Something New

Meet my new blog: Art + The Aerialist.

As this blog, Kat Grabowski: Art + Photography, has become devoted to being my online portfolio, I found the need to create something new to act as a more loose interpretation of my creativity. Art + The Aerialist does just that with posts about art, design, and life.

Check it out!

TWU Orchestra & Choir

This small selection of photos represent a few of my favourite shots from the TWU Orchestra and Choir concert that took place on Good Friday. I have very little previous experience with photographing concerts, so this was a really great learning experience. I've come to decide that the photographers greatest challenge is to be as inconspicuous as possible. Maybe I should invest in some camo.

Chelsea

This is Chelsea. She's my roommate and art buddy. Her mom requested head shots for grad announcements, so we went out and snapped these. I used my own camera (Nikon 3100) for the shots where she's wearing orange and my work camera (Canon 5D) for the shots that she's wearing purple, both with a 50mm lens. It's not super obvious after editing, but the 5D is just a dream to shoot with. It really makes me dream of an upgrade. 

Mouse Ears & Blue Skies

Over reading break I took a trip to LA with Taylor's family. After agonizing for days over which camera to bring along, I decided on my Holga Toy Camera loaded with cross processed colour slide film for unpredictable shots with lots of colour. I think it did a good job of capturing our experiences at In N Out Burgers, LAX, Disneyland, and LACMA.

BLOGSHOP Seattle

Founded by Bri Emery of DESIGNLOVEFEST and photographer Angela Kohler, BLOGSHOP has become a major hit in the blogging community. This weekend intensive workshop is an intro to photoshop specially catered to the design needs of the blog world. Needless to say, when I received an e-mail from Angela Thursday afternoon asking if I was interested in interning for them, I immediately cancelled all my weekend plans and booked a room in downtown Seattle. Even though I was already familiar with the techniques Bri and Angela taught, I was able to pick up some very valuable tips and tricks which I'm excited to make use of in my own design work. Whether it was the teachers, students or sponsors, everyone I interacted with had wonderful creative attitudes and amazing style. Needless to say, it was a fabulous weekend and I'm crossing my fingers BLOGSHOP comes to Vancouver next.

Olivia + Marianne

Beautiful day, fresh snow, and good friends: the perfect excuse for a photo shoot. 

Abbotsford Gloom

Madalen is one of those "since birth" friends. We grew up together in Abbotsford, but now we're both off at university in other cities and only return on holidays. We did this photo shoot as a tribute to our gloomy, but beautiful, home town.