Things I Love - Post #5

This last week has been super crazy, so no other posts. Hopefully that'll change and my pace will be a bit slower this coming up week.

1. What You Can Do to Make a Better World
- 51 simple ways in categories such as: Personal Life, Community, Environment, and others. A lot of them are just some fun ways to enjoy life. There's also a few there that just make you stop and think a bit, as well.
2. Superman: The Animated Series - My brother got this for his birthday in March, and we've been watching it non-stop. I've found myself addicted to reporters/journalists* and their portrayals in pop culture and what's more pop than Superman?!
3. Photosensitive: Energy - Is a project that had photographers take pictures of what they thought of when 'energy' was said. As part of my course, I had to take a picture for it, but it's not on the school's link. This is the photograph that I submitted:
4. Liz On Top of the World - One of my favourite songs. Ever.
   
   
5. Film Cameras - I got five new film cameras (and a roll of b&w film!!!!) from my sisters' high school because they're clearing stuff out. Four of them are 50mm and the last one is an 80mm-200mm, so I'll give a few of the 50mm away and then go hunting through my boxes in the garage for the film I stashed away. :)
6. Avalonne Hall - I don't remember how or when it was that I stumbled onto this blog, but I absolutely adore it. Her posts are always filled with fun images, links, things she loves. And they're put together in such a way that makes you want her posts (and her blog) to never end.

And it's time for me to head off. I start my second job this afternoon and have to go get ready! Have a wonderful week.

* There'll be an upcoming post with some of pop culture's favourite reporters/journalists, the clothes they wear, stories they covered, etc., and then compare it to what reporters/journalists actually do/wear/cover. I'm excited!

L is for ... Lighting

If there's one thing that I've learned this year, it's that having a camera either draws people to you in a moth to flame sort of way, or else it repels them from you in a mouse to snake type of way. For the most part, mine's been the former over the latter, which I've been quite grateful for.

Last week, I had a lighting - effects assignment due. Of course, it was left slightly to last minute and I had to find something, anything to take pictures. And then, I remembered: the night before it was due, the school was hosting its last pub of the year. So I made my way over, crossed my fingers that security would let me go in with my camera (since it's not a point and shoot, they normally don't), and tried a new trick I had learned two weeks before:

This was the one I handed in. I love the look on his face. :)

This last one was my favourite, but he's not looking at me, which makes me really, really sad. Because otherwise? It's just....I love it. ♥

You guys, I go home in 11 days. ELEVEN! Which I'm really excited for, I am. I get to see my crazy as anything family and whatnot, but, on the other hand, I'm going to miss living on my own and the many things (both good and bad) that come with that. Not only that, I'll miss all the things I'm constantly learning/doing.

HOWEVER, we will save the melancholy-ness for closer to my leave date because I still have four assignments + my portfolio review next week. THE PRESSURE! D:

michelle: Cutting off hair is just so...freeing, I've found. Emma Watson was actually a huge inspiration for my cut, though I obviously didn't go as short as she did. :)Thank you for your lovely compliment. I really do adore having it short.

avalonne hall: Thank you. :) I've really been enjoying reading/commenting on your blog. Roman Holiday was such a good look hair wise for Audrey Hepburn. Not that she couldn't pull of anything she wanted to, but *g* the short hair suited her so well. It was really interesting, because after my cut, I got a list of people that others were reminded of: Agnes Deyn, Emma Watson, Rihanna, and Natalie Portman were on the list. All of which I'm really okay with reminding people of. :) I was really close to enough length, but I didn't feel like waiting. No patience, apparently. :P

This fall I actually had dyed my hair blue (!!!) and got it fixed over Christmas. The colour right now is the browny red I had to dye it. My hair's naturally red, so think I'm just going to dye the tips of it something wild (cherry red/platinum blonde/blue/etc)

W is for ... What I've Been Up To

I can't believe that it's been a week since I've updated! I guess that's what happens when you're busy, eh?

And boy, have I been busy! Shooting, shooting, thinking, thinking, shooting, thinking, as my teacher would put it. (With possibly a little more thinking and sleeping tossed in there... :D). Here's a few of the things that I've been busy with this past week (it probably would be a LOT more interesting if I had done separate posts for each of these, but, alas, time and not enough of it.)

Monday was Advisory Board where the committee comes down to view our portfolio, take names, see what we're doing, give us advice. I got to see four members (out of the ten) and got some pretty good advice. That was considering that some of them could be fairly rude, from waht I was hearing. Yikes!

Tuesday

We went to where I'm shooting my Multimedia assignment (at the store below), as well as try on clothes to rent for the fashion shoot I needed to do for Lighting class. Basically: Marina (the owner) is fantastic and I adore her to bits and pieces. Plus: her store is what I wish my closet was like (except where the clothes FIT me on a more regular basis. D:)

The jacket that I hope to, one day, own. Next time I'll get more detailed pictures. :)

You can't see the details really well, but that blue romper will be in my closet before I go home!

Thursday

Was a ridiculously busy day, without a doubt. My Multiple Pictures assignment Thursday morning, during which time I had a Writing assignment due. Then, Sarah and I did my Lighting fashion shoot, and met up with Dan, Sam, and Cassie at the Red Lion. And PhotoJs don't stop taking pictures, ever. Not even inside the bar. :)



I seriously wanted her to get this skirt, but because it had a leotard type deal that went with it (which was ridiculously pretty, I might ad!) she said no. If I have the $20 before I leave, I will buy it myself!


And then this reminded me of my new favourite TV show Hawaii Five-O and ship: Steve/Danno.:)♥

Crazzzy things happen at the bar. Actually: Dan was complaining because of the dodgeball injury he had acquired that afternoon.



I (am on the left) do not look like I'm too impressed with having my picture taken. Not at all. :p

Us. With cameras. All. The. Time. :)

Friday I was around the PhotoJ lab for several hours for class and thenworking on handing in said Lighting assignment. Didn't get everything finished like I wanted to, but by about five:thirty, it was definitely time for me to call it a day. Saturday I went back out with my Multiple Pictures lady and went to look at more clothes. She didn't find anything she liked, sadly. Though, I found several things I would have bought! :)

Wow. This post got crazy long real quick. I still have the pictures from Thursdays fashion shoot that I'll upload, but I'll save those for another day and/or my photography blog.

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and are freshened up for a (hopefully!) spring filled week.