Christina Lafferty Photography

Black and white of the Guizars!

2010-06-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

VERY EXCITING UPDATE, DROP EVERYTHING AND READ

2010-06-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

Hello little lambs-

I figured that since I am on the other side of the country away from my family and friends I should probably write up a quick update on the anticlimactic happenings of my new desert life. (You are so excited to read this now, huh? I am sooooo fuuuunnnn.)

Well, the most pressing news that I have is that I'm currently working on a new hip-hop song about myself (better than the Fergie Ferg's) for you all to dance party your faces off to soon. Obviously the song will be titled "Xtinalicious Lafflirtatious." Why, you ask? Let me answer your question with another question: WHY NOT? Life's a stage, you guys. Bottom line: you're welcome.
To the friends who know about my endearing history with my former Nashville landlords, Lionel and Sharon Lillicrap, I am really excited to tell you that I got Lillicrap'ed on earlier this week. (To outsiders, they are cute, squinty-eyed little southern folks who speak fast as a banjo and can cram a 20 minute conversation into 5. What I think I love about Sharon the most is that, like me, she doesn't really have boundaries and kind of presses herself on me with grandmotherly qualities. One time she let herself into our house while I was in the shower, and talked to me through the door. Sweet! [?])

So, one morning last week my roommates weren't home...and forgot to tell me our landlords were coming over to fix something....and, waaait for iiiit...... I was in the shower when they came.
Hence, therefore, the extremely nice land lady felt ok about yelling through the bathroom door to talk to me while I was washing my unclothed body.
TWICE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE! haha... A) I can't hear you talking to me in the shower. B) Seriously, I can't hear you. and C) I'm busy being uncomfortably vulnerable right now, could you maybe not?
Needless to say, I laughed really hard. Awkward is awesome, you guys.

Oh, and one last thing while we're talking about recent apartment news. I would like to say that my room is directly below an apartment where really overweight people reside, who happen to also be avid Dance Dance Revolution players. All day, all night. Let that marinate for a second...

...and then imagine how my tone of voice was when I had to crawl out of bed with my hair straight in the air and knock on their door at one a.m. the other night. I looked really cute and approachable. Mostly like someone you'd trust your children with.
"I'm trying to sleep, do you think y'all could just like, not stomp right now?"
"Sorry! We're done!" they said.
"Mmmk great."
And then again, I laughed. Life is so funny. I really do love our apartment though, and Audrey and Lisa are the most wonderful.
As for the DDR'ers, I'm probably going to run into them 3 times a day now that they've seen my ugly side. I guess things would be different if they wanted to invite me up to play with them or have some sort of a dance-off. :)

*I digress.*
In all seriousness, I'm really enjoying the path my adventurous impulse to move across the country has taken me on. From hiking in the desert, running up mountains, taking photos, and enjoying the rich community I'm surrounded by, to seeking out solid work and figuring out a new normal... life has been supremely good to me. One thing I don't really hate that much either is that we've been grilling outside now that's it's summer. That's what you do when summer comes, you grill all the everything ever. So, I've been eating well. :)

Apart from all the new stuff taking place in my life, this is the one constant thing I know for sure, that God's goodness and kindness is never ending. He is so rich with Love, and I'm determined to know it better. To go deeper, higher, wider into it.
You're a mystery to me, O God, yet the most familiar hand in my life... Your Shepherd staff comforts me. May I establish myself in Your presence, continually staying in conversation with You, loving You, adoring You, delighting in You.
Happy are those who are called to the table. Yes yes yes...

The last thing I would like to say is that I deeply, wholeheartedly miss my niece and nephew. Living in community with young Catholic families, I spend a good chunk of time around a tooooon of babies... and still no one even comes close to the beauty of my Carmindy and Maddox! Life apart from their giggles is extremely dull and colorless, and food doesn't seem to have as much taste. (I maybe deserve a daytime Emmy for that awesome drama) But, I'll have to manage for now. :) What a treasure, those two.... such joys to my heart.

Ok, that is all. :)
Be well,
Christina

Nashville Ballet friends

2009-12-21T14:11:00.000-08:00

Everyone knows I love me some 'rinas. I feel so cool having so many different kinds of talented friends. These 4, though, are super legit. And super good-looking. These are also from the summer.

