Photography Sale!

For all you local peeps, I'm having a sale! 

Save 25% when you book a session this month. The session can be any time within the next six months. So get your family photos, engagements, wedding, or any other event photographed for 25% off! Feel free to send me an email: bhoupt_photos@yahoo.com, or visit my facebook page and leave a message! Tell a friend! 

Optimism

I've had this dress since last summer and have not worn it until yesterday! It was originally about eight inches longer before I hemmed it. I had planned on wearing it but never got around to it I guess? Then I bought this blouse and it was a match made in heaven. 

Today I plan on calling that restaurant about that job. Also, the place my mom works at is hiring, so I plan on applying there too! Come on jobs! I'm feeling pretty optimistic about all of this! 

dress: thrifted, blouse: Target (50% off!), shoes: gift, earrings: Icing's 

Mother's Day

I gave my mother and mother-in-law fairly simple gifts this Mother's Day. Although they were simple, I figured that I would love to receive a scented candle and some fancy chocolate (which is why I bought some for myself too...) so why wouldn't they? Speaking of chocolate, I got a ton of it at church! I love that they include all women when handing out the Mother's Day gifts. I also received some Bath and Body Works soap. Score. 

I assume that most of you have seen this video celebrating mothers from the church already, but if not then here! 

I don't know about you, but I started bawling at 1:26. 

Happy belated Mother's Day! 

Looking Forward to-

There are things I want to do this summer! I have the same list of things I want to do every summer, actually. It's a pretty good list. 

1. Go to Cloudcroft. Whether it be picnicking or camping. 

2. Hit up White Sands at least twice. It may be one of my favorite places on earth. 

3. More camping! And hiking. 

4. Visit the temple in Albuquerque. It has been too long since I've been. 

5. While in ABQ visit the zoo or aquarium. I've never been, but I wanna see giraffes and elephants. 

6. This should probably be number one on the list, but: Find a job! Working on that... 

7. Go to a live concert 

And a few more personal goals:

8. Workout 4-5 days a week

9. Blog at least 3 times a week

10. Make more green smoothies 

What is on your to-do list this summer? 

Summer is Here

Hurray hurray, summer is here! Like the end of each semester, I am amazed that I actually finished all my projects and passed all my classes. So I'll just update y'all on what I've been up to lately. This here is my final project for my video class. After its critique I realized that it could use more editing, but I do not have the program to edit it, so it will just have to stay this way until/if I decide to fix it next semester.  Nanny from Beverly Houpt on Vimeo.

I feel that I have excelled in printmaking! Although my teacher did not seem to think so. He gave me a C. A bloody C. If you would like to read about my EXTREME DISLIKE for this teacher, please read this tumblr post.  It's a really good thing that he won't be teaching next semester.

Also, my work was on display in the art building along with my printmaking buddies! 

In other news, I was interviewed by the school paper about my work for the photo show.

I made a light box for my independent study credits and learned a lot about lighting. 

We had a print exchange in photo class, so I now have a pretty neat photo collection made up of my classmates' work! And my teacher made us all these neat portfolios to keep them in. 

These dresses are not my creations, but I just wanted to share them with you. They were made by a former classmate of mine and were on display at the BFA show tonight. It was one of my favorite displays! These are designed and painted by Jennifer Murray. 

After the BFA show, Ryan and I were talking about it and art in general. Ryan is a left brain thinker so he doesn't understand art the same way I do. This fact led us into all sorts of conversations about the type of art he would create if he were to take art courses. Most of it was nonsense involving fish, taxidermy, and large crayons. Funnily enough, as we continued to talk about his ridiculous art ideas and his suggestions for my art, he actually had a pretty great idea, and I intend to use it for my BFA show next semester. No, I will not share it yet! But I will tell you that it will be interactive! And now I am very, very excited for next semester. 

(Some more art that is not mine~) 

So now that it it summer and I am jobless, I am kind of freaking out. I need a job not only for money but for something to do! I need to occupy my time! I may have a shot at getting hired at a restaurant that my friend works at, but she has told me not to call them until after this weekend~ graduations and mother's day are a pretty busy time for them. I really hope I get this job! It's a good atmosphere and I hear the managers are pretty easy going about asking for time off when needed. Your good vibes and prayers are highly appreciated :)

My First Art Show

Last night was the much anticipated photo show! We had a successful outcome and turnout and a lot of fun. I'm excited for the next one! 

Kayla, Martin, Alli, Jessika, Emilio, me, Cara 

My artist statement:

"I have always been drawn to the human figure in art for as long as I can remember. Even as a child I drew more people than any other subject. I enjoy portraits and have recently wanted to photograph children. This challenge has turned into a fascination with children and I have become more interested in the child’s back-story and their life at home. I am interested in how children are raised, who raises them, and how it affects their personalities and behaviors. I believe that the very early stages of a person’s life are crucial because it is the time when they are most influenced by their caregiver(s) rather than their peers. I am exploring how this relationship can be represented through photographs.

 This photo documentation follows a dozen children from the ages of 1 to 4 in their home or in a place they call home. Interactions between caregivers and children, siblings, and friends are shown. The environments in which these children live and play are addressed as well, as these details reveal more about the subjects’ nature." 

Alli Lane

Martin Hernandez

Jessika Parson

Mariah Garlitos

Olivia Baker

Kayla Carroll

Cara Rotan

Emilio Bustillos

Cherish Marquez 

The group photos were taken at the end of the show, so they're missing Olivia, Cherish, Mariah, and Ashley. 

And here are some intsas~ 

What's Up

Please disregard my last post! See, I thought that I had the opportunity to have my BFA show this semester and receive my diploma after taking summer school, but I need 9 credits to graduate and summer school is expensive (like duh). Plus, there are very few art summer classes, and I would have had to take dumb online classes that have nothing to do with my major, so that would have been all around lame. I'm better off graduating in the fall as originally planned. But heeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy, just ONE MORE SEMESTER!

Some fun news is that I will still be participating in an art show this semester. A non-BFA show. My photo classmates and I are putting it together and it's pretty exciting :) It'll be practice for next semester.

In other news, as you may have noticed, I've been neglecting this blog. I miss posting outfits here, but there are more important school related things happening. In a way, I'm enjoying this break from blogging. I feel a little guilty sometimes for not blogging, like I'm procrastinating.... But then I figure that I have the rest of my life to bliggity-blog, but I only have ONE "spring 2013" semester. Ya know?  So I'm not apologizing. Plus, not very many exciting things are happening to be blogged about. So there you go. I prefer quality over quantity when it come to blog posts.

In other, other news~
I'm freaking out about a few things. Namely money.
I need to find a job for the summer. I've been thinking of waitressing? Only because it's similar to my last job at Sonic. I'd rather just take a bunch of photos and get paid that way, but my photo biz situation is looking a little grim. I've gotta offer discounts soon (even though I think I'm super duper cheap anyway, people around here still don't wanna pay it.... *frustrating*). Does anyone have any photo business advice?? I could really use some! :) Or does anyone have job suggestions? What was your favorite part time job?
Comments are very much appreciated.