Moving!

I'm moving up in the world to a new blog attached to my new website. There's lots of new stuff over there so go check it out!

BLOG

The website is up and running as well, many thanks to the lovely Gloria Pak, who did the design, and James Winegar, who built the site.

CLAIREMARIKA.COM!

P.S.: We're still working out a couple of things on the website, so don't try to download a price sheet or access my proofing site.

alice lane

i've been shooting this lovely little home decor store over the past couple of weeks. it's gorgeous in there! go check it out, seriously.

fishbowl

another d.i. object

grace

so i've decided to take my personality project in a slightly different direction. instead of trying to represent a million personality traits in the photo, we've decided to focus on just one. this one was grace. more to come soon!

procrastination is an art

the 6 page paper i have due tomorrow notwithstanding, i've managed to spend the past couple of hours chatting on the phone, reading blogs, shopping for boots online (snow tomorrow!), thinking about what to do over Christmas break, and fighting the strange urge i have to sew (i don't even own a sewing machine) a less girly version of this quilt for my first nephew
clark (born this morning.)

so before cranking up the classical music (it helps me focus) and getting to work on that paper, i thought i'd top off my procrastinatory activities with another shot from my d.i. series.

a lamp

dear d.i.,
thank you for providing me with this most hideous lamp as well as inspiration for my latest project.
sincerely,
claire

how fitting

i don't want to be a blog complainer, but i just couldn't resist since my bad day had alot to do with a graphic design midterm that was heavy on typefaces (and flat bike tires and missed lunches and botched shoots).

i do have some real photos to post soon though.

and you can check out more of these funny cards here.

linda the cupcake queen

so i'm doing a series where i'm playing with ways of representing people's personalities through hair/makeup and styling.

this was my first shoot.

linda loves travel, spaghetti, stars, baking, and music.

i love fall

summer used to be my favorite season. i guess that's kind of inevitable when you live somewhere where summer lasts all year. i've been in utah for five years now though, and i think fall is getting to be a contender. the season isn't in full swing down here in the valley yet, but i managed to zip up to montreal, canada last weekend to visit my dad, my grandparents (who were visiting from france), and my oldest friend celine. we went for a walk out in the laurentide mountains and the colors were so beautiful! it made me want to livin in a cabin on a lake and travel by red canoe...anyway, these are the photos i took.

fresh from the garden

i planted a garden for the first time this year and i can hardly come up with enough zucchini based dishes to use all i've got. the cherry tomato plants are also giving abundantly...no issues consuming those though.

so good...

i want to live here

this one is my favorite.

the solaris collection

so i'm taking a location photography this semester, which is basically architectural photography. our first assignment was to shoot a residence, and i jumped on the opportunity to go shoot these awesome modern homes in daybreak (the second house will come in my next post). they are solar powered and surprisingly affordable. plus they're in daybreak which is pretty awesome.

stephanie and phil

i had the pleasure of shooting this wedding on august 20th right here in provo. it was a lovely day and they're a great couple, thanks guys!