Corbin and Jordan

2009-12-21T14:03:00.000-08:00

Jordan is one of my best friends from high school. Then she got engaged to Corbin. And then Corbin and Jordan flew me to Ohio to take their pitchures. And THEN I loved them. So, here they are. They're from the summer but I'm just now getting time to stop and update this thingy.

self

2009-07-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

My sweet niece, Carmindy Jean

2009-07-22T09:51:00.000-07:00

In case you've forgotten what the most precious child on the planet looks like ;)

Love me some 'rinas

2009-07-22T09:13:00.000-07:00

I hope to some day be able to make my living off of photography alone, but in the mean time as a poor college student I spend most of my nights at Outback Steakhouse. In comes Brett Bauman and Kelsey Bartman, two of my really rad friends from work that are also in the Nashville Ballet. Kelsey and I have been wanting to do some photos for a while so we finally made it happen and she introduced me to Molly Gibbons and Kayla Rowser. All four of these friends are incredibly talented-- I was able to watch them perform in studio recently. Crazy awesome!

Enjoy the photos... and yes I love the creek so much I HAD to use the location again.

my way too cute roommate, Hannah Harkins

2009-06-12T13:14:00.001-07:00

new friendsies

2009-06-02T22:00:00.001-07:00

My fully-clothed Kathleen and way too precious photographer friend JJ.

Just a fun day of wandering around! Enjoy.

Knock wedding

2009-05-26T13:16:00.000-07:00

Evan and Risa Knock- May 23, 2009- Pensacola, FL

This girl is like family to me and it was an absolute BLAST to photograph her 1920's themed wedding. It was quite honestly one of the better weddings I've ever attended. Enjoy the portraits! Another photographer did the groom's portraits, sorry I don't any close-ups of him!

My brother and smokin' hot sister-in-law!

Their awesome, untraditional, first dance!

And the bachelorette group!

2009-05-19T10:34:00.000-07:00

Bought a new 50 mm lens yesterday and a canon 430ex flash. Pretty pumped...

Looked at these photos I took of my cousins a couple years ago on film, and I'm realizing I need to kick it old school with the film like that more often.... much more fun to just shoot!

Clarinet recital??

2009-03-23T21:07:00.000-07:00

Very very last minute shots put together to help two girls at my school for a recital they have coming up... haha.... never shot for a clarinet recital before, but hey they were fun!

2009-01-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

Some additional B&Dubs from Will's shoot!

Jackpot!

2009-01-20T16:38:00.000-08:00

Um, we found the BEST location ever! I love Nashville so much.

This is my musician friend Will Solomon. He's playing a show February 3rd at the Rutledge and is working on a solo EP. Really cool guy-- I'll finish the rest soon and post them!

2008-12-02T09:09:00.000-08:00

I do love my attic!

Whitney Casey

2008-12-01T11:36:00.000-08:00

I do enjoy this girl.

Thanksgiving in Florida

2008-11-28T12:33:00.000-08:00

My granny is a gangsta, straight up

Baby girls first Thanksgiving-- about to wash the taters out of her hair :)

Wrastlin' with her old man

100% Edible

s'more pictures in Nashville

2008-11-28T06:56:00.000-08:00

2008-11-20T12:45:00.000-08:00

Found these pictures I took of Natalie and Jordan from a couple years ago... two of my best friends in the world. Such a farm babe and island babe, huh? I just miss them is all...

This photo of my mom and Carmindy is from summer, but boy was it a treat to finally pull out of my camera-- I had almost forgotten about it! YIKESSS no thank you sir

Ashley Rowden, bride-to-be

2008-11-15T23:37:00.000-08:00

Ashley Rowden. Getting married in May.. and way too cute for me to handle. We just wanted to do a fun Nashville fall shoot, so here it is! Couldn't decide how I like this first photo, so um- I put both :)

Do not pass me by

2008-04-08T21:03:00.001-07:00

A couple of photos from my photo project on Meskell Brown and her fiance in West Palm Beach.

a modge-podge of shtuff

2008-03-24T13:52:00.001-07:00

Recent baby girl pictures-- Jordan took the ones of me with her.

She'll appreciate me for these one day :)

My VERY favorite picture with my very favorite little girl

Jordan came to visit me from Ohio!

Nope, I ain't never scurred. :) Oops, sorry mom.

The rest are my current favorite sunsets, the view from our living room.

I didn't even know the sky could turn those colors?!

Ellie!

Rachel Vaudreuil

2008-03-14T16:56:00.001-07:00

The CUTEST person I know.

I am sooo ok with having this view from our living room every evening. Glory be! It's been nice and purple-y lately!

Current FAVORITE photos

2008-03-06T10:38:00.001-08:00

all opposites, i know... and i like it.

More wedding stuff

2008-03-05T20:50:00.001-08:00

These are shots I took from a while back when I photo assisted for Michelle Young (www.endearingstudios.com)

Enjoy!

