alyssa miserendino photography : amimagery : little inspirations

2012 love card

a new year, and a new love card, with new work featured. i mailed a whole box full of these yesterday. i've been having some pretty amazing dreams for the last 6-8 months, which is the inspiration for this year's card. the dreams have been so vivid and magical - i hope these bring you some magic as well. each year these cards come with a little gift inside, for those of you i've had the pleasure to collaborate with, on a photographic endevor. if you'd like to be included, please email the studio here: studio@alyssamiserendino.com, with your snail mail address. this year's cards are going as far as new zeland, brazil, england, thailand, hong kong and germany. i can't wait to see how far they go next year. Happy year of the dragon!

 

interior design -- the slab house

this morning reminded me how lucky i am to have a fun loving brain -- yes i am a photographer (forgive my camera phone's auto functions below!), but also an interior design consultant... my client and i visited a slab manufacturing house, to pick out the location, on a slab, from where his countertop pieces would be cut. the gracious and funny artist we were assigned to, has been doing this for 25 years. i call him an artist, because he is thoughtful about where all pieces are going and how to maximize the movement in one slab. i was able to follow his thought process & collaborate through the design, which left me giddy. i cant wait to show off this kitchen when it is done. we knocked down walls, re-routed electrical, eliminated the vertical refrigerator and freezer, and  a lot more! not to mention this beautiful piece of granite, found on accident (from brazil, no less, where i've just returned from a shoot). this was one of only three slabs left, unmarked, that i felt in love with when hand selecting it for the kitchen....

Our World Insideout @ PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont

"15 Years Abandoned Living Room" from the Brazil series, Our World Insideout has been chosen for the juried exhibition ON THE ROAD: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont. The exhibition will be open on view at the gallery from January 17 through February 11th.

Click here to visit PhotoPlace Gallery website.

1st annual holiday party

We had our first annual holiday open house and studio this year and it was a blast. We opened our home and our small studio office where all the magic happens. Thank you to Whitney Hsieh for capturing the event for us. Whitney was a student in a class I taught this last semester, Social Practices in Photography -- this was the first time this clas was offered at Harrington College of Design, and I look forward to seeing it grow. 

Each room was open and the walls adorned with photographic work by Damien Thomposon, Lauren Whitney, Nikki Van Koevering & myself.

If you haven't heard, I'm also doing some underground interior ideation consulting. Our home showcased certain items, such as; a custom pot rack from an old barn beam (available for custom design for your home), office heated floors from fallen trees, custom made frames for a series of large photographic pieces, custom bedroom wall molding and scrap wood floor, and the much enjoyed hammock in my office.

Thank you to Fresh Ground Health for the delish homemade snacks & sweets the kids couldn't keep thier hands off, and Daniel Tomei for the homemade, grilled pizzas. Thank you to Cesari for your generous donation of wine! 

Have a wonderful holiday everyone! until next year.

congratulations & thank you nikki

sometimes life brings together amazing experiences & people, and nikki is one of those people! nikki came on board this summer to work in the studio & today i'm sad {but happy} to say goodbye to her. she has been offered a job at a great publication. i'm happy to see her move on to something that will fill her with something new. there were several times where i was blown away by her determination, catching up where i left off, and making people at ease with just who she is. her next employer is lucky to have a creative problem solver, kind, honest and super hard working woman on thier staff. please come by and say hello to nikki on the 18th at our open studio. nikki will have a couple pieces of her own on display.

t h a n k  y o u nikki for being a wonderful addition to the studio. i'll miss you!

happy thanksgiving

a year filled with more than i could ever have asked for & adventures beyond my imagination. it's the little things that make me happy. enjoy today ...

our wedding photos published on 100 Layer Cake

Our wedding (sept 2010) captured by the talented One Love Photo and ceremony/reception brought to life by so many talented artists, in different ways, was published by 100 Layer Cake. Click on the image below and scroll to the bottom to learn about all the hands who helped us make this a very special day for Conor & I. t h a n k  y o u everyone!

