Photography

The Spider

2011-11-22T21:28:00.000-08:00

It is November. This spider has been living outside my window since July. She has fought through the rain and has grown to an incredible size (babies, maybe?) and I always look out my window at night to make sure she's still there.

I am utterly terrified of spiders, but as long as there is a thick window between us, I can appreciate her beauty.

She caught a moth tonight.

Ann

2011-10-21T20:47:00.000-07:00

Chinatown

2011-09-13T11:56:00.000-07:00

a photographer's haven.

Alison

2011-09-12T23:40:00.000-07:00

Hipsters

2011-09-10T21:52:00.001-07:00

Trying the "Urban Outfitters" or "Hipster" style of photography/editing.

The female model (me) was photographed by Joe Christianson (who was the male model, and a fellow photographer) but still edited by me, so that's why a few of them are here.

These are both an ode to, and parody of the hipster style. :)

Lindsey

2011-09-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

Lensbaby Composer Pro

2011-08-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

I got the new Lensbaby Composer Pro with the sweet 35 optic.

My photography in the SF Chronicle

2011-08-19T00:07:00.000-07:00

See the article here!

My client, Kurt Bodden, is in a one-man show in the SF Fringe Festival. He's fantastic!

TENT theatre company

2011-08-10T14:33:00.001-07:00

See TENT for examples of my theatre photography!

It is a pleasure to do work with that company!

Wedding of Shawn and Chandra

2011-07-20T20:05:00.000-07:00

The parents of the groom.

Renee and Brendan

2011-07-04T20:05:00.000-07:00

The flower girl, and the bride's maids, and the bride's mother.

Milly

2011-06-08T01:52:00.001-07:00

Middy

2011-06-07T00:11:00.001-07:00

Edited with Photoshop Lightroom

Jessica

2011-05-22T22:19:00.000-07:00

Justin

2011-04-02T00:11:00.001-07:00

headshots

other

Jon

2011-03-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

Knox

2011-03-11T12:15:00.000-08:00

Simone

2011-02-04T00:04:00.001-08:00

Purposefully Awkward Family Photos

2011-01-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

Not enough awkward in your life?
Check out The Clayden Family

Erica

2010-12-12T22:16:00.000-08:00

Terry

2010-10-14T11:58:00.000-07:00

Wood

2010-09-10T22:41:00.000-07:00

My friend made these. Gorgeous.

Molly

2010-09-03T11:52:00.000-07:00

Cowgirl Ballerina

2010-08-06T13:45:00.000-07:00

This picture was recently featured in the French Hotel Cafe in Berkeley, as part of Berkeley Fine Art Photographers.

Kevin

2010-08-03T12:08:00.000-07:00

Allison

2010-07-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

Headshots/random shots

MY PHOTOGRAPHY IS IN A GALLERY!!!

2010-05-21T12:43:00.000-07:00

For the first time, my photography will be in a gallery in Oakland, California.

It is THIS FRIDAY (21st), SATURDAY (22nd), and SUNDAY (23rd) at 204 Frisbie St.

Please see

frisbiest.com/blog

for more information! Or, email me at mkate.imaging@yahoo.com if you have questions. :)

Senior Ball

2010-05-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

Not MY senior ball (waaay in the past), but pictures of friends before their senior balls. :)

Terry

2010-04-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

A Spot of Saturation

2010-04-18T02:13:00.000-07:00

Playing around with a slight "urban outfitters" kind of look; low saturation, lots of golds and greens.

These were some shots that I took in between headshots of Morgan.

mkate

Morgan

2010-04-18T02:02:00.000-07:00

Headshots.

DRAA Business Luncheon

2010-04-04T23:42:00.000-07:00

Hannah

2010-03-09T16:54:00.000-08:00

Hannah's headshots. :)

m kate

Body Image

2010-02-24T10:37:00.000-08:00

I'm submitting a few of these photos to an art show about misperceptions of body image.

