Happy Halloween

Jeepers Creepers

This house is on the highway between my hometown and where I live/go to school now. Just taking this picture was creepy - I was afraid some boogeyman was going run out and nab me or something. I took this picture from the inside of my locked car, haha.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

It's me, but it's not me.

Don't be scared! I just put on black eye shadow. It's rehearsal for this weekend's Halloween party..

Halloween

This week's theme: Take a photo of something scary.





Mwahahaahahaahhahahah.

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I was going to take some pictures of bats today, but the rain prevented that. Instead I have this image, though this photograph is more eerie than scary..

We don't really celebrate Halloween in my country. No one decorates their house, and the ones that do are those who probably watch too much American television. But it's a good excuse to have a dress up party (:  

mirror shot, revisited

I always feel really guilty posting photos that I took/developed the week before. Unfortunately, I've been busy with school (sort of?) and the weather has been particularly crass, so I haven't taken (m)any photos this week. So here is an older one. I have to get thinking about my themed photo now...! I have a huge photo project due for Wednesday - altered lighting & altered landscape. yay.

hey guys... i took some good pictures today but my camera cord ran away. i'll post a picture as soon as i find it but i just didn't want to leave you all hanging.

I Don't Know What to Do

it was a real struggle to choose a picture this week. in addition to lamenting my conundrum, the title of this post is also the name of my current favorite song. the Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johannson album, Break Up, is fantastic.

sorry for the super late post. it's been a crazy weekend. i'm really excited about next week's theme, though :)

Kobe Port Tower

I love towers.
They're intricately assembled steel frames but the figure is very simple... I'm always attracted by them.

Sunday, I had a stroll in Kobe. This is Kobe Port Tower (108m high, completed in 1963). Kobe is one of my favorite cities... I want to live there someday!

taken by: VistaQuest VQ1015

Panther City Police

How the times change.

Next week - NOT THIS WEEK - but next week, we'll be having another theme week! Here in the United States, on 31 October every year, our lives take a strange change. The yards become filled with images of the macabre, children and adults dawn ugly masks of foul ghouls. It's Halloween, my friends, the night for tricks and treats, candy, and hauntings. It's a big holiday here, but I'm well aware that not every country celebrates this strange little holiday of ours.

So we'll take a twist on this theme of Halloween. NEXT WEEK, our theme will be an image of something SCARY. Brainstorm for awhile, and think of something eerie, creepy, or spooky that we can see to celebrate our theme. The terrifying photographic experience will begin NEXT MONDAY. Are you ready? >:3

frog

Frog in an ash tray. Although I'm a sixteen year old girl and not an eight year old boy, I love little creatures.

clara

My latest assignment for photography class was "self portraits". One of my biggest influences/role models/etc. is the silent film actress/It girl of the 1920s, Clara Bow. There's a photo of her where she's staring straight at the camera and her face has a terribly haunting look to it. Clara had an awful childhood and was affected by the trauma of it her whole life. The photo of her shows that sorrow in her ghotsly eyes. I guess I tried to recreate that look a bit, but adding my own (less tragic) story behind it.

floating somewhere new

this past weekend i went to san francisco to visit academy of art university, my old digs in monterey, and sf in general. i loved it, i can't wait to go to school there. and speaking of which, i got in a few weeks ago!

hi guys

since I've been an awfully bad member of this group im giving you a little bit more pics :)
I'm always really busy and I'm so sorry that I've missed out those two times!

Waiting for the bus.

In one of the photography clubs I'm in at school, our assignment for this week is to document each hour of the day with a photograph. Since I'm not going to wake up at 2:00 a.m. and then again at 3:00 a.m. to take a picture of myself sleeping, I decided to compensate and take the project a little further and document what I do throughout the course of one week. This is one of my favorite images from this project so far. When I'm done with the project next week, I'll probably put them all on flickr.

floating leaves

I walked in the park yesterday.
The pond reflected the sky. I liked that combination of the water lily leaves and clouds...

