Tahoe

Sorry for the lack of updating, I've been really busy with school and everything, and haven't taken any blog pictures in forever!
However, I want to post something, because it's been a while. So here are some pictures from my summer trip to Lake Tahoe.





Note for the last 2 photos:
I've also recently been looking into film photography. I have a Pentax MV1 that I found stored away in boxes a few years ago. It's an 80's SLR, but I'm not positive if it works =\ If it doesn't, I hope to get one for Christmas.
Growing up in the digital age, I'm new to film, so if anyone has tips, feel free to comment them!

b e l i z e ♥

Belize was soo much fun! I can't wait to go back next year (: I went with a group and we stayed a week down there on a mission trip. We helped paint a school as well as the new pastor's manse. Punta Gorda was the closest large town, this is my sister, Madeline and TJ on a pier in Punta Gorda. Everyday during lunch we got to spend time with the kids of Forest Home Methodist School, this girl was so adorbale! Some of the guys showing off their tricks and flips (: Me, and seriously the cutest kid ever, he loved wearing everyone's sunglasses. Market day in Punta Gorda, they had amazingly fresh and cheap fruit! In Punta Gorda we ate at a place resturant called Marions, this balcony on the ocean was so much fun! On one of our final days, we hiked up Blue Creek to a cave, it was so beautiful! Sadly my memory card ran out right before the cave, but this is a picture of one of the many waterfalls right before the cave. The drive to and from Blue Creek was so scenic, it was definently one of my favorite parts of Belize. Another scenic picture of a biker on the way to Blue Creek. The final two days we spent off the mainland at Placencia, I loved everything about it. We actually made it right on time to go to the last day of Lobsterfest, soo much fun. All of us white guys were literally pulled up onstage to dance the "Tornado" none the less, we sucked, but it was a lot of fun. This was the day after, once everything had calmed down. Comming from Colorado, I loved just staring at the waves.

Leaving Belize =\

New Camera!

I bought the Fujifilm S5100 (also known as the S5500) on eBay on Sunday, and I literally cannot wait untill it comes!!
It will be my first ever camera that is actually mine!
(Yes, I've been using the 'family' camera for everthing I've taken haha)


So be expecting loads of practice photos soon (:
Also untill my next post, I have a few photos that I have taken recently. Some aren't the best quality when big, so I'm going to make them smaller than usual (:



p.s. I'm going down to Belize later this month (finally!) Which is one of the reasons I got the camera.. so if I don't get around to posting until then, expect Belize photos in a month or so (:

Drip Drop

This past weekend I was on DeviantART looking through some of my favorite photographers. ^ this photo was inspired by one of my favorite macro photographers Joakim Kræmer, Check him out (:

Video I did sunday:
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Last post of 2010

This is a pretty lame last post of the year, but I felt like posting.
So for the trip I got my camera all ready charged it up and cleaned everything. ...and for got it. There wasn't that much to take pictures of besides cows and birds though so it wasn't that big of a loss to forget it. =\
So I only had my phone to take pictures with... so their not very good at all. But I'll post 'em anyway.


...I had fun testing out gradients. (:

Also, I found this song on YouTube today, it's Angus's version of
Wasted by Angus and Julia Stone:

100/100

Finally done!

Side note from yesterday's photo: Fixed the shutter today! (: I was so happy it wasn't permanent. Too bad I fixed it a day late.

For today's photo: Love how this turned out, during I didn't think it would turn out as good because it wasn't exactly how I imagined. The only thing I dislike is how it kind of looks like i'm staring at the ground, it was either that or it looking like my eyes were closed. Also I can't play the guitar, so I didn't really think of how dumb my hands would look posed like that, and I hope I didn't just point that out. Just thought I'd say it.
Oh, also I don't know if it's too small to see, but those are music notes on the tree.

Project reflection:
-I'm both happy and kind of sad about the fact that i'm done.