!!!DISCLAIMER!!!: If you do not appreciate or believe in the art of nude photography, please do not continue to look at these. There ARE nudes (albeit tasteful) in this collection. Thank you.

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Eric and Kirsten Wedding

2010-01-20T10:10:00.000-08:00

Wedding
January, 2010

Arizona, 2010

2010-01-18T16:48:00.001-08:00

TONS of pictures from Arizona. Phoenix and Sedona. :) Enjoy.

mkate

Foggy Streetlights

2010-01-16T03:18:00.000-08:00

3am.

Jordan

2010-01-15T12:02:00.000-08:00

Headshots for Jordan

Christmas

2009-12-26T16:22:00.000-08:00

This is a Cat's Christmas. :)

mk

Winter Party

2009-12-25T01:51:00.000-08:00

Ornaments

2009-12-25T00:42:00.000-08:00

Macro ornaments.

Wedding Reception

2009-11-28T23:35:00.000-08:00

A few photos of the wedding reception for April and Matt. See their

engagement photos

More Dogs

2009-11-25T00:37:00.000-08:00

Emma and Stretch

Real Pretty

2009-10-30T17:46:00.000-07:00

I'm leading a campaign to help women and men love their bodies and not get overwhelmed with the negative messages the media sends. Did you know that if a model is a size 4 or above she is moved to the "plus size" division? Advertising is completely false and rarely shows REAL women with curves or even personality. I took these unedited pictures of the officers of my campaign. :) We are all beautiful in our own ways!

Jody

2009-10-05T17:41:00.000-07:00

Headshots for Jody (she made a CD).

The English Rose Tea Room

2009-09-19T10:04:00.000-07:00

Pictures from the quaint English Rose Tea Room in Pleasanton.

Gracie

2009-09-17T17:02:00.000-07:00

Gracie is an English Bulldog, and has a face that makes your heart melt.

mkate

Disneyland 2009

2009-09-13T14:02:00.000-07:00

Some shots of a beautiful little girl on the train, crazy Tea Party lights, and the fireworks.

mkate

Pie Ranch

2009-08-15T13:41:00.000-07:00

Pie Ranch in Pescadero.

Ah, the freezing beach at sunset...

mkate

Mom

2009-08-10T13:28:00.000-07:00

I took my mother to Carmel for her birthday in July. Here are some pictures of her on the beach. :)

Headshots for Rules of the 5th Wall

2009-08-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

Clock Theatre Ensemble is putting on a new play called "Rules of the 5th Wall". I took the headshots for the company and am very pleased with them. :)

Scooter the Budgie

2009-08-01T23:59:00.000-07:00

Macro shots of Scooter the Budgie.

mkate

Fire really works.

2009-07-05T19:20:00.000-07:00

Fireworks. Happy 4th of July!

Familial Faces

2009-07-05T15:29:00.000-07:00

Some of my favorite pictures taken at my Great Aunt's birthday.

Garden

2009-07-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

Some pictures from my uncle's garden.

I only went for the photographic opportunities. ...And the free food.

2009-07-01T19:04:00.000-07:00

Taken with my friend's WIDE ANGLE lens!!!! It was absolutely wicked.

Some night shots. Long exposure. Thank God I have a steady hand.

Pictures from my friend's Grad Party. Mostly macro. Because I'm obsessed.

Ben's Garden

2009-06-18T11:53:00.001-07:00

Some flowers and a bench in my friend's garden.

The bee's wings look epic in full view!

More bees!

Moss on a bench.

Backstage at the "Cabaret"

2009-06-18T11:43:00.000-07:00

Backstage. Macro lens.

Graduation

2009-06-12T23:53:00.000-07:00

My best friend graduated high school today! Huzzah!

Macro

2009-06-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

Just some pictures when I was fooling around with my macro lens.
Stuff in my room. Feathers, necklace, and my trash can. ^_^

Found at a Cemetery

2009-05-26T02:50:00.000-07:00

Taken with my macro lens.

