jansson of the Springfield Express WSHL
Filip Jansson of the Springfield Express WSHL
Filip Jansson of the Springfield Express WSHL takes a shot
Filip Jansson of the Springfield Express WSHL takes a shot
T. Lone
Truels Lone
Robin Jansson of the Springfield Express WSHL
Robin Jansson of the Springfield Express WSHL

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Express Preview and a Quick Update

Good afternoon! It’s been a busy week for me, working at the day job, shooting the Springfield Express Holiday Photo, and the first of three home games last night, but I wanted to share a couple of shots with you.

First, I’d like to thank everyone who entered the raffle to win one of the signed photos of the Express last night, benefiting the Ozarks Food Harvest. We’ll be doing this raffle at every home game for the rest of the season. Tickets are $1 and we’re drawing winners during the second intermission of each game. Each ticket purchased helps provide 5 meals for Ozarks families in need.

Second, thank you for your patience as I get photos edited and the website developed around my day job and other obligations. I’m hoping to get a portfolio with digital and print purchasing options running before the end of the year. Until then, if you’d like to order prints (or a digital copy of a photo with printing rights) you can either email me or message me on Facebook.

And now, pictures.

J. Nevicosi
J. Nevicosi

 

K. Ljubobratetes
K. Ljubobratetes 

 

Springfield Express celebrate Konstantin Ljubobratetes's 3rd period goal
Celebrating K. Ljubobratetes’s 3rd period goal

Hope to see some of you at tonight’s game.

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My Story: A little bit of history about why I shoot photos

When I was a kid we used to get to go out on the road in the big rig with my grandfather, whenever it was my turn I’d go armed with a few books and as many disposable cameras as my mother would let me have. The pictures were never good, shot from inside the semi and at the occasional truck stop, but I was smitten with the idea of trying to capture the world the way I was seeing it, to be able to look at a picture and remember the moment I took it.

A few years later, in high school, I upgraded from disposables to a cheap plastic 35mm. I would’ve taken thousands of pictures with that thing, if only we could have afforded film and processing. As it is, I have a number of ambitious but terrible photos, a bunch of candids, and a few not too bad photos.

While I was in college, I took the plunge and bought a 35mm Canon SLR, which I used to take a number of really great photos of friends and family, including a few photo shoots which I hope feature on the site soon. It was around this same time that I went to work in a photo lab at our local big box store, discovered the ease of digital and began to learn about the technical side of photography.

I also began to examine what it is I love about photography, the way you can capture a moment that won’t happen again or document something in a person or place that speaks to you on a deeper level. As I look over my photos from that time it’s bittersweet; I’ve got shots of friends who’ve died, couples who’ve broken up or gotten divorced. Regardless, I’ve also got parts of their stories, a time when they were happier, when life was different, and I was able to make a moment a memento.

Then, I went to grad school. Over the course of the most difficult three years of my life, I abandoned a lot of hobbies, including photography. For a couple of years the only things I was shooting were shots of my jewelry in order to sell it and the occasional cell phone candid of my friends and family.

Last spring as we prepared to go on vacation, I dusted off my Canon Powershot and began to fall back in love with photography as we explored various landmarks in the Southwest. I wasn’t feeling confident enough to start making opportunities to shoot, largely because of life stuff that was overwhelming me, kicking up my anxiety, and making me doubt myself.

A few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to shoot hockey photos for our local junior hockey team and even though it’s a challenge to shoot (low lighting and super fast movement aren’t a great combo), I love it. I feel ready to take on the world. I finally upgraded to a DSLR (it only took ten years) and once hockey season settles down I’m looking forward to making time for some new portrait sessions and landscapes. I’m also looking forward to getting to share this process and my photos with the world.

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