Seattle Public Library • Seattle, WA • Awesome

Today I got to visit the Seattle Public Library located on 1000 Fourth Ave. What an amazing space! Besides the extensive book collection it holds, the building itself is an impressive and fascinating piece of architecture. It has a lot of sustainable systems in place to lessen it's energy and environmental impact. One of the neatest systems is the way they use a Tech Logic system to check-in and sort books. Click these links to read more about it and watch a video on the process. Here are a few of the photographs I took with my iPhone while I was there.

   Looking down into the Library from the top floor.

   Elevator

   Escalator

 

    The floor has words in many of languages carved into the floor on the base level.

GLEE Flash Mob • Seattle, WA • Official Photographer

I got to be an official photographer for one of the largest flash mobs to ever occur in Seattle recently, with 1300 dancers! Bobby Bonsey and Beth Mehberg did an awesome job choreographing this momentous event. Jalen Testerman (9yrs old!) the youngest "America's Best Dance Crew-Season 2" winner, break danced at the beginning! The GLEE flash mob performed in three locations on 4/11/11, the Seattle Center (just under the Space Needle), Westlake Park, and on the road by Cal Anderson Park in Capitol Hill.  I wouldn't mind making flash mob photography a regular occurrence in my life. So much fun! Here is the official video (focusing on the Westlake performance) along with some of my favorite shots from the day!

         

 

          

 

        

 

 

             

              

Inspiration

For the past two days I have been taking an online class through CreativeLIVE with Jasmine Star. She is a wedding photographer I greatly admire and I could not have been more inspired by her class. I wanted to share a few of my favorite quotes with you from the past two days. Many are wise words to live by even not in a photography context. Thank you Jasmine Star!

"Schedule time to help others."
"Be personal within social media. Talk back!"
"Queet, a quote tweet."
"If you're not uncomfortable, you're not working hard enough."
"Out shoot, out run, out hustle."
"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity."
"Have someone believe in you if you don't believe in yourself."
"If you don't got the funk, don't fake the funk. They will smell it."
"Put out what you want to get back. You will get clients that want you, for you."
"My goal for your engagement session is for you to have a good time, my job is to make you look good."
"It's my job to make every client, look, feel and KNOW they are beautiful."
"I am like a party in a box."
"Under promise and Over deliver."

You can read many more of my favorites on my twitter: JessKeenerPhoto and if you search for #JasmineLIVE you can read what others thought as well.

Since every post is better with photographs, although unrelated, here are two delicious things I had a taste of recently.

Vivace coffee Icecream with vanilla bean caramel in a homemade waffle cone
from Molly Moon's.         

Mocha from Arabica Lounge

Cumberland Shuffle • Lindy Hop • Nashville, TN

Recently I had the privilege of being an official photographer for The Cumberland Shuffle in Nashville, TN. I have been a lindy hopper for a few years now, but this was my first opportunity to photograph a dance event and it could not have been a better experience! Would love to photograph them more in the future. So. Much. Fun. Thank you to Breanna Perry and Morgan Lee Kestner for organizing such an awesome event!

Check out a few of my favorite photographs from the weekend below.

Lucy Lipstick put on a saucy and beyond sexy burlesque performance.

           

Mia Goldsmith and Peter Loggins were fabulous instructors for the weekend!

          

Awesome performances above and below

        Unplanned matching ladies                      Love his sweater

        

 

These two gentlemen are just oozing "sexy". ;)

I got to do a little dancing too!