MKate

Dramatic Faces

2009-05-12T23:26:00.000-07:00

I initially wanted to take pictures of some of my theatre friends doing weird faces, but then it got into this crazy modeling photoshoot. Here are some of my favorites, silly faces included. :)

MKate

Brian

2009-05-04T19:31:00.000-07:00

Some pictures I took of a friend while he was in the back of the car. They were just random snapshots, but with a little magic and editing, they turned out lovely! ^_^

MKate

Backstage at "Blithe Spirit"

2009-05-04T19:20:00.000-07:00

I took some shots of the actors in the play Blithe Spirit. It has been a pleasure working with them and I'm pleased to capture their beauty with my camera. :)

The ghost light in the main theatre. I thought the lighting was beautiful. :)

MKate

April and Matt Engagement Photos

2009-04-05T23:12:00.000-07:00

I took some engagement photos of a beautiful friend of mine and her gorgeous man. :) They're both kind of hippie, outdoors-loving nerds, so we had quite a bit of fun with props and such. It was a thoroughly cute day!

I sort of went on a black and white binge there, didn't I?
:)

M Kate

Manly Grace

2009-03-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

I am so pleased to share these pictures with you! My excitement cannot be contained!

Enjoy this beauty. :)

East Coast, Spring, 2008

2009-03-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

Massachusetts and New York, March of 2008.

These are some pictures of things in the bed and breakfast I stayed at, in a cute little town in Massachusetts.

I visited my friend at Yale, and he took me on a tour of the grounds. This cemetery was nearby.

Inside one of the theaters at Yale.

Yale.

Here are some pictures of New York.

From the Natural History Museum, where they had a butterfly exhibit.

A boy looking at the butterflies.

The view from the apartment where we were staying.

Random lamps in the apartment (it was stuck in the 1970s).

The silverware at a very dimly lit vegetarian restaurant.

Things that caught my eye

2009-03-08T18:48:00.000-07:00

My friend's house has many beautiful, random things...I took a few shots before running off into the cold. :)

mkate

Bird Dust

2009-03-08T18:44:00.000-07:00

A bird hit a window and left dusty remains. I find the detail absolutely beautiful!

mkate

Fun with my Macro Lens

2009-02-02T21:18:00.001-08:00

I found a dead fly that my cats caught. I put it on a plate and took some pictures with my macro lens. (I need a life)
Then I got momentarily bored and took pictures of my eyes...

Michael

2009-01-29T21:01:00.000-08:00

I did some headshots for my friend, Michael. Here they are, along with some other pictures of him playing piano.

Santa Cruz

2009-01-17T16:30:00.000-08:00

Today I took a day trip with my friend to Santa Cruz. Here are some shots that I took from the car.
My exposure was totally off because I was snapping pictures so quickly I didn't have time to change the ISO or shutter speed, so I edited these to death, but I think they ended up looking pretty nifty.

Sunbathing

2009-01-12T22:06:00.000-08:00

My cats were sunbathing so I decided to take advantage of their sleepiness to take some macro shots. All of these are unedited.

Tug

Pippin (she always looks angry)

Billy (I love the detail in the few hairs...)

M Kate

Backstage

2009-01-12T21:58:00.000-08:00

I found these on my external hard drive and thought I'd share them with you. I took them this summer while I was in a show and think they're pretty lovely. It helps when the models are gorgeous. :)
These were also taken with my digital camera, but on the black and white setting.

The Way I See Christmas

2008-12-25T23:24:00.000-08:00

My new thing is "light art". I basically take pictures of light and twist my camera in different directions, or do a zoom burst. Here are the ways I see Christmas. ^_^

The lights form the image of an angel. :) ^^

Can you find the hidden snowman?

Wonderland

2008-12-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

My friend is in black and white photography class and he did a photoshoot of the mad tea party in Alice in Wonderland. I was Alice. It was quite a tiring day, as we carried an entire dining room set up a muddy hill. I took some pictures with my digital camera, just for fun. Here are a couple to prove that we did, in fact, have a tea party on a hill.

