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STACEY BODE PHOTOGRAPHY

have I mentioned that I have beautiful and talented friends? probably a few times. but it’s TRUE! can’t help but brag on them. regarding said friends I wanted to share a photoshoot my gal pal Jess Jones participated in with Stacey of Stacey Bode Photography at an old movie prop warehouse (um, talk about DREAM photoshoot destination!!!) Jess is so comfortable in front of a camera and you can really see it and I just adore her wardrobe! the outcome of their shoot was beautiful!
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styling, hair and makeup by Jess Jones, photography by Stacey

after this shoot was posted I reached out to Jess and said “I MUST SHARE THIS ON MY BLOG” and she was all for it..then a week or so went by and then she told me Stacey had won “Best Photographer” in Creative Loafing’s Best of 2013 which is pretty huge around here! Big Congrats Stacey!

to read more about Stacey, view her amazing work, look into photos for your wedding/baby/self — check out her site.

*thanks for allowing me to share ladies!*

ATL STREETS

new STREET STYLE photos in this months Jezebel Magazine:
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see the full digital copy here!
for this month we were asked which Fall Fashion Trends we were most excited about, my response:
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(above photo taken by Betsy McPherson Photography!)
just returned from a bachelorette party weekend in Savannah, GA-WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY! definitely making plans to return to those cobble stone roads, Spanish moss covered trees and freedom to roam the streets with open containers!! since I spent the weekend celebrating the nuptials of the bride-to-be I haven’t had that much time to check out the happenings of NYFW, however, the attendees’ street style I have checked out so far is pretty rad, especially one photo of Pamela Love which I’ll totes be sharing!
post about my favorite snaps from the first half of Fashion Week, coming up next, but first Dustin and I are going to Mumford and Sons tonight at Centennial Olympic Park. and to make the evening even more special we are going to hit up the new (to Atlanta) ferris wheel that we just got from Paris! planning to get a blog post out of the whole adventure!

SELFIE CHALLENGE

The ladies over at A Beautiful Mess challenged themselves to a 30-day Instagram Selfie Challenge and invited the rest of the web to join in for a chance to win their new photography idea book! For a while now I’ve been wanting to do some sort of photography challenge and this one seemed fun +easy so I joined in from the start and 30 (ish) days later I compiled many different styles of “selfies” Though the contest is closed and I [sadly] didn’t win the book, I did enjoy documenting my versions of selfies, here’s a recap from my Instagram feed all of which were taken on a phone (mine or Dustin’s if mine was dead):

*DISCLAIMER*
you are about to read the word SELFIE more than any human should have to, sorry (I’m not sorry)

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Living Walls party selfie + Braids selfie
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Braves game with my man selfie + 311/Cypress Hill concert with my man selfie
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pre-ombre hair selfie + seeing my contributor pic in Jezebel for the first time in print selfie
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visiting my folks in FL and consuming high gravity beers selfie+ laying in Piedmont Park selfie
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kisses at the Jimmy Eat World concert selfie + being in love selfie
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feet in the sand at Cocoa Beach selfie + feet in the air at Cape Canaveral selfie
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airport bun selfie + dress detail selfie
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new sneakers selfie + new bracelets selfie
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hanging with my other boo selfies
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typical bathroom selfie + hot as hell after Braves game selfie
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jumping my man’s car off selfie + surviving a crazy ocean storm while fishing selfie
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messing ombre bun selfie + i’m sad it rains every day selfie
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Friday night spent at home doing nails selfie + watermelon togo selfie
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fake bob selfie + my room selfie
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from where I sleep selfies

and there you have it! 30(ish) days of documenting my daily happenings with SELFIES
(if I never have to type that word again it’d be too soon!) I say 30ish because I’ll admit there were about 2-3 days where I got wrapped up in my busy schedule (or vacation!) and just FORGOT but then quickly posted early the next day. regardless I’m happy with how my final collection turned out! all are pretty different and not just me in my bathroom mirror sporting “duck lips”

until the next photo challenge adventure, follow my regular day-to-day pics on Instagram: @LADYFLASHBACK!

RED WHITE & FLAMMABLE

my photographer friend Betsy and I decided we should revisit the stomping grounds where we met and do a little photo sesh in Grant Park. we added some sparklers left over from the 4th of July and some oldie but goodie vintage pieces from my wardrobe, here’s set one of three!
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oh yea, I got ombre! humid summer heat has my hair in a giant frizz ball but I love my new color from Cherry Blossom Salon, thanks Hiedi!
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vintage Coca Cola tee, vintage overalls c/o Shop EBV, Superga kicks, shades via Bang On in Lil 5 Points
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All photos by Betsy McPherson
I’ll be spending the weekend in Melbourne/Orlando FL with my parents and Dustin fishin and poolside lounging. have a great last day of JULY!
-Flashy

A Beautiful Mess

Iphone Photo App Review!
just over a month ago sisters Elsie + Emma of A Beautiful Mess launched their super cute photo app and since day one I’ve been obsessed! I’ve always loved their doodles on their blog photos that they create using Photoshop and now for just .99 cents you can do it easily with their app and jazz up photos for your personal use, blog or Instagram (which is probably the most common use.) the application itself is quite simple: choose a photo from any of your photo libraries and start experimenting! they also offer some backgrounds if you just want to have a canvas vs. a photo, but I’ve stuck with spicing up my personal pics.  I wanted to share some of my creations and give a few tips as I’ve learned a thing or two from using the app quite a bit.
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first, I’d like to think less is more with this app. so I typically do a little pre-editing of my pics using several different applications such as Afterlight, Camera+ and Mirrorgram. they offer a couple of filters with ABM but I prefer the ones through Afterlight the most. keeping it clean and simple with the doodles, borders and texts won’t distract from the actual image as that should be the main focus. 
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the first .99cents will get you the app and some of the fonts/borders/doodles but add-on packages are available which I’d recommend because there’s some really cute additions and they are also just .99cents! I think I’ve spent a total of $4.00 and it’s worth it, especially with the fun fonts.
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one of the small details in this app that I noticed right off the bat was how polite it is when you want to start over. it asks “are you sure you want to start over?” and you click “No Thanks” or “Yes Please” – that little detail made me say to myself, “how sweet!” and I think it shows this is something that was made with love. 
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a small detail adds new life to a simple photo!
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using this app has added some uniqueness to my Instagram and also helped gain some new followers through hashtaging #ABeautifulMess. originally, my one concern with the software is that the quality of my photos seemed to get slightly less crisp, however, that is something that has been worked out through an update so all is well and I fully recommend this app to anyone with an Iphone or Android!

Available through Itunes + App Store

Thanks Elsie+Emma for allowing us to have a piece of ABM!
-Flashy