{Antony + Amber}, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Cer­e­mony Venue: Unity Vil­lage
Flo­ral Design: Amy Cason from Vic­to­rian Gar­dens
Bride’s Shoe Designer: Liz Rene Cou­ture
Tuxedo Designer: Calvin Klein
Bridesmaid’s Dress Designer: Morilee

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   Every year on my birthday , I usually go out to lunch or dinner with my whole family at outback Steak House but this year we decided to change it up a little. We went to Pappy's BBQ in Downtown St.Louis after seeing it on "Man Vs Food". Apparently , Food "sells out" on a daily basis so we decided to give it a try for lunch and it certainly did not let us down. The food was amazing, the wait wasn't bad (because we got there very early) and the atmosphere was very "St.Louis". Anywho, here are a couple of shots i snapped while i was there. 

-Shee

All photos ©SHEE

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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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really excited about this movie

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B+M, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

couple photos are so much fun. This is the revelation i had today while editing. Hope to book some more soon!

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Untitled. , a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Really excited about this edit. Lot of time went into it. Couldn't have asked for better weather and sunlight to shoot in! Definitely a new area of work for me, working with Kids but it was a great shoot and I definitely got a lot of learning experience from it.

- Shee

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Camille, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

my friend camille at the photoshoot from yesterday.

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Jake, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

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Anna & Beth, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Finally got a chance to work with 2 models at once and it turned out to be really fun and was definitely a good learning experience for me ! Thanks to Anna W. And Beth

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Courtney Day, a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

New photo of my shoot with Courtney Day! She did such a great job and was one of the best models I've had the chance to work with !

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Anna W., a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

newest edit from our shoot last week. So many good shots came out, it was hard to choose which ones to spend my time on :-)

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All pictures courtesy of (c)Heather Foley

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Portfolio is finally coming to a close ! Seems like the other day I was cocky enough to think that I was going to be able to breeze through it because of all the work I did for it last semester and during Christmas break : boy was I wrong...

I have missed way too many classes , lost countless hours of sleep, and have probably had enough energy drinks to keep a whole football team wired.

Case in point: portfolio has taken a toll on me ; on everyone that is a senior in the art department really . I knew that things had been taken to another level when I went 48hr hours with only 5 of sleep under my belt. The point in which your body physically stops working for you is a new standard of " I'm too tired".





I don't want to linger on griping on what it has taken from me but rather focus on what it has shown and taught me. Primarily , it has shown me that all of that work you did for the last 4-5yrs actually matters ... A lot. The work you put in ( or didn't ) freshman and sophomore year finally comes full circle. It's both incredible scary and rewarding to be able to stand in front people and say " I gave 4 hrs to college and this is what I got".


Regardless , you need to stand by your work and hold your head up high because the thing about being an art student is that what you design , draw, photograph over time becomes a piece of who you are or even who you were for that matter. They tell you that you need to separate yourself from your work a( meaning who you are and what you create) but in hindsight i don't see how you can do that and still have work that you can be proud of or excited about .

So there ya go, these are the after-thoughts , reflections of a kid that has had no sleep and way to much caffeine.

The show is tomorrow . I'm done. I'm out!

- Shee

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I'm about to start on a pretty big project again. Here is my concept . The image is not mine, but i have put the type to it . this is something that i have been wanting to do for a while , but just haven't had time for it, but now since it's a project for a class, I can justify using time for haha.

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Clarity a photo by Kevin Shee on Flickr.

Finally getting back in the studio. I was in there almost once a week last semester and now this is the first time i've been there this one.Sad.

But i'm back and I got to use my new D7000 in there for the first time. I didn't get as many good results as I wanted due to my flash having some issues but I did manage to get this picture out of the ordeal which is fine with me. This was kind of an exercise edit to see how much clarity on a model I could achieve.

Needless to say, now that i know how to get this kind of sharpness out of a photo, I'm pretty excited to see how it can be utilized in future shoots.

- SHEE

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This may have been the biggest week of Art related news in my life so I felt like I should stop neglecting my Art blog for a moment.

I actually won my first ARt related award this week, earning a silver NWAAF ADDY award for a brochure cover I designed for " NEW York & CO". Crazy! I found out about this contest at 10 in the morning one day and had till 3pm to submit an advertisement but i actually managed to pull things together in time to submit something. 1hr photo @ walgreens saved my life haha.

Moving on.

As of yesterday I officially applied for Hallmarks Creative/Style Photographer summer internship. I can't think of a more highly competitive photography internship i could have picked so while my fingers are crossed, I refuse to let myself get my hopes up.


Wrapping things up, I just found out today that I have been nominated for "Photographer of the Year" at this years JBU Artie Awards Show. Words cannot express how excited and humbled I am by this announcement! Congrats to all the nominee's .

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Watching my No#1 Favorite movie today. This movie reminds me of how cool movies can be from a creative standpoint and has always inspired me. The director shot all of this movie using non-CGI effects and it's awesome. My favorite acting from both Jim Carey and Kate Winslet.

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Unless you've been living under a rock the past couple of days, you've probably heard that Northwest Arkansas and Oklahoma got owned by a ridiculously huge blizzard this week, and by that i mean 24.5 inches of snow fell within a 24hr window. Schools have been shut down , mailed delayed, and you know it's getting bad when Walmart's ceiling is bowing because of the weight of the snow on top.

seeing as i've had a lot of time on my hands , here are some "snowy day" edits that I put together yesterday as I slowly went through my whole Netflix instant que yesterday.

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