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Brooklyn Screenprint

Huong — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:17:37 +0000

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I received my super beautiful screen printed map of Brooklyn from These Are Things today! Unfortunately their site is under construction right now but if you go and sign up for the mailing list to be notified when the shop is up and running again, I promise you won’t be disappointed. I’ve had my eye on one of their world maps for quite some time but decided to start with the map of Brooklyn first. For memory’s sake. And oooooh how I love it! Their maps make for great gifts for anyone at anytime of the year.

These Are Things is a husband and wife design duo based in Columbus, Ohio. Check out their blog and flickr stream for updates.

Maternity: Laura + James

Huong — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:19:09 +0000

I tried to narrow this down to five images but as you can see that was nearly impossible for me to do. A couple weekends ago Jeff and I had the pleasure of photographing a maternity session with my college roommate Laura and her husband, James. It was approximately eight years ago that Laura and I were sitting in the dining hall at Liberty University when she and James first met. He was sitting at the table next to us and we shared a laugh over someone’s joke and from there, as they say, the rest is history. It’s been wonderful knowing them separately and together and now watching their love and family grow. Oh and be jealous of how gorgeous Laura looks with her pregnant self. I hope I’ll look half as lovely as she one day when I’m with child :)

Polaroid Scans

Huong — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:50:00 +0000

It’s the first weekend in a looooong time where we haven’t had anything going on. And I love it. Busted out the Polaroid SX-70 this morning after breakfast and loaded my favorite Nikon FE2 with some Kodak 200. The sound of the shutter release and feel of the manual rewind is like no other.

Lauren + Jeb :: Engagement

Huong — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:50:18 +0000

Just wanted to share a few shots from our engagement session with Lauren and Jeb. We started out with Jeb’s truck which belonged to his dad who used to drive it on the farm that Jeb grew up on. His dad passed away suddenly and I didn’t know any of this before I requested we use his truck as a prop, but I think it helped him feel like his dad was a part of this exciting time in his life which I’m glad we were able to do. To continue with the personal themes, we ventured to the winery where they had their first date, had a little picnic in the park with some football (she is a UVA fan while he likes Virginia Tech—MAJOR rivals), and then later on to a field of what I think might’ve been dried dandelions that Lauren spotted on her way to work one day. They were amazing to work with, super fun, easy-going, goofy and incredibly down-to-earth. And I’ve been asking Lauren if I could photograph her for years now so I’m glad to finally have the opportunity :) I can’t wait to shoot their wedding next spring and share more of their love story :)

A Note From Jeff and Huong

Huong — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:40:31 +0000

Remember that super beautiful recipe box I mentioned a few posts ago? The one that our friend from college, Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co made? Well my very thoughtful husband surprised me with a set of personalized note cards made by her for our one year anniversary and I can not get over how adorable they are!!! And by “they” I of course mean “we as illustrations” :) As some of you may or may not know, paper is the traditional gift for a first wedding anniversary so of course this was absolutely perfect. Now I want to send notes to everyone I know and yet I don’t want to write on any of them at all so that I can cherish them forever :)

As a side note, Anna is giving away two boxes of floral monogram cards on her blog on Monday. All you have to do is visit her blog and follow the instructions for leaving a comment. The funny thing is, I made my entry on her blog today about the cards and then came home to find my own set waiting for me. It’s nice when stars or whatever it is that aligns, align :)

Photography and Stationary

Huong — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:16:36 +0000

Hello hello! Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I have a ton of photos to go through from our trip but it’s moving week for the Fralins which means no down-time what-so-ever. BUT I do have a few things to share and first up are some photos from my best girl, Shannon of Shannon Roddy Photography. We did a test shoot with her in Cape Cod this past weekend in our wedding gown and suit. It was so much fun and I will cherish this session forever since it rained on our wedding day (cue Alanis Morrisette) and we didn’t get to do as many photos outside like we had hoped. Who said you only get one shot at wedding photos? Well, you sort of do. And this gave me a great reason to get some more use out of that gown of mine :) If I could get into it myself I’d probably wear it around the house more often. Click here to see some of the shots.

We spent some time in the woods and John, the awesomest photo assistant, had the opportunity to show his tree-climbing skills. Now that’s dedication (although she didn’t even have to ask him) :)

Something else you should definitely check out is our good friend Joshua Longbrake’s new portfolio site (Hi Josh!!!). I love his Balloon series and of course all of his other work. Apparently there is an easter egg hidden on the site somewhere. I have yet to find it.

