A Royle Artiste

A couple of weeks ago, 

a friend posted on Facebook about needing a pianist for a photo shoot. 

1. I'm a pianist and 2. I love being in pictures, as you've probably noticed. 

So naturally, I commented on his status, and a day or so later, he asked me to be his subject for a photography project. 

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Let me tell you a little bit about my musical endeavors first:

Some of you may know a lot about me, 

but what you probably didn't know is that 

I've been playing musical instruments since I was a little girl.

I began with flute in the 4th grade, then moved on to violin at the end of 4th, piccolo in 8th, piano in 8th, and just this past semester, I finally picked up the guitar that's been sitting in my room for the last 6 years and started to play.

Anyway, enough with the bragging and back to the real reason for this post!

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Last Tuesday was the day of the photo shoot. 

I got up at the crack of dawn, and made myself beautiful.

(Actually it was more like 8am, but that's like the crack of dawn for college kids, right?)

Of course, it was one of the days that the temperature was in the single digits.

(That's what I get for living in Ohio . . .)

I made my way over to the dance building, all bundled up and yet still frozen to the core.

I swear nothing can keep out the cold.

We did the photo shoot in a dance studio, with wonderful morning light streaming in the windows and nothing but me and my guitar, and a piano of course.

Here is the final product of that magnificent morn.

Enjoy the pictures and check out the profile below to get to know the photographer, 

my friend Royle Mast, a little bit better. 

And the piano calls my name...
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Royle Mast

Commercial Photography major

Ohio University Freshman

Project: Take a portrait of someone (particularly an artist),

and then photograph them in their element.

This is such a laid back picture.
The daylight in the windows is fantastic.
And I sincerely felt like artist in these pictures.
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It was a pleasure to work with Royle on this project.

And these pictures turned out amazing if I do say so myself.

"Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules,
then you must forget the rules and play from the heart." -Anonymous
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Mr. Mast is truly a Royle artiste.

Portrait with my guitar pick...
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Get the look:

Geometric print collar dress - Forever 21

Gold lame sweater - JCPenney

Pink flower ring - Avenue