Tons of News!
First and foremost, I am no longer Katie G.! I am now Katie Mollon 
Our September wedding back in Michigan went amazingly well. When I think back, it feels more like a dream than something that we meticulously planned for a year and then finally happened! One of my favorite parts that I hadn’t realized I was missing was spending so much time with my girlfriends (aka bridesmaids): new and old. It was just wonderful to have them all with me, in my favorite city (shhh don’t tell anyone in Grand Rapids I miss it – they think I’m cool for living in Seattle).
Getting our hair & makeup ‘did at Salon:Re. I remember being sooo tired because I was up all night catching up with Michelle & Adrienne, my friends since middle school! Totally worth it though – as soon as the ceremony started I was too overwhelmed with activity and happiness to ever notice I was tired
I’m so glad that we booked my former co-worker Amanda to capture our memories: I can’t tell you how much time I spend re-living our big day through these beautiful images. We didn’t even think about how well our colors would go with GVSU’s orange buildings — not to mention how lucky we were to get blue skies in autumn! I couldn’t have asked for more comfortable weather.
I could go on and on about our wedding trip home… it was so great that I’ve been in a bit of a mental funk since returning to WA. So, to get myself motivated, I decided to start entering photography shows again. I was fortunate enough to be juried into Glazers Camera’s Holga Competition for the second year in a row! Last time they had four different categories – but this time it was narrowed down to just portraits. So when I planned to visit Kelly on our drive between southern & northern MI, I knew I just had to get her to pose for a few frames! I’m so pleased that I did, because this image got my very first honorable mention:
There was a closing event at Glazers, and I got to meet one of the jurors Michelle Bates, and get an autographed copy of her book! It felt really good that a few of my newer Seattle friends came out to support me – and even a friend from GVSU who also lives out here! City of transplants
I was just notified that another photography show I entered, Shadows & Reflections, has accepted three of my entries! I think that’s a new personal record for me, beating Edmonds Art Fest in 2010, in which I had two entries selected This show is curated by June Sekiguchi, and will take place in February-June at University House Wallingford. That’s right – it’s at a senior living center. I loved reading this article about how retirement community art exhibits are quickly growing in popularity! I can’t wait to see how other artists interpreted the theme. Here are the pieces I had accepted:
The first two should look familiar if you follow my blog (I seriously thought I took those a couple months ago, not over a year ago…), and the third one if you follow me on flickr (sorry I’ve been neglecting you).
So there you have it: how I’ve been occupying my time for the last three months. Don’t worry – I’ve got plenty of new projects in the works, including:
- Promo shots for Bleeding at Dawn while I’m home for Christmas
- Hanging photos up for sale at Lah Lah’s Pre-Loved Clothing (new store run by three of my favorite Petoskey women)
- Blazing through a refrigerator full of expired film that was so kindly donated!