9.27.2012
9.20.2012
success!
i just revel so much in staying up late, procrastinating. the wee hours are so lovely. *sigh*
9.13.2012
candy bars
as an aside, if looking for possible new music or wishing to contribute - all money from sales of music, physical or otherwise, will go towards ryan's wife and daughter.
9.12.2012
a friend passed away last friday.
i woke to the news on saturday morning; it was storming, as only the late summer can storm. a lazy 9 am and so dark it felt like an evening nap with the sounds of rain and thunder.
anthony came in with the news and i woke fully, completely shocked.
we'd just spent time with him, his wife, and their ridiculously adorable 6 month old baby the tuesday before. i remember thinking, that was great! we should hang out more often! because we don't travel much in the same circles, you see.
i remember having delicious italian dinners with him as our server, laughing a lot, drinking wine on the house. he could speak chinese far better than me. he enjoyed researching topics he found interesting; and i'd run into him every once in a while at the downtown library. at one point in our lives, we even went on a few lunch dates, talked on the phone in the evenings. we drifted apart, and saw each other at the occasional show.
when he met his wife and they got married after 5 months, the same year anthony and i tied the knot (2008), i thought - "that was fast!" and seeing their lives together in pictures, on facebook, on her blog, in person - holy cow, they were perfect for one another. so smitten with each other.
i'm just struck (stricken?) - with the quickness with which life can be taken away, the unfairness of it all, the grief of his family, the incredulity and repeating strangeness of realizing someone is no longer around, someone who had been familiar on facebook, or instagram, or in general life peripheries.
*sigh*
life can be so very short - be kind to one another. relax. enjoy yourselves.
i woke to the news on saturday morning; it was storming, as only the late summer can storm. a lazy 9 am and so dark it felt like an evening nap with the sounds of rain and thunder.
anthony came in with the news and i woke fully, completely shocked.
we'd just spent time with him, his wife, and their ridiculously adorable 6 month old baby the tuesday before. i remember thinking, that was great! we should hang out more often! because we don't travel much in the same circles, you see.
i remember having delicious italian dinners with him as our server, laughing a lot, drinking wine on the house. he could speak chinese far better than me. he enjoyed researching topics he found interesting; and i'd run into him every once in a while at the downtown library. at one point in our lives, we even went on a few lunch dates, talked on the phone in the evenings. we drifted apart, and saw each other at the occasional show.
when he met his wife and they got married after 5 months, the same year anthony and i tied the knot (2008), i thought - "that was fast!" and seeing their lives together in pictures, on facebook, on her blog, in person - holy cow, they were perfect for one another. so smitten with each other.
i'm just struck (stricken?) - with the quickness with which life can be taken away, the unfairness of it all, the grief of his family, the incredulity and repeating strangeness of realizing someone is no longer around, someone who had been familiar on facebook, or instagram, or in general life peripheries.
*sigh*
life can be so very short - be kind to one another. relax. enjoy yourselves.
8.13.2012
8.10.2012
8.08.2012
so. things. life.
it's going pretty well. nothing crazy coming up to startle or bite.
i've had at least 1 photo shoot a month for the last few months. not too shabby. my brother was able to be my second shooter for a wedding and IT WAS AMAZING. i don't think i want to shoot a wedding w/o him (or another second shooter) again. it was almost relaxing to have a backup that i trusted, and we worked really well together.
a friend's boss was going through his old photo equipment a few months back and i was able to buy a 3 strobe light set for $75! 1 lightstand, 2 umbrellas, 3 strobes. $75 bucks. from what i can see, a similar rig would cost at least $1000. admittedly, i did also buy a set of pocketwizard light remotes, which would enable me to use the strobes without the possibility of damaging my camera... which were about $500, BUT, they were something i wanted to use with wedding photography anyways, so... win win? i still end out ahead!
i was able to set it up for ant's birthday party and we HAD A BLAST.
only thing i need to work on is some kind of remote trigger holder; i have a wireless remote, but it's tiny and could be easily lost at a party. need to somehow make a holder for it - it's rad to be able to let guests handle it themselves. (or little kids. scarlett LOVES taking photos of herself and i appreciate the fact that she's not trying to be a little princess in every picture; she makes crazy monster faces and contorts herself into odd poses - her pictures are amazing!)
other items of note.... got a haircut, had red tips dyed on the ends, got a new job. did i ever mention that here? in any case, it's SO MUCH better than my last job. still in a cubicle, but it's bearable for now. am intrigued by a shipwreck researcher position that madge sent me. reminder: follow up on that tomorrow.
agenda for this weekend, another photo shoot, a friend's kid's birthday party, and a LOT of photo editing.
it's going pretty well. nothing crazy coming up to startle or bite.
i've had at least 1 photo shoot a month for the last few months. not too shabby. my brother was able to be my second shooter for a wedding and IT WAS AMAZING. i don't think i want to shoot a wedding w/o him (or another second shooter) again. it was almost relaxing to have a backup that i trusted, and we worked really well together.
a friend's boss was going through his old photo equipment a few months back and i was able to buy a 3 strobe light set for $75! 1 lightstand, 2 umbrellas, 3 strobes. $75 bucks. from what i can see, a similar rig would cost at least $1000. admittedly, i did also buy a set of pocketwizard light remotes, which would enable me to use the strobes without the possibility of damaging my camera... which were about $500, BUT, they were something i wanted to use with wedding photography anyways, so... win win? i still end out ahead!
i was able to set it up for ant's birthday party and we HAD A BLAST.
only thing i need to work on is some kind of remote trigger holder; i have a wireless remote, but it's tiny and could be easily lost at a party. need to somehow make a holder for it - it's rad to be able to let guests handle it themselves. (or little kids. scarlett LOVES taking photos of herself and i appreciate the fact that she's not trying to be a little princess in every picture; she makes crazy monster faces and contorts herself into odd poses - her pictures are amazing!)
other items of note.... got a haircut, had red tips dyed on the ends, got a new job. did i ever mention that here? in any case, it's SO MUCH better than my last job. still in a cubicle, but it's bearable for now. am intrigued by a shipwreck researcher position that madge sent me. reminder: follow up on that tomorrow.
agenda for this weekend, another photo shoot, a friend's kid's birthday party, and a LOT of photo editing.
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