Day 356

Day 21

Day 21. The Year of 29. Leia Jobe © Leia Jobe.

Day 21. 6 a.m. No makeup. No photoshop. No coffee. Leia Jobe © Leia Jobe.

Day 4

Day 4. The Year of 29. Leia Jobe © Leia Jobe.

LEIAhats: the PUMPKIN collection

Shot a fresh new ad campaign yesterday for my LEIAhats line.... Do you love it?!

Newborn Sessions and Baby Cocoons

I've been crocheting baby cocoons and hats for all my newborn shoots lately... Just last week I completed this cute little ensemble for a sweet baby boy... Meet Gabriel Thomas!!!

Football cocoon and photography © Leia Jobe 2012.

Song Color

So I am entirely inspired by Damien Rice and Marketa Irglova's music... I am currently listening to my Glen Hansard station on Pandora, and trying (very, very hard) to stay uninspired long enough to complete my work for the day so that I can go create something... lots of things... many things. As many things as there are words in a Damien Rice song.

I like to make things:

And, oddly, the things I make are usually the same color as most of the songs I've been listening to that day...

Today, well... I wonder what color we're going to be.

Photo Tip of The Day

Hi everybody!!

Today's photo tip involves one of my favorite things: COLOR! It's my personal opinion that the world looks better when it is very colorful, bright, and a little out of focus... which brings us to these photos:

These photos were posted today (by me!) on www.dailythanks.org, a gratitude project website. The first is a close up of a glass vase, taken with a handheld Canon 50D, indoors, at noon, with only window light. (Settings 1/10 second at f5, iso 100).

The abstract shine of the window light on the textured surface of the vase reminded me of a nebula, so I shot handheld and got a little camera shake to add to the "galactic" feel. I imported into Lightroom, ramped up the vibrance about 35 points, added text in photoshop, and voila... Gorgeous, darling.

The second (red/orange/purple) photo is shot similarly using a different glass mosaic vase, as is the third photo... The only difference being that I added a few light paintbrush stroke starbursts in yellow to the final shot to imply raindrops.

So that's my color tip of the day: Find something bright, gorgeous, and shiny; Shoot it slightly out of focus; Ramp up the vibrant color. Done.

Adorable Baby Boy

This little guy is almost 5 months old, and soooooo cute.

Wearing a LEIA original hat, © Leia Jobe 2011.

Official Launch: the MOCKINGBIRD hat company

Well friends, today is the day... the LAUNCH of my new fashion venture!!!

The MOCKINGBIRD hat company is a line of fashionable, modern, hand-crocheted hats available now HERE, on ETSY, and via telephone. Later this summer, look for the FALL/WINTER 2011 collection to be available in several local children's stores.

Please order and support my growing business!

the stella cardinal flower hat, $28.99
© Leia Jobe and the MOCKINGBIRD hat company 2011