Yesterday I May or May not have Kidnapped a Kitten

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:29:56 +0000

Yesterday Adam and I were strolling down my street to get some food from the grocery store. There were a lot of people on the street, as my neighborhood is usually busy at all hours of the night and day, and cars were going down the street in droves. Adam stops me and says “Look!” as a tiny black and white kitten emerges from underneath a van mewing at us. Kitten was around 2-4 months old and scared out of her little mind. I picked her up and she trembled in my arms, terrified. She had a flee collar, but no tags. I couldn’t imagine anyone leaving such a small kitten outside to fin for herself. I tried to put her down and she clung to me tightly. Adam had to pry her off of me. Heartbroken, we left her behind to go to the store. On the way back, she came out of hiding again as we passed mewing at us again. I couldn’t help it, she was so adorable. We decided to take her in to feed her and give her some water in until the traffic died down so she wouldn’t be as scared.

So we smuggled her to my basement so no one in the building would see her and naturally I got out my camera. After about an hour of entertaining and giving her massive amounts of love, we left her back where we found her. I’m still heartbroken and miss her. I wish I could have cats in my apartment.

An Introductory Course into the Elusive Jessie Pridemore

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:32:02 +0000

As most things in life, I assume an introduction is in order. This being the first blog post on my fancy new site, I shall do just that. My name is Jessie (not short for Jessica), I’m just shy of XXIV and I enjoy long walks off short piers. Don’t be fooled by the numbers though. I look far younger and speak much older. A vagabond by nature, I have lived in many places. I’ve been everywhere from the Dirty South to the boring Midwest. I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and I currently live in New York City. Truly a “make or break town”, I adore this city. I moved here two years ago to make it as a photographer and now you’d have to pry this city from my cold, dead hands to get me to leave. The only thing I adore more than this city is photography.

I didn’t start out in photography. Being relatively unfortunate in the family and financial department, I spent a good portion of my time from ages 17-22 trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, working on killing my body with jobs that weren’t the most glamorous. Unwilling to go back to a restaurant job, I acquired a graphic design/photo editor position at a small internet company while living in Kansas. It was there I festered the delusion that I could be a model, like a good portion of girls with a decent face, which didn’t last long considering my location and me being 5’2 (regardless of how tall I look in photos). I also dabbled in acting for a bit. I starred in an award winning indie film (I also did a bit of extra work the first few months I lived here in NYC). I was later introduced to SLRs through a roommate at the time who let me borrow his Nikon D70 during a vacation to Florida. I was hooked. I found myself in New York a few years later with a Nikon D200 at my disposal which was later upgraded to a D300 as a birthday present from friend who is sadly no longer in my life.

Last year the recession hit and the TV company I was spending more time than I should have trying to work for was sold. I had two choices. I could continue to work dead end desk jobs being miserable in a cubical or getting coffee for a GM, or I could pursue my dream. I unwittingly chose my dream. This last year has been an incredibly tough journey and I do not recommend it to the weak heart, but I do not regret my decision and I love what I do. My journey is far from over and I still have a long ways to go but I’ve worked with some truly amazing people so far.

I think I’ve blathered on enough. The purpose of this blog is to post about my photography adventures, recent photoshoots and possibly even a tutorial or two. I’ll try my best to post EXIF data as well. I know how much people love that. I save for web (graphic design background) and it knocks all the metadata out.

Here’s some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken:

Lost in a Big City, Trapped in a Small World » new york city

Yesterday I May or May not have Kidnapped a Kitten

An Introductory Course into the Elusive Jessie Pridemore