Sandy Skoglund Blows My Mind /  by Jessica Peterson

For class this week we are talking about using color to our advantage. Today for class I will be showing the students a ton of work that shows how important color can be, of course the first images that came to mind were Sandy Skoglund. She creates the most interesting, beautiful installation pieces and has them photographed.

Honestly amazing and inspiring.




Deer in the headlights ... /  by Jessica Peterson

I am a deer stuck staring into the headlights (even though it's T in the picture below).

Forks in the road scare the crap out of me if I can't see where they lead. Sometime the forks are small enough that I know either path will work out just fine, but it's the BIG ones that cause me to stop dead in my tracks with legs as useless as my swollen tonsils. I sometimes wish I was a robot and didn't have to choose, I wish there was only one pathway to walk and it was a beautiful one... but nope, I feel and I reap the consequences of my decisions wether they be good or bad.

Well let's look at the bright side... at least deer are cute.


Hospital Shoot /  by Jessica Peterson


Friday I photographed with Andersen Productions at a hospital in Payson. It was a long day and I hope I got some good stuff. It felt heavy there and it kinda came out that way.





The shot above is my favorite...





And Baby!!!






The beautiful part of the day.


The Best Birthday A Girl Could Have. /  by Jessica Peterson

Yesterday was my birthday and oh what a birthday it was. Thank you for all of your warm wishes, texts and facebook comments. I can't believe how amazing my friends are to have supported me the way they did, I am blessed to have such amazing people in my life.

Well, last night I threw myself a party and set up a "photo booth" in my house and had some dorky little props for people to play with. I am really happy I set the thing up because I have some hilarious photos now, I think I will make a little book of them. There were close to 1,000 images and I haven't had time to really go through them yet but these photos below are ones that really stood out to me. I will post more when I have the time but these will do for now.


This one is my favorite...







K. There will be more soon.

Have a wonderful day!

Jess

It's My Birthday /  by Jessica Peterson

I decided birthdays are always best if you make them a big deal yourself. So here I am, making my birthday a big deal. I am older (I wonder how many more years I will be accepting of this fact). I am grateful to have been so blessed in my life.

Some pictures of tiny me
I couldn't find any birthday ones so these will have to do.

monster mash... it was love.


Me, T and my beautiful Grandparents.

33 Cents /  by Jessica Peterson


Today was special.
I went to Smiths to purchase a new toothbrush and some hand soap. I found each item on sale for 1 dollar each (score)! When I went to check out they rung up to be a total of 33 cents (big time score). I figure karma is paying me back for something I did sometime ago.

*the picture above is the toothbrush I was replacing, it was bad news.

The Knife + Opera = Amazing /  by Jessica Peterson

Weird at its best!

The Knife (along with Mnt Sims and Planningtorock) scored an opera inspired by Charles Darwin last september (I would have given any appendage to have seen it). Fortunately a studio version will be released March 1st (HURRAY)! Read more on the Album, Tomorrow, in a year at Pitchfork.com where you can also download one of the tracks.



Thanks heavens for creatives like these to keep us all entertained.

Monday... /  by Jessica Peterson


Had lunch with oldest friends Ryan and Vic
feels like we were the characters in Seinfeld
and I like that

Hours on the computer trying to prepare for something I can't really prepare for

V and I watched a movie about passionate people
who have gone crazy

I talked with C on the phone for a while about magical people
and the people
we make magic in our heads.

and used
A chalkboard in my room.
For notes, lists and drawings.



Hope Tuesday is as nice to me