The Gypsy Canoe

Thursday 07.03.14

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2014

Tuesday 06.24.14

2014 has been a busy year already! Thank God. This year has been peppered with travels, new clients, and amazing people. Every person or project I've photographed has challenged my creativity and skills. I've had shoots that have boosted my confidence and shoots that have built my character. When approaching 2014, I wanted a change in the wind with my business. I took a leap of faith to take on less weddings and trade my free time for more commercial and editorial work. It has been amazing! I've been able to fully focus on the couples who's weddings I document and be freed up during the week to partner with businesses to share their story. June is almost over and I have barely put up any of my work from 2014. Yep. I want to be better at keeping up with posting my shoots from throughout the year. I often feel pressure to keep up with the trends in the photography world, like writing beautiful blog posts to pave the way for photos. Since I am not a writer, this is often my hold up to posting my work. So, for the next few weeks I am going to try something new. I am going to try posting more work and freeing myself up from the pressure of writing. I hope the photos can speak for themselves and I look forward to sharing these amazing people and projects with you.

Hello Again

Wednesday 10.09.13

Oh, hey! ....it's October! My favorite season is finally here. So glad to start packing up the summer clothes and bring out the fall ones. This summer was b u s y. Between shoots, editing, travel, and enjoying the summer, time flew by. Annnd, here it is October 9th already. As you may have noticed, my blog didn't quite get the attention it deserves (sorry). I guess you could say it went on summer vacation too (? probably not). I've been enjoying the work flowing in and out of Kate Magee Photography and am finally taking some time to gear up for this new season and reflect on the past one. This summer I was blessed with many amazing new clients...guys, there's some really awesome things happening around here! I'm going to do my best to keep you all updated. For now, here's a hefty bit of a "show and tell" for you to catch you up on a few highlights from the past summer months. See you soon! 804 Industries

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Duncan Robertson | Richmond Illustruator

Friday 06.28.13

"Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." -Moby Dick These are words that frequently passed through Duncan Robertson's mind this past spring. Duncan is an Illustrator in Richmond VA. He is an incredibly talented painter. The first time I heard about Duncan was from friends of mine who took a photo I shot of them and had Duncan paint it. It was incredible! It looked just like the photo and yet he added unique details that told the story of their relationship. It was an honor to see my photo turned into such a beautiful painting. Even more of an honor was when Duncan approached me to take photos of a new project he was working on- a 4x9 ft. mural. Richmond's Black Iris hired Duncan to paint a mural depicting 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Moby Dick with guest appearances by David Byrne and David Bowie.

Duncan spent hours researching 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Moby Dick. He listened the audio books and watched the classic films. Sketches upon sketches helped expand his creativity before the paintbrush even hit the canvas. It was a privileged experience to come in every couple of days and see the progress of the painting as well as a table full of papers of research and little torn out sketches of squids, whales, boats, waves, sailors, even Byrne and Bowie.

Duncan, you are truly talented. Thank you for asking me to document the progress of this phenomenal piece!