New 5D

I recently purchased a Canon 5d for my birthday! I got it just as I came home for spring break, and I am soooo excited to use it. I know a lot of people say, the body isn't important, the lenses do. And I agreed wholeheartedly. But I've changed my mind now. Now that I have the 5d, the quality in my photos has just sky-rocketed from what it used to be. Maybe it won't look like it to you, but it makes all the difference in my eyes. I am so much for confident with my new full frame. So, really, with the whole body vs. lens debate, I'd say you need both. Once my magical shock of this new camera wears off, I'm going to be itching for some L's. You really just need it alllll!

Enjoy these new pictures I took of my sister when I first got the camera in the mail.

Jeff and Ashley 2.12.10

I am pleased to blog today about my most recent wedding with friends Jeff and Ashley Darcy! They had a small and intimate house ceremony (the bigger wedding is over summer!) and they had kindly asked if I could take some photos of them! Their first date was at the Disney Concert Hall in LA so we trekked over there. I had never been there before but fell in love with the structure. Sometimes strong architecture design like this one isn't really well suited for wedding photos, but I knew that it fit their personalities. Jeff and Ashley are both very sweet, kind, and low-key people. So I knew the best way to capture their love was through small and intimate looks and touches. I was very happy with the outcome. Enjoy!















I had them hold a little sign saying "i do" in my favorite font on a white doily. cute and fun!

Jeff and Ashley's wedding

A first look! Lots more to come from this wedding.

I wanted to post another picture of my TLR. Still love looking at it, haha. Ok maybe I'm a little crazy. My first roll of film should be scanned next week. Thankfully, I have a friend who has a negative scanner. Saves me a lot of money at the printers after realizing one of them isn't even focused. I should really invest in a negative scanner/printer. Birthday wish list definitely.

I'm in my school library right now, killing time on my 3 hour break. And what do I do? Head straight to flickr. I was reading another Photographer's blog (via Keaton Andrew's twitter post) because he had posted a "tip" for other photographers. I laughed and bit back my smile in the library at how heated people were getting. Taking jabs at each other, geez! Poor Keaton. He had suggested to people not to go to art school, which got people all fired up. I can imagine why for some...you go to school for photography, its your final year, and then someone just says..."Hey, you wasted 4 years! Congrats!" I know that's not the effect he was going for, but I can understand why people may have been a little antsy about the subject. As for me, I think it really all depends on the person. If you have the drive to succeed and do well, I think going to school can be beneficial for you, with a Photo degree as will not getting one. I know some people can "make it" with Photography by not going, and hey, hats off to you. Seriously. I respect those people and admire their courageousness. That really is risky. But for me I would love to have a degree. It's been branded in my brain that "I need a degree" to get somewhere. My parents have encouraged it all my life, and there's nothing wrong with that. I like school. I've learned a lot of things with photography from personal experience AND educational experience. I'm confident in the path I've chosen (it will be SO different for everyone else too). There's nothing like hearing your own dad say to you on the phone "just remember me when you're famous, ok?"

I'm so thankful for my family and their support in this crazy and somewhat unrealistic career. They're my motivation.

Fun craft

I've been on a little photo break for the time-being, as you may have noticed. I think it's incredibly important to fully saturate your mind with inspiration, and with all the whirl wind of things I've been doing over my Christmas break and post-365, I wanted a chance to do just that. So I've really just been spending my time being a stalker online. And by stalker I mean looking at everything! (not gossip) Magazines, blogs, business pointers, etsy, other photographers, and just really trying to get a sense of where I want to go now after my 365.

But in that time I've been doing fun projects to keep me both entertained and inspired. Heres a headband I made while I was at home in Dallas.




But, today was really a breaking point for me. I think I've finally broken through my barrier. After seeing our schools new Artist of the month that is now in our gallery, and hearing her lecture of how she got to where she is today (and mind you, her work really just isn't my style, but i TOTALLY appreciate it in its form. its beautiful) I fell in love with the idea of really being a complete artist. and I mean a "triple threat" artist in a sense. Like how performers are truly great if they are a triple threat; sing, dance, act. I'm not saying that you can't be one sole master of one type of art, but I was raised by my dad to truly be a master of whatever is in my path. It really affects my life and my competitive life as well (luckily not with those who I love). Therefore, I think I would like to encompass multiple forms of art. Whether it be paintings, crafts, photography (of course), ceramics, drawing. I love all of it and I think that has totally blown my mind and created new inspiration for myself.

So, I'd like to ask you, what are you planning on doing in the future for yourself? Whether or not your an art major! I want to hear how all of you are keeping yourself inspired or if you have any plans for your "career"

with love.

Home.

There is nothing quite like sitting in your favorite bed, in your favorite house, far away from reality. Although I've left half of me with a special someone back in CA, its always refreshing being home. Like I just had my first breath of air. My mind is always buzzing but it seems to lose its cloudy forecast when I'm home, and I get more inspiration from those kinds of thing, in everything. I think my conscience just becomes more and more declared when I'm home that this may be where I want to be in 10 years. I don't know. I push those thoughts out of my mind a lot, I don't know why, instinct I guess. Anyways, lets get past my journal entry and skip to the good stuff. I decided one of my "goals" this year was to get a little bit more creative with the things around me. So I decided to decorate my own mug. I love personalizing things. So heres a couple shots of my vampire inspired mug :] I think I may have gotten a little carried away. One things for sure...no one will be drinking out of my bloody cup!


this is the side I drink out of, hence the blood lips

What I've Been Up To...

More photos for my 3D Design project.