Kate Lamb Photography

Atlanta based wedding photographer, traveler and student.

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Franny’s Farm - Eco Cabin Rental

Franny's Farm

is an event space, eco cabin rental, and organic farm only twenty minutes outside downtown Asheville. It was the perfect Airbnb find to wind down the last few days of my trip and focus on the Fabled Gatherings workshop I was attending in Asheville. Franny's team built both cabins and the communal kitchen, bathroom and shower, which are nestled in the trees on the hill overlooking the valley the farm thrives in. Guests are neighbors to Abigail the donkey and her goat pasture-mates, a flock of chickens and turkeys, and a small herd of adorable white sheep with their brown ram to watch over them. There is great cell phone service but no electricity in the eco-cabins, only in the communal spaces. Franny has a produce store in the barn, so if you want you can buy fresh eggs and cook yourself an omelette.

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Elina Brotherus

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Susanne Nørregård Nielsen

http://www.stills.org/residents/past/susanne-n%C3%B8rreg%C3%A5rd-nielsen

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Kelli Connell http://kelliconnell.com/

These images were created from scanning and manipulating two or more negatives in Adobe Photoshop. Using the computer as a tool to create a “believable” situation is not that different from accepting any photograph as an object of truth, or by creating a story about two people seen laughing, making-out, or quarreling in a restaurant. These photographs reconstruct the private relationships that I have experienced personally, witnessed in public, or watched on television. The events portrayed in these photographs look believable, yet have never occurred. By digitally creating a photograph that is a composite of multiple negatives of the same model in one setting, the self is exposed as not a solidified being in reality, but as a representation of social and interior investigations that happen within the mind.

This work represents an autobiographical questioning of sexuality and gender roles that shape the identity of the self in intimate relationships. Polarities of identity such as the masculine and feminine psyche, the irrational and rational self, the exterior and interior self, the motivated and resigned self are portrayed. By combining multiple photographic negatives of the same model in each image, the dualities of the self are defined by body language and clothing worn. This work is an honest representation of the duality or multiplicity of the self in regards to decisions about intimate relationships, family, belief systems and lifestyle options.

The importance of these images lies in the representation of interior dilemmas portrayed as an external object – a photograph. Through these images the audience is presented with “constructed realities”. I am interested in not only what the subject matter says about myself, but also what the viewers response to these images says about their own identities and social constructs.

– Kelli Connell

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Vivian Maier

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Creative Loafing Internship: Week 9

This was the week I shot the David Perdue election party. I'm not a republican but it was still really cool to be there, especially cause he won. The room was so tense and anxious and then extremely excited. I got great pictures of very important republicans and celebrities that came to support David Perdue. My boss said that I rose to the challenge which made me happy. Creative Loafings coverage of the midterm election: http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/11/04/cls-2014-midterm-election-liveblog-extravaganza

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Creative Loafing Internship: Week 8

I was sick over the weekend so I didn't shoot any events but I did the weekly events list and turned in my assignments on Monday.

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Creative Loafing Internship: Week 7

This week I shot Chomp and Stomp, a chili festival that takes over the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta. It's a big deal and the neighborhood looks forward to it all year. I was excited to shoot this because everything was delicious, and there was a lot of local flair going on. It's a very tight knit community so a lot of Cabbagetown residents had parties on their front porch or came to hang out in Cabbagetown Park, where the main stage was. I shot a cabbage shredding competition and shortly after that a coke slaw eating competition. I was glad that there was a girl going up against five guys and the girl won. I was also glad no one threw up because that would've been disgusting. To eat chili, you pay $5 for a spoon and get unlimited tastings. The chili ran out quickly but a lot of vendors came prepared this year and brought extra. I felt like I ate my weight in chili but it kept me warm. It was also the coldest day of the year thus far at a cool 48 degrees. Thankfully I love the cold and came prepared and got some great shots. http://clatl.com/atlanta/chomp-and-stomp-2014/Slideshow?oid=12649343

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Creative Loafing Internship: Week 6

This might have been my favorite event so far. Taste of Atlanta is a local food festival. I was give 10 free meal tickets and all access. The food was delicious and I got great coverage of the event. 

My boss gave me great critique on this event. I captured some great moments, like the man feeding his girlfriend.

http://clatl.com/omnivore/archives/2014/10/29/scenes-from-taste-of-atlanta-2014

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Creative Loafing Internship: Week 5

Elevate is a week long public art event. They had a lot of different gallery openings and performances. Creative Loafing covered all of the events, which meant I needed to as well. I covered two events. One of them was a public art piece where three people danced on the corner of Poplar St and Fairlie St. Elevate's project was to bring art and culture to downtown Atlanta. That is what they did.

