I love horror films.  I love to watch them at night in the dark.  Besides being scary, some are beautifully made.  I’m very inspired by horror lighting, so Dei and I played around in my studio with my Polaroid 195 and some Fuji instant film.  Enjoy…

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Sexual assault come with many confusing, complicated feelings and thoughts. I think I can speak for all survivors and say the shame is the worst part. I spent twelve years in silence, pretending it didn’t happen. If you haven’t read my story, here are the links: Tell, a Project for Rape Survivors ~ Part One […]

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One of the biggest questions I’ve had since starting this project is, “Why don’t women tell that they’ve been raped?” This made me think about the big picture, ask other women why they stayed silent, and think about why I didn’t tell anyone for fourteen years. Right off the bat, I knew I couldn’t tell […]

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When I thought about sitting down and blogging this project, it was quite overwhelming. There are so many pieces to the puzzle, so many stories and reasons behind it. I thought I’d just start out with why I felt compelled to create it, and how it came to be. Recently I discovered how many women […]

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“In your room Where time stands still Or moves at your will Will you let the morning come soon Or will you leave me lying here In your favourite darkness Your favourite half-light Your favourite consciousness Your favourite slave In your room Where souls disappear Only you exist here Will you lead me to your […]

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“Man will survive The harshest conditions And stay alive Through difficult decisions So make up your mind for me Walk the line for me If you want my love If you want my love Idle talk And hollow promises Cheating judases Doubting thomases Don’t just stand there and shout it Do something about it” ~ […]

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Lately I’ve been sick to death of looking at my own work. Oh look, a pretty tree. Oooo a field! Field, field, tree, river. OOO a POND! Oh look, another barn. Lovely. Not that I don’t love the photos I’ve created for my clients. I am proud of them and my clients LOVE them, and […]

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As you may know, I like to take weird, creepy photos. I went above and beyond in the Lady-Gaga-Inspired shoot, Beautiful, Dirty, Rich. So creepy, so unique, amazing model, amazing stylist. It paid off, because we were featured in TWO magazines this month! THANK YOU to model, Dei Silva, and stylist Summer Artistry for collaborating […]

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“Daddy I’m so sorry, I’m so so sorry yea, we just like to party, like to pa-pa-party yea, Bang Bang, we’re beautiful and dirty rich … dirty rich dirty dirty rich … Bang Bang, we’re beautiful and dirty rich” Avant Garde photography by Dawn Kelly Photography dawnkellyphotography.com Mediums used: Kodak Portra 400 color film, Fuji […]

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I wanted to make the Polaroid shenanigans a separate blog from the behind the scenes because this was my first time shooting Polaroids! I’m quite proud of the prints, not of the negatives I attempted to make… This was the first image from the day and my first Polaroid not counting the test I did […]

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My life is often like this: Wedding wedding wedding wedding engagement wedding baby baby baby wedding wedding ……. I think you get the idea. I LOVE shooting weddings, I really do, and I get creative, but I don’t have a lot of time. So from time to time I collaborate with other artists. Here are […]

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After much preparation (ten days), and multiple obstacles (driving two hours to an unknown location, sinking in the snow, makeup coming off, freezing half to death), the infamous Ice Queen shoot has come to fruition! This shoot was entirely shot with film and available light. I feel incredibly accomplished – this is my first shoot […]

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We all have masks we wear. Some of us have created these masks because we’re afraid of what people will think of us, or because we don’t feel we are good enough as who we are. Some of us are hiding from something – pain, loss, insecurity. I went through a really hard time two […]

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The first time I attempted to shoot infrared film, it was an InfraFail. You can see that here: Infrared Film ~ Take One. This time, I am super duper excited, because I got some success from it. It wasn’t a total and complete success, because I still made some mistakes, but I got some great, […]

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