Daffodils

My trip to Indiana was extremely rewarding, but very tiresome. I felt like I was on the go-go-go 24/7, but I enjoy the excitement. Things haven't slowed down, despite my arrival back to Athens. The first day of class for spring quarter was very busy. Students are hustling to their new classes carrying bags filled with new books, jamming to their ipods while walking, and stopping sporadically to give hugs to friends whom they haven't seen in only a week, but to them feels like a year.

First day of classes is certainly overwhelming, but amongst all the bustle I managed to take time to smell the flowers...literally. On my way to my last class of the day I saw these daffodils, already in full bloom. I enjoyed them for a few minutes, as they were a nice reminder that spring has started.

Photograph: Taken with nikon D60 at the Ridges at Ohio University.

Spring in Athens

It is officially spring break!! I can't wait until the flowers start blooming by the college gate on campus and until the weather is nice enough to ride my bike to class and sit on the lawns to do my homework instead of being stuck by a desk.

Unfortunately, I will probably not be posting a lot of pictures this week. I already haven't been because I've been swamped with finals and this upcoming week I will be traveling and performing in the state of Indiana.

When I return, I hope to have a lot of photographs to share.

Photograph: This picture, "Tulips on College Green" was taken with my film SLR. It was entered into a photo contest. Although it did not win first place of its category, it was published in a photography book which can be purchased at Barnes & Noble.

Julia

Photographs: All photographs were taken of my friend and old roommate, Julia Brewer, playing French horn in a practice room in the music building at Ohio University. Julia was preparing for her jury and I was very excited to hear her play. All photos were taken with my digital SLR.

Hamburger Pizza

Andrew and I are consistently looking for new ways to improve our pizza making skills. This pizza, our hamburger pizza, is made of homemade dough, beef and veggies...some ingredients have been kept secret. :)
The next step to our pizza making extravaganza is to compile all the pictures we have taken and recipes to make a cookbook. I'm also thinking we need more test subjects for these pizzas, because if I eat anymore pizza I might turn into a pizza. Any takers?

Photographs: Photograph one is of our pizza before we added lettuce, the last ingredient. The second is the final product. Both pictures were taken on my digital SLR.

My Environment

Sometimes the pictures speak for themselves. It's finals week. The mess is stacking up on the dining room table and the food we eat is getting worse for our bodies.
The worse letters possible to get for scrabble.


Dining room table. Our salt and pepper shakers are a little bit profane.
Cookin' in the kitchen.

Breakfast pizza with a mango salsa.

Dancing

Photographs: When the Baker Center (student center) opened at Ohio University, there was a week where the center was booming with events. Many different groups performed including aforementioned SMO. These pictures were taken of students dancing at the Baker Center's opening weekend. They were taken with my 52mm film SLR.

Mouths

Tyra Banks likes to brag about the fact that she's a supermodel because she has this innate ability to "smile with her eyes". Good for her, but normal people like to smile with their mouths. I took these images in order to show that one feature of your face can clearly express an emotion.


Photograph: This quirky image was compiled on photoshop with images I took using my nikond60. The lighting was, unfortunately, very poor as they were taken under bathroom lights.

Peaches

Still trying to master taking pictures of food. I think food has been the hardest thing to photograph. When I cut up the peaches I used to French toast, I immediately fell in love with the colors of the fresh fruit.
Movin' to the country gonna eat a lot of peaches
I'm movin' to the country I'm gonna eat me a lot of peaches

Movin' to the country I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches
Peaches come from a can they were put there by a man
In a factory downtown
If I had my little way Id eat peaches everyday
Sun soakin' bulges in the shade

Movin' to the country I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches

I took a little nap where the roots all twist
Squished a rotten peach in my fist
And dreamed about you woman
I poked my finger down inside makin' a little room for a ant to hide
Natures candy in my hand or can or a pie

Isabelle

Homesick adj. Acutely longing for one's family or home.

I get homesick easily. I love school, but when I am at home in Cincinnati, I'm somewhat of a homebody. In high school I went to school, went to swim practice, had piano lessons, and then came home to do homework. That was it. I'm still that way when I go back during my winter, spring, and summer breaks.
I enjoy being home and spending time with my family, especially with my niece Isabelle (or Beatlehead, which is what I like to call her). When I am away at school I feel like I miss out on a lot of things regarding my family, especially how Isabelle is growing up.
At one time that I left for school she was barely putting together utterances. I got back from break and she was speaking in full sentences. I now hear that she is making up her own language and getting very tall. Hopefully I will get to spend a lot of time photographing her with my new camera this summer.
She's a ham!

Photographs: These photos were taken in the summer at my house. Isabelle, I believe, is almost three when these were taken. All three pictures were taken on my HP point-n-shoot.

Katie & Adam

It's come to that point in my life where people I know are starting to get engaged and married and it's a little unreal. I talked to my sister about this over break. I mentioned that I was so excited for my friends getting married (I now know three), but that I was shocked that I have reached that point in my life where I would have to be attending weddings where I actually knew the bride and groom. I will no longer just be someone's date, the photographer's assistant, or that "awkward young girl" that came with her parents. My sister had the same experience, though when her friends were getting married she was just starting medical school. Her advice for me, in essence, was to be prepared to keep my weekends open and save some money for bridesmaids dresses.

Engagements are very exciting and even more exciting when you're asked to take the photographs! ;) I was tickled when Katie, my sororoity sister and friend, asked me to take her engagement photos. This is the first time I have ever photographed a couple and I was very nervous, as they probably could tell. Katie and Adam were very patient subjects, and I'm grateful for that.

Photographs: These are a few pictures from the first set of engagement shots. I was a little dissapointed in the weather, so Kaite, Adam, and I made tentative plans to reshoot in the spring when it's much more enjoyable outside. I look forward to shooting with them again!

Yeah Toast!

All around the country coast to coast,
people always say what do you like most,
I don't wanna brag i don't wanna boast,
I always tell 'em I like toast.

yeah TOAST

oh wee monsieur bonjour cool cat,
uh huh croissante du bagette,
maurice a vaulzey effeil tower,
o wee maria bagette vouze,

FRENCH TOAST!!

Photographs: I made French Toast for the first time this weekend. I used the macro, no flash, setting on my Nikon D60 to photograph the food. I thought brunch turned out well and wanted to share it with everyone who didn't get to enjoy it through photographs.