It feels good to be back in my groove. Late nights of editing and blaring music. I constantly wonder how other people's work enviroment must look like compared to mine or other artist.



I have 2 editing rituals:

A. I barricade myself in my room. I put on the most weird visual movie I own which is usually Across the Universe or Where the Wild Things Are although lately, I've killed 2 birds with 1 stone by Putting on Sucker Punch because The fight scenes are out of this world but actually the big selling point of the movie for me was it's soundtrack. It may have the best cover of "Where is my Mind" that I have ever heard and I stand by that statement. I have an Amp ( I outgrew monsters) , my trusty Wacom Tablet (Every designer/photographer should have one).



2. I do the same thing minus being a hermit and changing that with just hanging out with my roomates and friends. It just depends on the mood. It's funny, sometimes I need interaction with other people to really do a photo justice. Going to a university with other photographers and designers is really helpful for that or it was lol but you know what I mean.

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Taylor N., a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

There is just something about the sun...

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Taylor, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Working in the water, even I was in the water to get this shot !

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The Ladies of Deer Lodge, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Been working on portrait retouching lately and trying to find my own version on "simple" retouching and commercial edits. Focusing on skin tones and touch-ups and less on artistic editing.

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Chelsea , a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

back to editing :-)

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A year ago I was had just come back from my first photography trip after just taken my first photography class.

This was my first batch of photos. June 2010

This is from my latest edits.

A year ago my liver was in danger and both the doctors and my parents were freaking out. I was in the worst health i had ever been in.

I am now in the healthiest state I have been in my entire life. Finished the 30 day Shred as well as completing all 90 days of P90X.




I can say that is this past year was crazy. It was hard and it probably pushed me farther than I thought i was capable of , but looking back I see how all these things have helped me grow. It wasn't easy and it certainly wasn't enjoyable all the time but seeing the results makes it all worth it.

This year felt like more than a comeback, it was a rebirth. A Second chance on so many things I've gotten wrong in my life.

This is Jack, from the Show "LOST". I don't know how many of you watched this show but for those of you who don't know Jack tries to fix everything and everyone. This is me. It's like something built in me that has to fix people and their problems even when it seems there is nothing I can do. Over the past year, I learned to take care of myself. I tend to put everyone else's needs and problems before my own and it builds up over time and it just piled up till I looked at myself in the mirror and knew that I had to fix myself for once. This led me into being a hermit and a lot of self isolation. I can't say that this was the best form of solving this problem, but looking back on things, it was what I needed. I needed to take away the things I relied on, the things that I hid behind.

I went through times where I completely cut myself off from people, and unfortunately many bridges were burned in the process. Ralph Waldo Emerson said

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.”

In the solitude I found myself and God. I figured out how to come back and be a better friend, and hopefully a better person. It feels good to have a sense of new beginning and i'm just getting started and I will always be learning , failing, and growing. The process of rebuilding is something done over time and believe when I say that bridges are harder to build than burn but nothing that is worth it is easy right?

My name is Kevin and this is what life has taught me, and where my situations have brought me.

“Change is the essence of life.Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”

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Courtney D., a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

More Edits of the summer!

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Blake, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Blake: edits from STL

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Estefania, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

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