la famille de mon pere

This is a little family photo I found of my Dad when he was growing up... he's the goon in the red tie, in the front row.

I love this photo because they are perfectly in center. My grandpa probably took it and he was always very meticulous. I love the harsh light of day and how it totally drabs everyone out in this photo. 

You can just tell that it's one of those photos that no one wanted to be in, but my adorable Aunt Tracy (the young girl in the front) smiles on in the front row next to the goober that is my Uncle Alan and my Aunt Penny (the stunning one in the red dress) looks totally glamourous as usual.

But I kind of like them all. I guess I'll keep them around.

photo thoughts

These have been piling up on my desktop, so I needed to clean house...

Waldorf and Statler

Ok, I think I could love this kitten

I liked trying to figure out who these people were. I got most of them

I knew I loved him

I plan on doing this, although I don't own any orange books

My future child

Ohmygosh... those ears

"Quick! Hide the books!"

I don't know which is more attractive, him or the camera?

Well, he is, that's for sure

Love the bikini

ambitions

I don't know why but the word ambition always makes me think of the word 'amphibians', which means frogs, and this post is nothing about frogs.

I used to be a big list writer. I make lists almost every day. Things I needed to remember, things to do, things I'd like to do, things that I like, things that I love, just random stuff.

Today I've been making a list of things in my head that I'd like to improve on, so I just wanted to write them down before I forgot:

• improve my manual skills with photography
• practice my french more (read books and watch films in french)
• go to the library more often
• run three miles in 15 mins
• learn more songs on my ukulele
• learn more chords on my guitar
• go through my Facebook and cleanse my friends list (not to be a jerk, but sometimes you realize that there are people that you really don't need to keep in contact with)
• make a new 5 year plan
• figure a plan to graduate within the next on coming year
• create a formal resume and portfolio

These are all short-term ambitions obviously, just stuff I aspire to get done soon. I think they're all reasonable, if not easy.

greatest photo of all time

This is a photo I randomly stumbled upon. It's a photo of the world's smallest man dancing with his cat in his doorway. I have no idea who it's buy or what it's called, but it's fantastic.

texas

These are just some shots I got from my first visit to Texas. My Dad just moved to San Antonio, so I got to take little adventures on my own. Meaning: my step-mother dropped me off at the Alamo for a few hours while she and my Dad had to work. Needless to say, I felt independent

Antique store. Closed. Lame.

The Alamo... I kind of love this old man who took almost 30 mins for him to read a 5-sentanced dedication 

The River Walk

One of the first Walgreens

Fralo's is an amazing out-doors brick-oven pizza place

homework... it has begun

I'm freaking out. I have so much to do now and school has only just started a week ago.

I've already got three pots due tomorrow for my ceramics class and four photos for my Color Photography class. Not to mention a TON of reading for my History of Photography and Art History classes, and those baby's never contain easy or short reading.

So I'm checking my list off of things I need to get done. But I did just finish my color photos. They're kind of bland and I'm sure I'll look back on them tomorrow and think "what the heck were you thinking?!". We'll find out tomorrow...

portraits

I would rather take photos of people. I like the challenge of trying to capture someone's personality. But how to do you capture someone's sense of humor? Go crazy! That's why I find these three photos to be absolutely hilarious and inspiring. Have a laugh, it's on me.

photo thoughts

doesn't this make you want to swim to the bottom of a pool?

it took me a while to look at this

graffiti art

You never really see this kind of thing in the streets of New York, but I stumbled upon these amazing photos of different graffiti art. Some of it's really just amazing. Enjoy.