The first event was called Point of View. It was very interesting how three dancers, in normal clothes, made the corner of a downtown street beautiful and captivating. Cars drove by and people crowded the sidewalks to watch the dancers perform. For photography, it was very limited shots that I could get. I couldn't get much closer, because the street was still open to cars driving through. The dancers mainly stayed in the one corner, but I did get a nice picture of the male dancer in the street with his arms stretched open. 

The other event I photographed is called the Dance Truck. It was the final night of performances and the closing act of the week long event. It was very cool to see different dancers using the back of a moving van as their stage. I got some great photos of it, one that would've been featured in the paper edition but it got cut because of the Food issue. 

My photos are featured here, http://clatl.com/atlanta/elevate/Slideshow?oid=12521744 

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CL Week 4: This week very difficult. I had 3 events to shoot and a freelance session and also found out my dear friend, Emalee, passed away suddenly. I found out right after I got home from the first event. It was 4 straight days of shooting. The 2nd event was the A3C Fest, which is Atlanta's biggest hip hop festival. That was very difficult because I didn't recognize anyone and had a hard time getting names. I got all the images I was asked to get and some of them made it into the online gallery. I learned that I should've done more research beforehand on all the artists that would be there. http://m.clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2014/10/13/scenes-from-a3c-2014 I needed to immediately dump my memory cards and get up early to shoot the Pride parade the next morning. That was so fun and more straightforward. It was easy to figure out what floats were going by. His critique was that I should've given slightly more variety of images. Although there were some great moments and that I got a great overall feel for the energy going on. http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/10/13/scenes-from-the-2014-atlanta-pride-parade

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CL Week 3: Cirque de Soleil

This week started out nerve wracking! On Wednesday, my boss asked me to go to Cirque de Soleil that night. I was supposed to be moving that day so I had to rearrange my day a little bit. I was so nervous. I wanted to be prepared, look professional and seem professional. I showed up and received my first media patch. 

I got a lucky spot in between another young photographer and a more experienced one, with an empty seat in between each of them. I had a 70-20mm lens and a 50mm lens. I was also in the second row and eye level with the floor. I had to avoid getting a lot of the floor in the photo. Shooting was complicated because there was no flash and I had limited lenses, which was my fault. My boss told me to bring a long lens, but I should've brought multiple lenses, not just a long lens. In the end it was successful. It was such a great opportunity and I hope I succeeded although there isn't an online gallery on the website.

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Week 2: Atlanta Streets Alive

My first official week went by very slowly, but the weekend came and went very fast. My assignment was to shoot Atlanta Streets Alive Highland. I got to research a local Atlanta event that I didn't know about before. I met Chantelle Rytter, who organized the Bicycle Parade and brought fake mustaches for the first a hundred people to show up. It was a very fun event where everyone was very nice and friendly. A lot of the participants and organizers were just excited to be out in the streets and being active. I wound up staying for most of the event and photographed a lot of cool vendors. 

I left the event at 5:30 and live an hour away, with a deadline at 8 pm. Safe to say, I missed the deadline but sent in the images with captions and a brief intro as soon as I could, about an hour late. Today, my hard work is up on the blog today with the blog editor's words. I'm so proud!

http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/09/30/atlanta-streets-alive-brings-45-miles-of-joy-to-northeast-atlanta#more

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Creative Loafing Internship

Hello,

Now that I am settled back into life in Atlanta, it became time to figure out what to do for Fall. I had signed up for two classes and was all set to take those until about a week before classes started I found out Creative Loafing was looking for a fall photography intern. I've applied before and didn't get it so I figured I would apply cause why not. I was lucky enough to get a reply back! The rest of the application process was rocky as my laptop and hard drive both crashed when I tried to send him my portfolio and resume.  When I finally got my resume sent to him, he still wanted to meet me so luck must've been on my side.

During the interview he asked some tough questions that I think a lot of young aspiring photographers don't want to hear. Mainly, "Are you sure you want to be a photographer? It's a tough world out there where a lot of people struggle." or "Do you have a plan on how you're going to succeed?" It's a hard question to answer because it touches on so many other questions like "What if I fail?" I honestly don't remember my exact answer, just that for the time being yes this is what I want to do. I have business coming in already and it pays well enough to live comfortably enough. It allows me to travel, which is what I really want to be doing.

After critiquing my work, it was time to leave. I had an assignment to shoot an event, send him 10-15 images and a little writing about the event I shot. I chose to do Antpile's last show at Wonder Root which was Monday night. You can see the full post here. I must've made an impression because the next time I heard from him he offered me the internship! Congratulations to me. 

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Claudelma

I've already posted about Claudelma, the husband and wife sandal making team that seem like they're at every market in the Provence region of France. I recently got my film scans back from Indie Film Lab and this came out exactly the way I wanted. Head over to the blog to read more about Claude and his crazy tale.