Caution

My life is a work zone. It's presently under construction. Careful of loose bits that could topple over at any time. I realize, yeah, it's a bit shoddy and dangerous, and not particularly hospitable at present. But I promise I'm working my hardest to get everything just right. Soon the walls will be painted, the floors will be varnished; the dust will be all cleared away, and everything will have a nice, shiny gleam to it. You'll be so impressed when I'm through. But give me time. I can only promise the best once everything is in its proper place.

Hugo.

I didn't take too many pictures this week, but I remember liking this one when I took it. This picture was taken in the car, he was staring at the hamburger shop, waiting for his owner to come back. 

globes & maps

Light breaks underneath a heavy door
And I try to keep myself awake
Fall all around us on our hotel floor
And you think that you've made a mistake
And there's a pain in my stomach from another sleepless binge
And I struggled to get myself up again

I wanna hang onto something
That won't break away or fall apart
Like the pieces of my heart

And globes and maps are all around me now
I wanna feel you breathe me
Globes and maps I see surround you here
Why won't you believe me?
Globes and maps they charter your way back home
Do you wanna leave or something?

//Something Corporate

The last week of my life was dreadful. Highly stressed, sleep deprived, emotional. Next week doesn't look too bright either. I really just want to leave.

autumn leaves

autumn is my favorite time of year. i love the perfect weather, the changing leaves, all the festive fun. for the past week or two i've been riding my bike around the neighborhood after school. today i saw these leaves in the pond and loved the way the motion of the ripples rocked them. the sun always makes the whole area look so nice in the afternoon- it just adds a whole new level of beauty to the water.

the latest: i'm going to have to miss out on five days of the beautiful mideast autumn weather starting tomorrow at 8am, when i leave for san francisco, california. a few weeks ago i got into the academy of art university, and i finally have a chance to go out there and see what it's like. i have a feeling i'll love it, although i'll be going when the weather is rainy. that's okay though, i'm sure it will be a blast! i am so excited for the future!

While Magna is Away...

Chris will play!

Magna Rún has been busy with her study abroad program, and hasn't had the chance to take shots, not to mention she's a sweetie and loans her camera to others. :] So for today, here's a picture from me! It's not in sepia, honestly; this was taken around midnight after some storms had passed.

∞

This may seem like a strange and rather amateur photo, but playing with light is my new favorite technique. In this particular photograph, I was using the moon to "paint with light," so to speak. This was my favorite image from this series, because it's (kind of, haha) an infinity sign, which has a lot of meaning to me, personally.

Autumn Rain

It was cold rainy day today, by the effects of an autumnal rain front. I caught some raindrops on Lantana.

I have to change a different set(autumn/winter) of clothing... brrr

I Do What I Do Because That's How It's Done

I like playing. I like experimenting. I don't like rules. I like breaking them. Tell me how something should be done. I'll do it differently. And I'll do it so well, that it will make perfect sense whilst completely forgoing reason.

This shot is a long-exposure during the night, and is entirely edited.

I take a lot of pictures in streets, especially of street art, murals or graffiti. This is an old building I came across while taking the backstreets home from college. 

This is my first film print. I developed the negatives myself two weeks ago, and then this past Wednesday I made two prints. This is my favourite, and maybe one of my favourite photos I've ever taken. Unfortunately there's a scratch on the negative which could not be removed. But I love film for all the dust and such, so I probably shouldn't complain.

This is Jacob's hand. I hold it everyday :)
better view on flickr or if you just click on the image above.

colon backslash

today i had an interim critique with my fashion teacher. the project on hand is to complete the FIT portfolio components, create a collection inspired by an object, and render a garment made over the summer. my critique was somewhat of a shock to me. i thought my progress would have been much more impressive to my teacher, but she ended up finding all the flaws in my design style in general. six months ago i was receiving all kinds of compliments on my sketches, now i'm finding out that i've been doing it wrong all this time. i feel pretty disappointed and frustrated, but i can really only go up from here. hopefully i'll improve even more this year.
i know this photo isn't the greatest for detail but i unfortunately don't have a working scanner at the moment.

the latest: not the best week for me. i keep hearing things wrong and doing extra work by mistake. i'm managing a live music performance that will happen in early december and things are really starting to come together, so i'm very excited. many projects and events coming up. my favorite time of year is here.

-meredith