CYPHOTOGRAPHY

Midnight Train …from…Georgia

Cassandra Young — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:38:57 +0000

My minion amazing friend Megan left Georgia to pursue her French PhD at an Ivy in a far off land…so naturally before she left, I had to book her Saturday for a much overdue shoot.

Cassandra Young — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:18:38 +0000

The inimitable force of nature & improv actress by night, Drew Dotson, needed some head shots, so we headed out to Inman Park & the Old Fourth Ward (how could you not know my shooting ground by now?) Unfortunately the bright winter light was out to get us, and we were hit with more than a few harsh shadows…nevertheless, we improvised & cataloged a variety of her character(s).

The Old 4th Ward

Cassandra Young — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:33:12 +0000

Monica took a trip down to ATL from DC recently, and we trucked around Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, crossing paths with photographically inclined cats, stenciled graffiti skulls, & dismounted bicycle wheels. Oh, the places you’ll go.

To Touch the Orange Door

Around Mint Art Gallery

Le bicyclette

Laughing Skull - not to be confused with the Vortex Comedy Club

Static motion shot

To the Homeland

Cassandra Young — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:34:36 +0000

Ok, officially terrible at posting photos in what norms would consider a reasonable time frame, but here are some pics from my trip to England / Wales this past spring.

London Eye

Guess what? Oh yeah, London Eye.

Trafalgar Sqaure

Stonehenge

And again - Stonehenge

Flock of lambs

It's a win-win?

Ceiling Castell Caerdydd (Cardiff Castle, in Cardiff, Wales)

Oh look, it's my bedroom.

Picadilly Circus

Big Ben & Houses of Parliament

Cardiff Castle

Tor is code for ridiculously big hill.

King Arthur, is that you?

Cassandra Young — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:52:19 +0000

So I actually just put together a long(ish) blog post which got deleted for no apparent reason when I attempted to publish/save the draft, so I’m sharing one photo & will muster up the energy to re-do it another day.

Apparently King Arthur's buried around here somewhere...

Emory Cares @ Oakland Cemetery

Cassandra Young — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:32:04 +0000

Today was Emory Cares International Service Day, and across the world, over 1,200 Emory students & alumni participated in service projects. I headed to a project at Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery to fix up the Georgia Historical Society’s historic marker landmark that Bobby Jones (golfer and Emory Law alumnus), Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind), 25 Atlanta Mayors, 6 Georgia Governors and more notable greats call their final resting place.

Despite the heavy labor, being attacked by fire ants (vicious little beasts – we were warned) and capturing a ghost in a photo (ok, so you tell me what it is), the project was a great success: we left the cemetery greener, cleaner, and mulchier (is that even a word) than when we arrived. The day was gorgeous – the fall sunlight elongated the shadows of the ornate graves, and with the cobble-stoned pathways breaking the horizon against a backdrop of the Atlanta skyline, well, it couldn’t have been a more perfect day.

And it didn’t hurt that 6 Feet Under was right across the street.

Oakland Cemetery Entryway

Tombstone

Stained glass in an above ground tomb

Oakland

Joining the ranks

Historical Intersection

Grave of Maynard Jackson (former ATL Mayor)

Ghost = blur in right corner. Well, you tell me what it is, then.

Candy Hearts

Cassandra Young — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:02:30 +0000

So I’ve been a little slower than I’d have liked in my wedding photo turnaround, but here’s the first of hopefully many more to come. The bride and groom, Addy & Justin, were amazingly creative at their wedding and had a candy bar (get it, ha) for during the reception. At each guest’s seat was an empty little paper goodie bag so that people could stock up, as well as a cute wedding takeaway that contained a heart shaped cookie cutter. Talk about sweet, sweet lurve.

Sweet Tooth

Candy Bar

Cookie Cutter Love

Buckets of Love

Annoyance of the day: color variations

Cassandra Young — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:42:46 +0000

I do the majority of my editing on my MacBook, so when I finally have my photo edited to my liking, I post it, check it out on Windows…and BAM, it looks nothing like my original product. Anyone have any good ideas on how to circumvent the color range gremlins who love to toy with me? I know images on the web can get altered – I’ve never quite figured that particular conundrum out – or if it has anything to do with the OS I’m using at any particular point, but either way it’s got to go. This picture below is SO much lighter & clearer on the computer that I write this on now…from an IE / Windows OS standpoint…apparently not so much.

Chad T. Wood, author.

Upstate Frame of Mind

Cassandra Young — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:11:00 +0000

Just got back from a whirlwind trip to upstate NY – around the Cortland area – to celebrate the wedding of a couple of friends…not too much time for pictures (but plenty of time for pumpkins, apples, cider, horseradish cheese curds, and extra-sharp cheddar straight from the farm accompanied by some rhubarb ice wine from the finger lakes region). More pics to come in following posts after I edit the wedding photos!

Crate of apples at Hollenbeck's

Fresh apples, cider, cheese, & donuts - what more could you want?

Crates in the back of Hollenbeck's

Highway-side Cornfield

Sea of Leaves

Farm Country

Foto Week D.C.

Cassandra Young — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:10:12 +0000

So I had the chance to jet up to DC to visit by bf Monica (the subject of many a shoot), who gave me the VIP tour of the capital. After a strut from Georgetown to the Mall to GW Med school, I had some time to get a few semi-decent shots.

Washington Monument

Remembering Vietnam

Foto Week D

Washington Monument

Francis Scott Key Memorial

Twilight - November 2008

View from the Lincoln Memorial

A Change is Gonna Come

No Thanks

Corner in Georgetown

WWII memorial? Or at least by it. Each column with a wreath has a state name on it.