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I love taking pictures of people. It’s a conclusion that I’ve come to time after time, as well as the fact that I would love the opportunity to take more pictures of more people. It’s why I’ve just registered elysekufeldtphotography.com, so I can centralize my efforts and have a website I can point people toward who are even remotely interested.

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Natalie Photoshoot

November 10, 2008 in Art, Media & Design, Photography · One comment

On Saturday I took my friend Natalie out to Gasworks Park in Seattle for a little photo shoot. We had to spend a little bit of time getting her to loosen up in front of the camera, but once we did, she had a lot of fun and offered up a lot of great opportunities for shots. With her hair, her clothes and her general disposition, she had already lent a wonderful vintage feel to the photographs which I enhanced with a little bit of processing. Here are some of my favorites:

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I believe in the joy of not knowing

October 22, 2008 in Personal · One comment

It’s funny really. I found this song (”I Believe (In Everything)” – Mofro) just a few days ago, and it’s a very fitting song for the situation I now find myself in — without a job. I definitely did not see it coming, nor did anyone else who was laid off today.

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First Crack at Senior Portraiture

September 23, 2008 in Art, Media & Design, Photography · No comments

I was recently charged with taking senior portraits for Randy’s younger brother Dusty. It was an unusually humid September day when I finally dragged him out and about with my camera. He was not the most cooperative of subjects, which is really too bad, considering how naturally photogenic he is. He spent most of the time swearing at me about how lame and “gay” the whole thing was. When he wasn’t complaining, he was either doing an “Abercrombie” pose or an over-done smile.

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Autumn Redesign is Live

September 15, 2008 in Site Updates · 6 comments

Well. It took about a dozen different design prototypes/mock-ups over the last month before I landed on this design. I wanted something simple, something elegant and something that was, above all, focused on clean typography. I think that this design accomplishes all of those goals.

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