So I’m a midst making some changes to my website and blog. I have created an official photography website for work/business. I’ve been working very hard at it, hence why I haven’t been posting many blog entries lately. But it is complete now and can be found at www.photographybymoireflux.com. Be sure to bookmark it and contact me for work.

This blog may be changing location soon. My blog will become my personal expressions, unrelated to work and will most likely receive a new name and address. So stay posted and I will post the address here when it is complete.

Peace. Love. Photograpy. ♥

She grabbed my boots and decided to give it a try.

I became fascinated with a little pair of sneakers on a set of little feet.

Maf on air promoting his last show. If you weren’t there, you missed out. Dope emcees. Real hip hop.

“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”

Ancient Indian Proverb

This was one of those photo opps that was too precious to pass up. We have a future beautician. And she’s very serious about her craft.

These precious blue booties belong to little Carson. They are gift to him from his grandmother. Stay posted to meet him soon!!! Newborn shots will definitely follow immediately after his arrival!

A mentoring program which helps build young males into “men”. These guys participate in various experiences which help facilitate personal growth and development into strong, grounded, and educated black men, and well as team work and social awareness. This is just one of many interventions that they are involved with. This is a garden they have planted (in my neighborhood park) and tend to each week. The vegetables that they grow will be sold to help assist with sending them on a trip to Africa in the fall.

This is my friends next door neighbor, Wisdom. When I saw her outside playing with her pet snake, the was no way I could resist running to grab my camera. With a little coaxing, she was glad to show off for an impromptu photo shoot.

Here are some shots from the Art Show. It was the first time I sold my work at an event. An exciting night. Maybe I’ll host my own art show soon. Be on the look out!

I’m a God Mother! I had to share this beautiful little blessing. Definitely more pictures to come! Here is a photograph of my God Daughter, Leilani and her big sister, Najaria.

A portion of my full-time job is in a community program that is called the Adaptive Sports and Adventures Program (ASAP). We provide different adapted sports and activities for people who have physical disabilities. One of our biggest fundraisers is called Cycle to the Sea which is a 180 Mile bike ride from Charlotte, NC to North Myrtle Beach, SC. Our participants cycle using handcyles, which are bicyles that you propel using your arms. There are also support cyclists that assist with fundraising and provide support along the way. The trip is made over a period of 3 days and they average 60 miles per day. It’s a life changing and awesome experience due to a hardworking and determined group of indivduals.

I will be donating a piece of my photography to be auctioned off to support a fellow artist who is running in a marathon supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma caner Society. She is doing an art auction with different pieces donated by local artists to raise money. The event will take place during the First Friday Gallery Crawl on June 5^th.  It will be held at the very cool new Common Market that just opened in South End (across from Charlotte Art League).  The show is from 6-9pm and there will be a raffle and live music. I’d love to have your support and you could even buy my piece or another piece of art for a good cause!

“The eye is the jewel of the body.”

~Henry David Thoreau

“Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born with a little bit of angelshine about them, and though it wears thin sometimes there is always enough left to lasso your heart.”

~ Alan Beck

“The question isn’t whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.”

~Marion Wright Edelman

Charity on the White House lawn

This little guy crept up on the sidewalk outside of my job. I got down on my hands and knees and right in his creepy little face to get this shot. He moved. I ran. Nontheless, got the shot!

This is Madison’s best friend Roma. I quickly snapped a shot of her before we left to head for the beach. She’s beautiful.

“Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves still return to the root.”

~Malay Proverb

I was out cruising the other day and was brought to this fence. The artist came out of his home while I was taking the shots and proudly spoke with me about his geometric shapes that he’d been working on for his fence. He said that he wasn’t very fond of the wire fence and wanted to make it a little more interesting. He showed me a cool illusion with the geometric shape at the top of the post. From the side facing the street it was obviously a cube. He told me to stand at a spot in his yard inside of the fence, where he pointed out to me that it turns into a sphere. He said, “Now tell me how something can be a circle and a square at the same time?”

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”

~Anonymous

“There is no way to success in Art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and everyday.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Art and Crime

Some call it Art. Others call it vandalism. I was driving down Old Statesville Rd. and caught a glimpse of this beautiful piece of art spray painted on the side of a train. I was instantly drawn to the pastel colors and the soft pattern of the graffiti design. I was in a hurry to get home and thought to myself that I’d catch a shot of it the next time I drove that road because the same trains often park, and remain there, regularly.  Then I realized that to miss this shot, was not a gamble that I was willing to take. I drove past it and thought, “Live a little. Be spontaneous. So what that this shoot isn’t a plan. You have your camera, you have the time, and the train is there. Stop your car, turn it around, and be a photographer.”

