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I'm stoked. My best friend, Taylor, is coming in 12 days to my home, Seattle.

So I had my official last day of college yesterday. It was a critique, followed by a nap and then a meet up where we all (prof included) went to the bar as a class. I got smashed pretty early in th evening, around 9 and didn't go to bed until 4 in the am. Not cool, gotta stop doing that ( Read more... )

Because I was having difficulties, I decided to pay for a lens rental so that I could approach these subjects with a true macro lens.  Safe to say that it was the closest I've ever gotten with a camera.  Like every new tool, I realized in post what I could have done better.  For macro,  it's making sure you are on a completely stable surface.  I ( Read more... )

This was on a stupid website but I thought it very funny.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1705227

Here's the same subject matter with a different tool. I think it's successful as well.

??? your thoughts

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So this is a project that I've been thinking about for awhile. It came out better than I thought. There's so much room for this to go in so many different ways. There's are simple, preliminary images. Let me know what you think. There's more behind the cut.


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Here are three photos of a new series which I've started. For now they're called Floatsom, because of they're likeness to sea creatures. Let me know what you think. Disclaimer: Flickr totally changes the colors from Photoshop. These don't pop as much as the actual files do. They look a little flat and I know. It's corrected on my computer.


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I never post because it seems like a hassle, or that I'm going to change or the situation will change in like a matter of hours or days so what's the point ( Read more... )

So I finally bought the camera that I wanted. This was seriously like buying a car. I've been waiting to do this for over a year but have been too afraid to make a decision. I feel anxious and great. I know it's lost on a lot of people but let it be interpreted as me feeling great and making an important step towards my art making ( Read more... )

Had a long and interesting conversation with mom tonight.  Anyone who has ever talked to my mom knows that they she and my father are interesting and informative.  It must be a different phenomenon for people whose parents are as young as mine (46 and 48) as they don't have some of the same standard values as other parents that I know who are a ( Read more... )