-This project definently helped me grow a lot. Before this project I took a picture like once a month. At the beggining of this project I didn't even own a macro lens or had ever even used a lens in general. About a few weeks in I finally did get a lens. After I got the macro lens I saw the world through and entirely different view. Slowly every little flower/other misc objects I passed, I saw as a beautiful item I could turn into a photo. I've also learned a lot more about fashion photography. I really love it now, and didn't really ever see me taking fashion-like photography. Now I can see myself into it. I have learned a lot about editing. Like the levitation trick, I love it. Even just three days ago I learned an awsome trick. Still have a lot to learn, but I really didn't know that much about both taking and mainly editing the pictures before this project, besides the basics.

-Like I had hoped to coming into this, I have accomplished a lot. I even got one of my photo's featured in a project on the other side of the world from me.

-I would also like to thank my sister and mother because without them I wouldn't have been able to do this project. And I would like to thank anyone who visited, I definently didn't think i'd get 600+ visitors and 3,800+ page views. Or double digits from other countries, haha. I think that's pretty cool. So thank you (:


Also I've decided to make this into a regular blog. So in a few weeks i'll probably start posting pictures again.

99/100

Very disappointed in today's photo. My shutter wasn't working properly so no matter how I took the picture it turned out extremely dark.
It's supposed to be a 360 night skyline. It doesn't look like it though D; I'll re take one next have the opportunity and its either lighter or the shutter is fixed. haha and have it actually be a 360.

Day 97/100

Guess what I have for today?... Yepp, another flower square! (said with sarcasm)
However, tomorrow starts a lovely three day weekend so I hope I find some inspiration so I can end this project with some good photos (:

Day 96/100

Didn't have enough time yesterday =\
However I do have two photos for today in an attempt to compensate for yesterday (:


Second photo:

Also, if you would like to tell me what type you like better, im curious as to what style people like better. :D

Day 94/100

Wow, looking through my recent posts I have officially decided that I am in a "square flower" phase. They're just so easy! I wanted to do something else today, but I'm just too lazy to do a portrait or something else that involves not being as lazy =\ Also I have a volleyball game tomorrow so I wont be able to do any portrait with light so might do flowers again tomorrow.
Also on this, I really do wish the focused batch of flowers was in the middle of the square, but I was in a rush and didn't look at the very bottom half of the photo so I had to crop it out. Gosh I wish I didn't rush things. I think thats the thing I've learned most by doing this little project.

93/100

I know this might be weird, but I love moss.

(Even though this might not look like moss, it is. Just dying moss.)

Day 92/100

This flower looks a lot different underneath a macro lens... it actually did look a lot prettier in person. I really liked the purple in the backround though. (:

91/100

Didn't feel good today, and had no inspiration at all to take a photo today D:
This is from day 86, edited today though if that counts (:

90/100

Only ten days left oh my gosh!

89/100

Skipped out on 88 =( Didn't have enough time to take it.
I'm soo close to the end I hate missing out days, but just don't have enough time D:

Today's photo didn't really turn out at all like planned, but it didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would. (thumbs up motion)

Day 87/100

I love how this turned out, just don't like how the scratch is amplified. =\

Day 86/100

I really dislike that scratch on the lens :( It's so small and doesn't show up most of the time, but when the light's just right its huge!
Other than that, I love how the bokeh turned out it the back from a water fountain!

Days 81, 82, 83, 84, & 85/100

Day 81/100:

This weed is so obnoxious, but I love how it looks.

Day 82/100:

Same weed, different time.

Day 83/100:

Thursday was the first day off fall, I wanted to do a nice colored leaf, but none have changed that much, so heres a picture representing the end of summer.

Day 84/100:

Didn't know what to do for this day, so decided to take this flower again.

Day 85/100:

Thought that this would be a bit different but was running late and didn't have much time, so this is it. (:

80/100

Here's day 80's photo. Finally got to editing it today.
Sorry for the lack of posting. This past week has been homecoming week and extremely busy. Tonight is the finally dance (:
I have taken photos for pretty much everyday, except for one. So I will have those photos up tomorrow.

Victorian wallpaper by: Myruso

Day 79/100

Had a volleyball tournament today, so didn't have that much time for a saturday to take today's photo, but was outside and thought this could be cute.