Marie Balla Photography

TO SUM IT UP

I love portraits

I love people

I love moments

but I also love colors and textures

I love photojournalism and I hope to be a member of www.wpja.com one day (wedding photo journalists association).

I AM MADE UP OF

...God

... photography

... music ♪

... family

... friends

...cookies [chocolate chip]

... daydreaming

... elephants

... music

... paint

... getting dirty

... baking

... movies

... reading [memoirs]

... and comfy pajamas and a comfy couch

... traveling

... ice cream ♥

... adventure

... crazy

... good times

... laugh out loud

... glasses

... flip flops hoodies n jeans

... tomato soup n grilled cheese sandwiches

... green

... clean bed sheets

... messy room

... italy

... ship without a port

... theology

... angry

... happy

...autumn

... more music ♫

MY LIFE IN POETIC SUMMARY

i've been cursed by a witch

blessed by the pope

i've traveled the seven seas

i cheated death thrice

angel saved twice

and now i reside in tennessee.

LETS GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS...

bought my first dslr in aug 2008 (Canon EOS 40D)... so im still trying to figure everything out. most photos taken before then were with borrowed dslr, disposable cameras, camera phones, or regular point-n-shoots. sorry for the fuzzy photos. have always been a painter, a writer, an illustrator, and a photography idiot. but now i think im in love.

EQUIPMENT

...Canon EOS 40D

...[sometimes] Canon XTi

...Canon telephoto 75-100mm

...AB800 strobe

...Vagabond II portable power

...22" & 40" 5-in-1 reflectors

...backdrop frame

...9 ft. white back drop, paper

...my mom's white, heavy, creaky step ladder

WISH LIST

...Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

...silver beauty dish

...white beauty dish [DIY project?]

...AB ring flash

...AB1600 strobe

...Canon fish eye

...Franzus 3 Step Heavy Duty Photographer's LadderKart Combination with 250 lb. Weight Capacity as a Hand Truck

... 9 ft. black backdrop, paper

... 9 ft. dark blue backdrop, paper

... live-in studio with a red brick wall somewhere inside...[ok, now I'm just daydreaming]