That said, I graduated from Tyler School of Art with a great artist and friend, Mike Munter.  Among other talents, he is a print maker and designer.  You can check out lots of samples of his work on his website::  IARTMIKEMUNTER.COM.  Mike is being interviewed for a magazine and needed some portraits to go along with it.  Since I recently photographed his brother, Jason, (see blog HERE) in return for some art work, this was just another great barter session.  I have a beautiful poster he made of a girl blowing what looks like bubbles… but then turns into jelly fish.  I love it.  Now, I just need some great framer friends to custom frame it for me.  : )

So…. I had been anxious for the opportunity to photograph at the Higher Grounds Cafe in Northern Liberties (the one that I mentioned in the blog just before this one:  here).  We met there and then wandered aimlessly around Northern Liberties.  It was a beautiful day outside (so rare these days!) and we took advantage of that.

Wow, this short blog post sure has a lot of web links……..  Anyway, here are some pics!

Mike sitting in “the grand chair”:

shot through one of the chairs….

Another great thing about coffee shops….. if you forget a book or magazine there are always board games or…. Simpsons trivia……  It turns out that I am not nearly as good as I thought I was.  I am sticking with Seinfeld trivia next time……  I am the master of that domain.

yes, this is one of the locations of my wedding photos….. okay, another link…. see them HERE.

]]> http://melissahassey.com/2010/03/another-artist-portrait/feed/ 0 http://melissahassey.com/2010/03/brandeye/ http://melissahassey.com/2010/03/brandeye/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:48:06 +0000 melissa http://melissahassey.com/?p=2462 My super talented and crafty friend, Brandi, was in need of some portraits for a store that will soon be selling her art work.  Brandi is one of the craftiest people that I know.  Particularly, she is great with the sewing machine…. making lots of quilts and pillows.  She also has a gift for finding great vintage items, which she also sells in her Etsy store.  She even started a small craft club called “Stitchin’ Bitches”.   During Stichin’ Bitches night, everyone brings food or a bottle of wine.  We eat and drink and then get to work on our current craft projects.  It is really fun, relaxing and productive too!

Check out her always updated blog here:  brand-eye.blogspot.com

Also, be sure to shop the brandeye etsy store here:  ETSY

Great stuff!!!

And, here she is, Brandeye in her awesome craft room and also at work::

She bought this awesome painting at a yard sale.  If I remember correctly, it was.25 cents!!  amazing!!

lots of thread and crafty details were easy to find in this room….

some of her Grandmother’s buttons in an old olive jar…. love these

notice some of her quilts and pillows….    Oh, and I love that my logo colors match her shoes and jeans so well!