And last but not least, our extraordinarily talented friend from college, Anna Bond, of Rifle Paper Co., designed Joshua’s adorable logo. When I get enough pocket change I’d love to have her design some personal stationary for Jeff and I. Check out her shop for greeting cards, invitations, art prints, etc. And visit your local Anthropolgie store to pick up her beautiful recipe cards to go with her beautiful recipe boxes:

Enjoy!

And I Quote…

Huong — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:06:24 +0000

Up There

Huong — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:38:46 +0000

Up There from Mekanism on Vimeo.

“The story of the fading tradition of hand painted advertising. Shot by Mekanism’s Malcolm Murray for Stella Artois (in conjunction with Mother NY)”

This is such a great short piece and I love the style and cinematography. Watch and appreciate.

Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm

Huong — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:59:19 +0000

BOWLING GREEN, OH

870 Frames

Huong — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:30:20 +0000

Monica did an alla prima portrait of me last weekend. I sat for a total of six hours but she didn’t finish because we ran out of time. I’ve always envied admired those who could draw or paint and it blows my mind how easily it comes to some. This is a time-lapse showing the first hour or two. I wish the camera was angled lower but you can still see most of it. Edit: I updated the video to full-frame.

Alla Prima Painting from Huong Fralin on Vimeo.

Music: Amber, Ember, Glow by Saxon Shore

And I Quote…

Huong — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:14:39 +0000

I came across this quote in Bobby Earle’s blog post titled “Originality is Overrated (for Photographers).” In it, he writes about the importance of sincerity in art and I couldn’t agree more. I know for a fact that I do my best work without the added pressure of doing it for any other reason than just to make a photograph that is meaningful or taken candidly in a quiet moment. Check it out for some reassurance.

Bunny Ear Series: Easter 2010

Huong — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:51:03 +0000

This is year three in the Bunny Ear series that I make with my husband’s family. Each time is a great time and I am always grateful for their willingness to participate :) You can view last year’s images here. And two years before that here (skipped 2008 because I was out of town).

P.S. We missed everyone who celebrated with us last year and wasn’t able to make it today (hi, Beth!)

Polaroid Mosaic

Huong — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:28:53 +0000

Updated the Polaroid section with a photo mosaic. After making a few of these, I remember going through a phase of not being able to work touch screens—they just wouldn’t read my finger prints or pressure or warmth or whatever it is they are supposed to read. So if you try this at home, remember to wear gloves.

Also, remember my love for typewriters? Enter exibit B as proof of my obsession. This one got me first place in an art show a few years ago. More mosaics to be added soon.+

Huong Fralin Makes Photos, Yes

Huong — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:49:04 +0000

Alrighty, folks. It’s finally that time that I was telling you about many moons ago. And by “that time” I am of course referring to you updating your bookmarks and/or RSS feeds to my new URL: http://huongfralin.com and http://huongfralin.com/blog.

No more hyphen, no more single lady, all new married name, all new design. It’s mostly just a make-over to my old site which had not been updated for centuries so I’m just pretty proud of finally taking the time to take care of it. And special thanks to my husband who built it for me and made sure it worked. I got the fun job—designing the layout, picking the fonts, uploading images, while he had to worry about heights and widths, codes and links, etc. And this is only round one of the launch…there are still a few things to be added such as icons to find me elsewhere as well as an updated bio picture, but I have one in it’s place for now and those of you who read my blog already know where to find me elsewhere via the links to the right. And I am not necessarily sure the edits I’ve made for the site are final but I’m too excited to just let it sit there and not tell anyone about it while I keep changing my mind about things. So yeah, it’s nothing fancy, but then again, neither am I.

My categories are people, places, and things (the definition of a noun) as an ode to my alter ego, the journalist, and I should mention that I totally don’t even like pink in real life but for some reason I’m drawn to use it on my sites for that punch of color. Maybe because some people can’t figure out if Huong is a man or a woman’s name and I think the pink might help them. You’d be surprised at how much junk mail comes to our apartment addressed to Mr. Huong. So let me know what you think and if you encounter any problems. My site hasn’t been completely moved to the new url yet so you can’t use the back and forth buttons in your browser without it doing something you don’t want it to do, but that’ll be remedied.

And of course because a post without a photo is a boring post, here I am in the reflection of my travel box…it has old stickers all over it and I don’t even remember where it came from but I just know that I love it. I taped a polaroid of Jeff to the mirror in college because I once saw Liv Tyler do that to the inside of her travel case in That Thing You Do (I totally own it on VHS). Love that movie. It made me want to be a drummer.

*I can’t ever decide whether I like diptychs to touch or not…I usually put the space in between just because it looks consistent with the space between each row of images but if you have any thoughts on this minor detail (I make a big deal out of what most would call minor details) I’d love to hear them.*