and I found Heather published it here with our awesome friends who gifted us this.

image © One Love Photo

Our World Insideout Published by One Life

This was a total surprise in my inbox the other evening -- One Life's editorial committee has chosen one of my images from Our World Insideout to be published in an upcoming book One Life Photos. how exciting! this is a fun organization to follow with lots of interesting images from all over the world. t h a n k  y o u!

beautiful Couture Books - 2011 studio album (debut December 18!)

a sneak peak while we design the 2011 studio sample album, cover layout! Couture Book is a vendor I love, & I had the opportunity to chat up Dave & Jennifer in nyc and drool over thier amazing hand-made, and eco-friendly albums. you'll be able to see this one in person at our studio open house, on December 18th!

Photolucida / Critical Mass 2011

It was an honor to be chosen this year among over 700 entrants as a finalist in Photolucida's Critical Mass. Check out the awesome jury & finalists here. Even better is the feedback at the end of the page. If you are a photographer who is working on something special & close to you heart, this is a great way to get it out into the world. Thank you to the whole jury who scanned through image after image. And t h a n k  y o u Photolucida for the disk in the mail of all the finalist - what a treasure to share.

i'm taking you to NYC with me...

thank you everyone for allowing me to share time with your family and document you. some of you are coming with me to New York today for three days of intense portfoilio reviews. You continue to inspire my portrait work (shown here) & my conceptual work .... t h a n k  y o u.

steve jobs & looking back

I hesitated posting this about six months ago, and instead sent the video of the below speech to someone I felt could gather inspiration from it. it was the best words I could find to help another. it's why I started this blog. why, what appears so seamingly disconnected in life, most often brings about the most ah ha moments. little inspirations. celebrate them, celebrate each other.

Steve Jobs at his home office, 1982 {Diana Walker}  

 

dwight anthony

sometimes things happen for a reason and life sends you on a journey to change directions...

{a sneak peak of a portrait session of local musican, Dwight Anthony}

a little surprise

for my client and i -- when i asked her where she lived ... as it turns out she lives on a past employer's beautiful property with a marvelous garden. such a lovely circle of inspiration --love the small world. just a tiny sneak peek....

from tree to home - Greta de Parry

remember Greta? photographing other artists is always such a pleasure. especially when it's in a beautiful place of inspiration -- i adore the farm she works on. From literal trees sourced around the area, to beautiful pieces of furniture ... among other materials she transforms.. 

check out Greta's work here.

 

first to swing

alyia's first time in a swing. too cute.

SPACES: defined, Oct 7, 7pm Eyeporium Gallery

Opening night this Firday! Come say hello.

Click the image below for details and to see the other talented artist's work also on display:

Lauren Whitney & Lynn Tsan

40 years later -- a ruby anniversary, in England

David is kind enough to allow me to show his wedding imagery from 40 years ago... yes, they had color film taken on their wedding day, plus a secret video camera, since coverage wasn't allowed inside the registry building. (David likes his techie gadgets) when he told me he wanted to recreate the group of family and friends who would be at his 40th anniversary, from the photograph taken from outside the registry -- it's no surprise a film camera made it on the plane with me to England. it was a great big bash, with candy, a geodesic dome (like the one in Bridget’s parents' back yard, on their wedding day!) dancing, and even a visit from David & Bridget’s daughter via FaceTime, who is expecting her first in Texas! this was such a super lovely event to capture with so much happiness & playfulness. Congratulations you two.... for the 40th time. it was an honor....

 

Paul Klein's Art Letter

Tonight is the opening of the show at Collaboraction. Read about it in the Art Letter blog by Paul Klein. 

England's Love

one of the sweetest experiences ever -- i got to capture two love birds, who have expereinced more life than the age of conor and i combined. if we can manage to have this much fun & be this much in love at this age, then i will certainly look back at john & julia's day with a big fat smile. check out the dancing - all orchestrated by julia. captured at the lovely Aldermaston Manor in West Berkshire, England. thank you both!