On Saturday, I had the extreme privilege of taking pictures of the "Jungle Book Tales" dress rehearsal. I loved the results. Yay acting and candids!

Rukshir and Shere Khan go at it fighting over the "man cub"

Aleah as the beautiful Bigara

Mowgli and the monkeys

Rukshere rallies her wolves (loved teasing her hair!)

saying goodbye before Mowgli returns to her mother

HOT with Bob Field Trip

In my history of theater class we learned much about Vaudeville, so to illustrate what we learned our teacher took us to Alton's old opera house. It was one of the coolest things to poke around in there and feel what entertainment must have been like in that era. The stage had signatures of the people and plays that went through the theater and it also house a huge projector. I feel so blessed to be able to truly take a trip through time to experience a little bit of what people loved in an era before my time. Thanks Dr. Bob.

1903!

minstral man on the door

I feel kinda like a creeper...I just took pictures out of my wing's bathroom window. But look at the beautiful result!

My newly redone assignment notebook looks much better than the black and red picture of zwemer that inhabited it before.

Daddy's Camera

I love my dad. He's one of my biggest role models and he's just a plain old dork too. When I was little he read to me every night (we brought the Hardy Boys, Happy Hollisters and Nancy Drew back). Now we love to watch 1960 era cult classic British spy shows (Avengers- yes please!). Whenever I have a question he'll do all this research to find the answer. Plus he's a copy editor so he can correct all my school papers before I hand them in, just like a grammar fairy! Before my dad worked at Staples Promotional Products he used to work for the news papers around the Orange City area. Of course, back in those days, when you were a writer you were also a photographer for that assignment. I recently pulled out my dad's old camera and am starting to learn to shoot with it. I love learning how to use the film camera and I love that it only has a 50 mm lens, so that when I go to adjust the focus, I can see it focus in the viewfinder before I take the picture(the beacon's canon rebel doesn't have that very important feature). I shot my first half role of film and am very excited to get those pictures and the mystery ones left on the film role back. Today I learned how to change the film, but I'm not sure if I can do it again. I'll just have to ask my mom again. :) Anyways, I'm very excited to show you all my film pictures when I get them back. I love old cameras, thanks Daddy!

p.s. I also love my mom tons and tons too. She gave me the creative streak that I'm now trying to tap into more and she gave me some great eyes (but with Dad's horrible prescription)!

have I mentioned that i love this lens?

Escape from Witch Mountain OR trip to minneapolis

This past weekend LA (Losers Anonymous) made a trip to Minneapolis to escape the lameness that we feel embodies NWC (at least for us, we do realize that NWC is a great fit for many of its students). We decided on Minneapolis because I wanted to see my very pregnant cousin and to fix my computer. We had fun meeting up with Morgan, one of my best high school friends, meeting a sitar player, perusing the MOA and racing against the clock to get Dan home on time. All in all it was an escape that we all needed.

LA!

This little necklace caught my eye at urban outfitters.

Sitar player!!!

Dan with the Sitare

Wonderful cup of coffee in downtown MLPS

Liz and Morgan contemplate the lemon exhibit at the Walker Arts Center

Sweet Ceiling.

I love reflections!

Liz steals the scene.

haha, college

Josh and Greta

I got to shoot my first engagement shoot today. It was of Josh and Greta, they're an awesome couple and made it really easy to get great photographs. I used JJ's camera which had a really high exposure setting on, so most of the pictures turned out really light, but it kinda gave them an ethereal glow. You know. I was able to make a super cute, at least I think so, video out of them though. We may even be able to get a couple more sessions in, this time with correct exposure settings. Anyways, here's the video, I used a Bella Ruse song called "Remember Me." Look it up, that band will change your listening habits forever. Ok, maybe not forever, but you will be inclined to infuse some jazz into whatever is on your ipod.

Abundance

Today I was struck by this little article that I cut out of "The Fray" magazine last month. It has a lot of good stuff to say about how to live, so I thought I'd share it with you all. Enjoy it because I truly believe that if more people perscribed to this philosophy, we'd have a lot more abundance and fewer empty lives.

get into abundance- the fray

In the morning give thanks. Throughout the day have faith. Use less by recycling and reusing to reduce overabundance. When you are of service to others it becomes easier to see the fullness of your life. Give to recieve. Wealth is within...focus on scarcity and you will be unsatisfied; focus on abundance and you will be fulfilled. Connect and share your time with others. Go with the flow...if nature can create galaxies then surely it can create harmony in our lives. Laugh out loud...a full heart develops through laughter. Rather than a house full of things pray for fullness in life. Having money without enjoyment is not abundance. Make joyful choices. Practice self-care...creating a rich life requires that you nurture yourself–only then can you shine.

making a large and lovely mess in Liz and I's attempt to recycle magazines and glass bottles by making cool vases out of both!

from my dorm window

One of my first nights back at NWC I took these fun photos of the sunset. And I made these sweet vases, so I took pictures of them too! Yay crafts and sunsets!

my favorite two vases

the four vases I've made so far

the sunset through the screen

sunset!

just a little artsy tartsy

I've been making lots and lots of crafts lately, but here's an art project Chance and I did about 3 weeks ago that I never shared with you. It was the result of a deeply discounted water color set at michael's and a splash of creativity on my (and Chance's) part. I think it turned out really well. I'd hang it on my wall at least, but then again, I might be a titch biased.

the supplies

prying up the paints

arranging the paint circles

gluing down the paints

all gone! accept for the icky browns...

pouring water on the paints

success!

getting some saturation

:)

all done!

playing around with the flash. Doesn't it look kinda sweet?