all grown up

the time has come to move on to bigger and better...

you can now find my blog with my new and improved website!

katherine clark photography

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i hope you'll check out my new work and follow me on there :)

mary + brad + lily

last week i got the chance to work with and photograph one of the most fun-loving families i've ever been around. i met up with mary, brad, and lily downtown by the water on a saturday evening shortly before sunset... great location, great timing... LOTS of tourists in the way! this group was so flexible and easy to work with and i was excited to capture the excitement and joy they had just simply being around each other :)

 

wendy + jon - southport, nc wedding

my first wedding job as a paid employee! :)

for this super cute wedding in southport, i assisted and did some second shooting for susie linquist, my first internship photographer. the bride and groom [wendy + jon] were both so sweet and easy to work with, along with the rest of the bridal party, family and friends. these people were there to simply celebrate the marriage of the beautiful couple and have a good time. it was a little rainy when we first started that afternoon, but the bride was smart to bring clear umbrellas to use in the photos as a cover up. just before the wedding started the sky cleared up and it didn't start raining again until the end of the night, making so much easier to take the photos (and more fun for everyone in them!)

whole foods

i recently had the opportunity to work with whole foods grocery to promote local vendors here in wilmington for their new store's grand opening. photos and short stories about the owners and their businesses will be printed for in-store displays to let customers know who's making their products. this was definitely an amazing experience and i really enjoyed getting to know each of the owners. there were so many great qualities about these people and what they're selling, but my favorite part about them is that they are all doing what they love.

here are two of the assignments i shot for the store...

sara webster, creator & founder

finny's greens

topsail beach, nc

rich roehl & kris bell, owners

cape fear rum cake

kure beach, nc

internship solo shoot number two

trinity

treebird photography

wilmington, nc

internship solo shoot number one

courtney

kickstand events

wilmington, nc

matthew brady

matthew brady is a comedic writer and actor who lives in LA. i met him through a mutual friend who was looking to help both of us out: i am always looking for more shooting practice, matt was in need of some new headshots. i had a blast running around town with him for this and, as someone who used to live in LA attempting to get into the film industry, it was interesting to get his take on it since he just moved out only a few months ago.

 good luck with everything, matt!

solomon family

rich, my old co-worker, has been such a huge supporter of my work since day one that i first decided to pursue photography as more than just a hobby. we've been trying to set up a shoot for what feels like forever and during my most recent visit to LA, we finally got one together! rich and his wife, faye, just had their second child a few months ago, so family portraits were more than fitting for this photo session. i can't believe their daughter has gotten so big - the last time i saw her was about a month after she was born. now she's almost three and they have another tiny human in their house. so strange, but very exciting for the family :)  

i really enjoyed getting to spend time we these guys, but photographing children is hard work...

why don't they just do what you tell them to?! :-p

derek viveiros

derek viveiros is an actor in los angeles. he is also the first friend i made when i moved to LA six years ago. aside from being so darn pretty to look at, derek is such a blast to hang out with. i had a great time just playing around while getting some promotional images for him to use.

internship, day forty-seven

wedding day! 

a year before i left california i was hired to shoot my first wedding. until today, i thought it would have been my last wedding... ever. but it was also that wedding that convinced me to go back to school and actually study photography, not just walk around town like i knew what i was doing (knowing what i know now, i am so sure i had NO clue what i was doing back then!!)

susie, as always, was such a great support throughout the day when i showed up unprepared (who knew there were so many more things you need to bring with you to a wedding compared to an engagement shoot) as well as when i got flustered, having flashbacks to that first wedding i shot four years ago. 

overall the experience was intense and intimidating, but i'm so glad i got to see how a wedding *should be* shot. i'm also grateful i got to tag along for this wedding before leaving susie and my internship with her before starting my second one - i feel like i have a much better understanding of what i'm getting myself into...even if i'm not quite where i want to be just yet. and i'm still excited and looking forward to whatever may happen over the next two months of my next intern experience.

as a side note, it was really nice shooting a wedding on the beach... no shoes!

internship, day forty-five

jess & bobby's engagement session:

like i said in the teaser post, this was a really fun and exciting shoot - and i was even more excited as i started editing when i realized just how many images i wanted to share...this was definitely a first for me! 

i feel like i've finally gotten into a groove with susie as my mentor, so i'm sad to only have one more week with her. but i'm positive it won't be the end of our working together, and i've already got my second internship lined up with another awesome photographer! more than anything, i'm most looking forward to getting more experience and education before having to do this stuff on my own. i don't know how to explain how much i love doing this, even when i feel like i don't know what i'm doing :-p