Because smart phones are fun and I don’t have a point and shoot.
I recently picked up a Pentax K1000 at the Santa Cruz flea market (I am hoping for more Meghan flea market adventures this summer…that girl can haggle!) and popped a roll of film in it despite the light meter not working. Summer (at the moment at least) means more free time with my favorite friends-like-family and luckily these kids are CUTE. I feel so lucky to not only have known Katie for so long, but to also to have been able to photograph so much of her life. Her beautiful children hardly shy away when I bust out my camera but this time they just stared as they watched me get used to the manual focus of the camera and take my best guess at the exposure without a light meter.
Before our next adventure a few weeks later I stopped to get a battery (and more film and a cap!) and like magic that little light meter needle started working. We visited Half Moon Bay on a blustery June day and made the most out of the beach. I am going to be sappy and say how lucky I am to have such an amazing friend in my life for so long but also how lucky I am that we can share all of these small moments.
Earlier this week I went on a photo adventure with fellow students Brittany Rediger and Patrick Hodge. We headed up to the Marin Headlands to visit some of the forts and had a fun time wandering and photographing the decay of the buildings and the beauty of the beaches. I recently picked up an old camera at a flea market (another post on that later!) and decided to bring it along for this adventure. I forgot to buy extra film, so I ended up shooting mostly digital. The interesting thing is that for some reason I shot some of the same images in film AND digital (in reflection I have NO idea why?!) and sometimes digital won. Sometimes film won. One of my favorite things about this adventure was just being up at Marin Headlands on such a gorgeous day. Of the group I was the only one had had previously been in the area and I made Rodeo Beach a must stop. It is one of my favorite bay area beaches…beautiful at sunset, beautiful to get to and never very crowded. We are planning more summer photo adventures!
It is almost summer…but you would not know it with this weather! Going through some photos from earlier this year I ran across these flowers I photographed when testing a macro lens. The thought is by thinking spring maybe it will start feeling like it?!
Today is the first day in many many many months that I have had some free time. It was a busy semester with two photo lab classes and two upper division GE courses. Throw in an internship, freelancing and organizing a group show and I can say it was actually crazy busy! While I am hoping to have some down time to catch up on things (my desktop is a mess! my external HDD needs some love! filing cabinet is overflowing!) I would like for this to be my summer of starting new projects, assisting, freelancing, interning and learning. This is my last summer before I return to the working world and I hope to make the best of it photographically. For now, flowers :)
A few weekends back we spent the weekend with the Stevens at Asilomar…it was Jack’s 4th birthday and tons of fun! We had an awesome cabin, were a short walk through the grounds to the beach and had deer every morning and every night. Lucky to have such awesome friends and lucky to be able to spend such awesome time.
Tomorrow night I have some images in a group show at SJSU I organized. It is an unofficial group of fellow female undergraduate photo majors. The theme we settled on was Abstractions & Alternatives and then we each brought to the table our own interpretation of that…I chose to explore the Holga double exposure portraits I have been working on and made portraits of each of the women exhibiting in the show. I might be biased, but I think the show looks great! After the jump is the flyer for and a few installation photographs of the show.
For advanced lighting class this semester I have been focusing a bit on photographing food…tons of work but tons of fun. These are the first few projects I have done, with more to come in the next 4 weeks or so. I am also working on a food portfolio for another class that is focusing more on scenes with natural light. Fingers crossed that when all is said and done this semester I will have a food portfolio to be proud of.
assignment: photograph 5 (I did 6) of the 25 healthiest foods in clean white style…sadly many of the other options where out of season. Oh how I would have loved to do figs!
assignment: photograph a reflective object.
I spent a recent afternoon playing in the woods with Ariel…the light was just about perfect and she was fun to work with! These are a few of my favorites that have been edited thus far…with more to come!
A few weekends ago we ventured to Point Reyes for the day…an exploratory trip! I have always wanted to visit the Cowgirl Creamery location (YUM) and check out the Oyster farms. The drive was much more than I had anticipated for a day trip and the oyster farms looked awesome but also looked like it would be much more fun with a group. We have decided that next time we are going to make it a camping trip so we can not only enjoy more of the nature but also fully enjoy the oyster farms!