Obviously I'm going to post more Carmindy pictures

2008-03-03T10:20:00.000-08:00

In other news, I'm still obsessed with my niece, Carmindy. I stole a ton of kisses at her baby shower. She's one month now!

Completely unrelated to this, here is a photo that I took of Robert Madrid. It's just whatever that we live here...

Me'lissa Smith

2008-03-03T10:11:00.001-08:00

I'm convinced that theatre people are the best kind to shoot. :) We did this shoot in my bathroom, on the roof, and in the sauna... so much fun!! Thank you Robert for the equipment help!

My niece. I can't get enough!!!!

2008-02-18T12:37:00.001-08:00

Emily Wells

2008-02-12T09:34:00.000-08:00

Well, I do head shots now, I suppose! haha.. awesome! Emily is a musical theater major at PBA and I also happen to work with her at the Breakers. She heard I did photography, so we did a spur of the moment shoot to get her some head shots for this week. Worked out well for the both of us!
It's ridiculous how pretty she is with a camera that close up in her face! Enjoy.

Carmindy Jean Lafferty

2008-02-03T10:41:00.001-08:00

This is my brand new niece, and also my first. She is Ryan and Ashley's daughter, Carmindy Jean Lafferty, 6 lbs. 10 oz., 19 in. long.
I am so in love with her! She's beautiful.

old dirt road.

2008-01-09T16:26:00.000-08:00

I like my friends. A lot.
David Bley came into town and called Kayla and I up for a photo adventure. Michelle came along as well! Yeahhhhhh good times! Kayla took the pictures of Michelle and I on the tracks :) Anyway, we had a lot of fun. We decided on becoming family and traveling together to take pictures. DONE!

wedding stuff.

2008-01-01T17:42:00.000-08:00

I took these a few weeks ago at a wedding I photo assisted for in Ft. Lauderdale. It was such a beautiful Catholic wedding- I'm glad I got to help shoot it! It was great practice.

Leviticus

2007-12-31T08:44:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!
Yesterday I took my little brother's senior pictures... I thought it would be like pulling teeth trying to get a decent picture of him... but he was a lot of fun and was actually really helpful? Get it, Levi!! Here are my favorites...

haha... his buddy wore this shirt on Halloween, pretending to be dressed as Levi.

Robert Madrid and Josiah Potter! Wake Up Sleepy.

2007-12-28T09:29:00.000-08:00

These are good guys right here. The first picture is of Josiah Potter and the second is of my dear friend Robert Madrid... who is also the same gracious man who lets me photo assist for him and use his crazy good equipment :) Check his website out, he's a genius..www.rmadridphotos.com - This is a shoot that they set up in their church gymnasium. We turned off all the lights and set their equipment up in the center of the room. I had a lot of fun and I'm really happy with how they turned out... don't they look so hardcore? :)

2007-12-12T17:08:00.000-08:00

Howdy. These are pictures that I took of my roommate Michelle probably a month ago... I couldn't choose just a few to put on here because I love them all. She's an easy face to photograph. She might try to act like she doesn't know what she's doing, but she does :) Sorry, Meesh. Face the facts already! You're a hot model.

I'd also like to mention that these are the last photos to be taken at the SICK abandoned house that Kayla and I found a while back... the stupid police came and kicked me out for life! It was the perfect location too.... dang it :)

Derek Webb

2007-12-10T18:03:00.000-08:00

Jealous? :) That boy Davis Prickett sure is a hero- he somehow got him to play on campus for us for FREE! I say booya to that

Audrey

2007-12-10T14:02:00.000-08:00

Ellie and I are clearly Audrey Assad's number one fans.

So, I followed this lover I know around for a few weeks for a project, and these are the moments I captured. This face is one that everyone should become familiar with, as she is a bright burst of radiant light in a world suffocated by darkness.
(www.myspace.com/audreyassadsings)
Oh, and the delicious little baby girl at the bottom is the girl Audrey nannies. :) :)

Kayla Lacy

2007-12-10T13:56:00.001-08:00

These are from a shoot I did of my roommate Kayla Lacy. Modeling was no struggle for her, as you might be able to tell.

poor film scans! yesss

2007-12-02T09:54:00.001-08:00

These are film prints that I took this summer of friends and cousins :)

2007-12-01T22:35:00.001-08:00

These are photos that I took of my friend Gabby... I was actually photo assisting for her Robert Madrid session(www.rmadridphoto.com - he's amazing, by the way) and I sneaked in a few shots for myself while he used the polaroid. Usually the thought of beach pictures annoys me because they are so typical, but Gabby was able to make this shoot much more unique and fun.