Joy

When I was first starting off my love for photographing people, I always thought a great idea for a photoshoot would be a girl in a pretty dress on pier with balloons on a windy day.  I never lived near an ocean before coming to Santa Barbara, and as soon as I saw the plethora of piers along highway 101 down here I had to do it.  :)  These were taken for my composite for my photoshop lab, but I wanted to post them as is anyways.  When we first got to the pier, it was overcast and not looking promising.  Thankfully, the minute we stepped onto the pier and started taking pictures, the sun came out and was shining.
The model in my pictures is my roommate Kiana.  She came to live at my first apartment the 2nd month I was at Brooks because her old place had a mold problem, and she was seriously allergic to it.  Her moving in was amazing and she has become one of my best friends here in Santa Barbara. We are best known for out last minute plans to things like Disneyland, or a 45 minute drive to the closest Cheesecake Factory.  The way Kiana approaches life is always happy and just like me, she is living her dream of pursuing photography as a future.  I hope these pictures make you smile and you can feel the joy that Kiana has for life.  See her photography here!