Nighttime Meandering

2008-12-22T04:44:00.000-08:00

I was out at around 1am, simply meandering with some friends through quiet streets.
Here are some pictures that I took.

Baking

2008-12-16T05:15:00.000-08:00

I went to a friend's house to bake some cookies. I took some pictures with my macro lens. Both end products (the cookies and the pictures) were quite yummy.

Dad

2008-12-15T23:54:00.000-08:00

Today, my dad and I attempted to take some Christmas card pictures, but, alas, I don't do a very good job at being in front of the camera. We ended up making weird faces and laughing too much. I refuse to upload any of those, but here are two of my favorite pictures of my father. They aren't edited, and I think they're quite lovely.

My Attempt with Pinhole Photography

2008-12-15T23:33:00.000-08:00

So, my photography teacher told me to try some pinhole photography.
I may have messed up on some part of creating said "pinhole" for my digital camera, but I think I got some interesting images on my way to the city the other day with my father.
Here are some of them. (They're out of focus because I think I did it wrong...)

Headlights (digital)

2008-12-05T23:20:00.000-08:00

On my way back from Carmel a few weeks ago, I had some fun taking pictures of car headlights with my digital camera (Canon Rebel XTi). I realized that by moving the camera, some really nifty designs would show up. I became kind of obsessed. A few of these are in color, but I later changed my camera to its black and white mode, because I had a slight epiphany and decided to use headlights for my final project in the darkroom photography class I'm in. So, once that project is done, I'll be sure to upload the pictures of that.

But for now, here's the digital versions of the headlights!

From the Darkroom

2008-12-05T23:03:00.000-08:00

I'm in my third year of a black and white photography class. Here are some of my favorites over the years. All of these were taken, developed, and printed in a darkroom by me.
Enjoy.

Holga, 120 film

Nikkormat 35mm camera. 35mm film. (Arista ISO100, Kodak ISO400, Ilford ISO100)

*sigh* I sure am going to miss those chemicals. :) I'm onto a digital documentary photography class next semester, which I'm extremely excited for!!!!

M Kate

Wedding of Karl and Roger

2008-10-24T01:15:00.000-07:00

I was recently hired to take pictures of my second wedding, and my first gay wedding. What a lovely experience! Not only was the couple friends of the family, they had been together for nearly 40 years. That's commitment.
Here are some shots from the day.

Oh Pretenders concert

2008-10-11T01:34:00.000-07:00

Oh, Pretenders

It was an amazing concert (though the audience was far too small)! Here are a few of my favorites.

Grace

2008-10-11T01:30:00.000-07:00

I took some headshots for my friend Grace. She is absolutely gorgeous.

Here is one example in color...

and the same in black and white...

I actually ended up taking most of her headshots with my macro lens. I never would have thought it would be so perfect!

Photo shoots (favorites)

2008-10-05T22:35:00.001-07:00

Here are some of my favorite pictures from some photo shoots I've done over the past year.

Andy

Lauren

Sonia

Esther

M Kate

The Beginning

2008-10-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

Hello. I hope I do this correctly.

This is day one of my blog writing.

My name is Molly Kate. I am a photographer.

I was first inspired by Viggo Mortensen, after going to his art show in Los Angeles, in 2001, and purchasing his book "Signlanguage". I saw the interesting things he captured, and I wanted to do the same thing. I was also fortunate enough to have Judy Host as my neighbor, mentor and friend for many years.

I took a two week trip to New Zealand with my mother in 2004 (due to the fact that we were ridiculous Lord of the Rings fans) and ended up falling in love with the country. My love for capturing its natural landscape grew over two weeks and blossomed to the photography I do now, four years later.

This blog is mainly for informing friends, family, and those interested with what I am doing with my art these days.

I hope it may be fairly informative and even more amusing.

So it begins.

.mkate.