Photography as it Stands

So I have been fortunate this year to expand my photography in places I would have never dreamed I would be allowed to shoot, let alone be apart of.
From shooting famous DJ's to shooting high fashion events and showrooms and just shooting the ordinary. I am still trying to figure out which mode of photography is best for me. Sometimes I wonder if any is good for me, but I think I do have a gift for capturing, I just need to figure out what that might be exactly.
I am hoping 2011 brings more opportunities and perhaps steady opportunities, like a full time internship or an actual job photographing for a living, but that all depends on two things: paying all my bills off and the kind of photographs I will have after visiting Paris, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Marseilles & Arles this year. Planning that trip out has been quite a task since I am planning for 9 people, possibly more as well as planning photo shoots in Paris with our fabulous apartment in the 7th arrondisment and a night shoot by the napoleon bridge/quay side.

Here is a recap of 2010, these are almost all my shoots this year or rather my favorite photographs throughout the year.

Photo shoot with model: Ruth Matos for Haus of Topper Jewelry by David Topper with Stylist: Jason Zwickl and Assistant: Robert Dumé. November 2010

This was shot in September 2010 for the Verlaine Spring/Summer 2011 line hosted by the Vianna Media Group.

Me at Space on White for the White Train's Create & Collaborate in August 2010. I have been showcased about four times this year. I never thought that would ever happen, but I secretly hoped it would because I have a lot to say for a person who doesn't say much.

My shoot with Model: Tristann Davis with Assistant: Robert Dumé. We shot in various locations, the first at a friend's apartment in midtown, the second in DUMBO and the third in Long Beach, Long Island in July 2010.

Shoot with Supermodel: Maria Helena Vianna with clothes from Blanc de Chine. Joe Vianna from the Vianna Media Group managed to get these clothes pulled from the 5th Avenue location. This top was one of my favorites to shoot. The color and the tassles that dangled from it begged to be photographed in July 2010.

Shooting ?uestlove was a priviledge. He was amazingly cool and superbly talented. We got to watch as his intelligence and his ability to play the drums/mix videos was put on display. Shot at The Root's studio at NBC in June 2010.

Super you, Super me. This is Laidback Luke as Waldo. Although this night went terribly and without the interviews we needed for the Electro Wars doc, we got amazing footage and photographs in June 2010.

This was shot in Salimento, Colombia in May 2010. The landscape with the mountains were mesmorizing and awe-inspiring. I got to walk in my mother's footsteps in a town she lived in for a while as a teenager. She would have gazed at the same mountains as a young woman.

Moby in May 2010. We were able to shoot and interview Moby right in his own recording studio/home on Mott Street for The Electro Wars. Another intellectual, his collections of goodies from retro stereo equipment to art books on Duchamp to a Simpsons figurine displayed his eclectic self whom we would have loved to spend more time with.

This was taken in Chicago in May 2010 during our 2nd anniversary trip there. Robb and I chose Chicago because of our mutual love of Ferris Bueller. It seemed only right. Not only that, but we both share a love of traveling.

Another interview for The Electro Wars in May 2010. This is Boys Noize. A techno DJ from Germany with a great heart, a sweet disposition and amazing talent. We bombarded his backstage room to get this interview after several denials. Suffice to say, we were very pleased.

An amazing shoot with Model: Ryan Gabriel. We traversed all of New York City to get the shots we did. He was incredibly fearless and easy to work with. We were able to get this shot in DUMBO when the tide was low. We had to climb over a fence and over some decomposing logs, but it was well worth it. Shot in April 2010.

My first retro shoot with Model: Tim Lau with Assistant: Robert Dumé. We had a blast shooting this day and got some great contrasting photographs as well as a new friendship.

This was a random shoot with Model: Jewel Ferreira. I bought this awesome inflatable heart at Urban Outfitters and thought it would be cool to draw a broken hearted line on one side of the heart and this was the result. She dragged her broken heart on a random day in March 2010.

This photograph is called the Glass Ceiling with female Model: Kat Castro and male Models: David Topper, Luis Martes & Jeffrey A. Wisniewski. It's a political piece against the inequality in the workforce against women. Shot in February 2010.

Belly Dancer: Sahazha Dance. Stunning and incredibly talented. I found it difficult to concentrate when she was dancing. I almost forgot to shoot because all I wanted to do was watch her dance. =0.)
Shot in January 2010.