expedition day camp 2013

Whew! What a crazy, hot, exhausting, adventurous week this has been! This is the second year that I've gotten to photograph these adorable kids, and they certainly kept me busy! From scavenger hunts at the museum to panning for gold, from water wars to watching how volcanoes and earthquakes work, we all had a ton of fun! Above are some of my favorite moments that I got to capture. You can also view and purchase all the photos I took here--because there were certainly a lot of great moments! These kids are just the sweetest, and I'm so glad I got to spend an entire week adventuring with them.

june photos

"take me back"



"moonmaker"



"gold"

(I'll be doing another post on "gold", which will include a video and some behind the scenes photos!)

As I suspected from the beginning of the month, I didn't create as many pieces for June. But the pieces I did create I am extremely proud of. It's definitely an effort of quality over quantity, and I'll take just a few amazing ideas over a lot of mediocre ones.

january/february // march // april // may

camping at trail river

Two weekends ago my family went camping to Trail River campgrounds, which is my favorite spot out of all the places we've been camping. And it is for obvious reasons. I will never get over how beautiful Alaska is, and I love being near the water in the sun just soaking up all the creation around me.





my cute parents




We actually went with our church, hence all the random children in the photos. Kids are probably my favorite people to photograph. They are just so carefree and happy and more than willing to do crazy things like jump in a freezing lake. I love capturing their joy and just being around them.




I hope you have a great day!

russian river creatives

As promised, here are some more "creative" photos from my first camping trip of the summer.








Hope you have a great day!

may photos

"red seas"



"need to find some sunshine"



"before the morning"



"the ebb and flow to multiply"

These are all the photos I've posted online for the month of May. (You can click on each photo to view it on flickr.) I haven't done as much in actual shooting this month, but I'm really proud of each photo. Slowly but surely I'm learning about quality over quantity.




I also edited these photos taken by Cierra and Katja, respectively. (The one on the left is theirs, the one on the right is my edit.) I'm part of a group on facebook where people post pictures for others to edit, which is a really fun idea and a great time waster.

Right now I'm trying to find a good direction to go with my personal work. Thinking of maybe starting a series, but nothing concrete has flourished just yet. Who knows? Maybe I won't make any photos this month, maybe I'll make twenty. I'm pleased with where I am right now.

january/february // march // april

relief print

I spent eight years living in Moore, Oklahoma. The devastation of the May 20 tornado has left me completely humbled, and even though I can't be there to help my friends and the family of Moore, I'm doing what I can where I am. With that in mind, I'm selling this print I created specifically for the people of Moore. You can purchase an 8x10 matte finish print of this photo (which isn't pixely despite this low res web version), which shows the actual tornado, used from a friend's photo with permission. Dated and signed by me. $25 USD. 100% of the proceeds go to relief efforts in Moore.



May 20 Tornado Relief Fine Art Print
$25 USD

Please share this post to spread the word!

red seas

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9:45pm -- my brother snuck out of the house with me to chase the sunlight. This was a new place we found, right on the side of the road. It was an obvious favorite place for moose, but the light was perfect and William was playing Lord of the Rings to scare them off. Mosquitoes were everywhere and the scratching grass left me itchy, but after the first shot was taken, I knew we had found something special.

Here's to hoping this will be a regular occurrence.

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bokeh magazine feature

screenshot used with permission

Recently thanks to my photography professor, I was featured in Bokeh Magazine, a photographer's magazine for the ipad, and I wanted to share with you my contribution to the article. I really loved the entire article that John wrote, so if you have a few spare dollars, I highly suggest you purchase the May 2nd issue and read it. The entire magazine has great articles from photographers, and if you're at all interested in photography, you should definitely check it out!

April photos

"off the highway"



"closing the gap"



"the bench"



"crown"



"giving hope new life"



"portrait"

portrait edit from Lauren Parker on Vimeo.

"t + j"



"t"



"when I am discovering"


This has been a good month for my photography. I've been deliberate with creating things that I feel like reflect my personal style. And while I was editing portraits for my friend Tabatha, it reminded me how much I love making photos for other people and just how badly I want to do this for the rest of my life.