On February 5th was my mom (and her twin brother’s) birthday. I didn’t blog on that day since we were celebrating, but I wanted to show her beauty to everyone. My mother has a caring and giving heart like no other, and a fun spirit and energy that I hope you can see in her eyes.

There’s something so precious about these huge eyes and this face that I can’t resist! One of my favorite baby pics. I love the serious, yet soft, expression on his face!

Yesterday was my big brother, Alexis’ birthday!!! I love him dearly. Here is one of my favorite shots of him. He is a cool subject to shoot because he is easy- going and gives off a relaxed and natural energy.

Ok, so I wasn’t able to capture any photos of our then democratic presidential candidate, now President, Barack Obama (or even catch a glimpse of him through the crowds for that matter), but I did enjoy shooting some of my fellow Obama fans and the atmosphere of the event, while listening to his voice. It was a beautiful experience.

Queen City Thunder

These are a couple of shots from a skate park in Charlotte, NC. There was a special competition going on and I was able to go out and snag a few shots.

And Digital Begins….

“Every child is an Artist. The problem is how to remain an Artist once we grow up.”

~Pablo Picasso

This is a shot of a boy band I caught on the streets of downtown Charlotte at the corner of Trade and Tryon. Their beautiful sound gathered a crowd as people graciously dropped money into a bucket placed out front.

“Fifty years ago, 100 white men chasing one black man across a field was called the Ku Klux Klan.  Today it’s called the PGA Tour.”  ~Author uncertain, attributed to Alex Hay  :^D

Each Sunday I drive past these classic landmarks on Old Statesville Road. The hardware store is open and running, selling fertilizer and other supplies, as well as the general store, who’s proud owner who is often sitting outside on the store’s porch.

Chess Board

“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the Chess player. Not the Chess piece.”

~Ralph Charell

These shots are from a family vacation to Charleston, SC. It is a beautiful city (not to mention wonderful shopping boutiques!) and unique in its architecture and “old southern town” look and feel. I also captured some of shots of Mason enjoying himself. These are some of my favorites. Enjoy.

Here is of my dog that I had in school. Her name was Egypt. She was spoiled and to carried over the shoulder like this was the norm, but this moment was special because of her puppy shot in the background .

I used to love taking trips to Rocky Mount because the country is so different than the city. The nature and simplicity of life always served as a get-away that I loved and miss.

Here are some of my favorite shots from around Greenville, NC. East Carolina University most often outshines the town of Greenville itself, but one Saturday afternoon I set out to capture some of it’s beauty by photographing it’s traditional small-town setting architecture, and landscaping.

I was wondering “where to start” with documenting this journey when sharing it with others. I decided to introduce myself at the beginning- with my film camera. I will begin the first several days sharing some of my favorites. Each day that I blog, I will share photographs in categories according to the subject or occasion. All of these images were taken with my manual Nikon FM 10 camera. Theses photographs were taken between 2001 and 2008.

Children

Hi, All. Welcome to the official introduction of Moiré Flux to the world.

So, I assume that you are wondering who Moiré Flux is. She is me, and I am she. Moiré Flux is who I am as an Artist. She is my alter ego. She is the part of me who is dying to be free. The part of me that has been dizhireng krieattive xpreshune. Becoming Moiré Flux has been a process (hence the Flux) and started as a sudden awakening, from an uncomfortable stiffling, but felt very organic and natural to me. Becoming intouch with this part of myself required that I become more comfortable in my own skin and worry less about filling others’ expectations of myself. Moiré Flux is free-spirited, open-minded, and accepting. She never stops learning, growing, or changing the perspective from which she sees and examines the world. I hope that you will see this through my work. Moiré is the the girl that I am getting to know and am loving more and more everyday. I invite you to get to know me as Moiré Flux.

Moiré is a photographic term used to describe a wave-like patterned effect that results when there is more detail in the subject than a camera can capture. I felt like this is me. I have realized that there is so much more to me than I knew, and that is recognizable to others. There is more detail to Moiré than can be captured; whether it would be through the lens of a camera, or through the eyes of an observer.

Flux is a continuous change, passage, or movement. A friend suggested Flux. He said “A pretty picture in the midst of change. A beautiful image that is in the settling process or formation process creation.” And Moiré Flux was born.

She is me, and I am she.

♥Love