30 Day Project-Day 4

Day 04 - A picture of your night

Tonight I spent most of my evening altering and fixing clothing, I finally patched up my favourite pair of jeans, with leopard print of course. I am working on adding some length to that skirt with some zebra print and have some other ideas I will be working on this weekend. I also spent a large portion of my evening watching Criminal Minds while having a bath, which was super relaxing and now I am relaxing in bed before sleep and talking to the boyfriend <3
What are you up to this lovely night?

30 Day Project-Day 3 (edited)

Day 03
A picture of the cast from your favorite show
Last night I posted this blog but didn't really put proper thought into my favourite show and was called out by a friend. so here is the new version on Day 3!

As my friend Tyler commented, Criminal Minds is my all time favourite show. I think I have just been so caught up in Dexter the past few months it is all I can think about and it clouded my mind, that damn endearing serial killer! Criminal Minds drives me wild, if I wasn't planning on being a photographer as my career my second choice for sure is Criminal Profiler. I actually went to school for 2 years to pursue this with Psychology as my Major and Criminology as my Minor, but was really not into the whole University thing, it just wasn't for me. Although I loved the majority of the things I learned I think the structure of University education is what turned me off. I think my favourite character on this show would have to be Spencer Reid, I love how smart and quirky he is.

Lately I have been obsessed with Dexter, I would for sure say it is one of my favorite show at the moment. Since I couldn't take a picture of the cast myself (if only I could) I added some lovely blood splatters and some text. I decided to keep all the blood off of Dexter as he is so tidy and precise about everything. What is your favorite show? What do you think of Dexter?

Could you imagine if they did a few episodes of Criminal Minds and Dexter combined. Could Dexter slip past the minds of the greatest television behaviour analysis team? As good as Dexter is he has had some major slip ups and always seems to just barely get away. I personally don't think he could outsmart Quantico's best. What do you think?

30 Day Project- Day 2

Day 2

This is my best friend Kelly and I 2 summers ago
We've been best friends since grade 6 we decided we were best friends when we realized we have the same middle name, Dawn.
She is family to me, we've been through some crazy ass times and I know I can always talk to her about anything Ive done and she wont judge me. We go through stints where we aren't as close as other times but no matter what I love her, am here for her and will always consider her as one of my besties.
I love you Kel-Kel

30 Days Project

So as I mentioned before I would be doing a 30 days project that I saw on my friends facebook and thought was a really cute idea. I dont think I will be able to make every picture my own but I will try my best. Here is the list of what I will be putting out every day.
Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for the longest.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your night.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most messed up things with.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 - A picture of your day.
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss

Day 01

a photo taken with my macbook

FACTS
1. I have a cat obsession
2. Ive lived in 4 different provinces but have moved between these provinces 7 times.
3. I have two younger siblings 7 and 10 years younger then me
4. I have a collection of shoes but really only wear a couple pairs
5. I love following fashion trends
6.I have been in love with leopard print since grade 9 or 10, and the obsession is only getting worse
7. I want a career as a photographer
8. I have the biggest heart, but focus all my love on a small number of people
9. I put on a strong front and act like things dont affect me but its mostly because Im scared of feeling hurt.
10. I have very few friends that are girls. my boys are my life.
11. My boyfriends my best friend, straight up.
12. I have more secrets and a wild past then you would ever think.
13. Ive learned more about my self, what I want in life and started working towards that in the past 3 months then I have in my whole life.
14. I hate touching a wet bar of soap with dry hands more then anything.
15. The smell of uncooked cold BBQ sauce is the most disgusting thing ever to me.

C'est L'Halloween

It is Halloween Weekend yay, I love Halloween time, I love all the festivities, the colours, the candy, and of course the costumes! We got to dress up at work on Friday I thought I would let you guys see my costume. I was a zombie soldier, I really wanted to be a zombie since I missed the Zombie walk.
Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to go out and celebrate this weekend but I did spend my evening last night doing a little photo shoot with myself which was pretty entertaining. Let me know what you guys think of my pictures! I plan to do a 30 day picture thing on my blog, I saw it on my friends facebook and thought it would be an excellent idea for my blog so keep your eyes open for that!

Mixed Media Project

(a photo of mine, its a building along the booth bridge)

Well my tickets are booked, my calendar is marked counting down the days, and my bags are eagerly waiting to be packed. That's right I am coming to visit Ottawa thanks to my amazing boyfriend! Now since my latest realization that I want to start shooting some more fashion and editorial type shoots I really wanted to jump on the chance of bring able to work in a different city with people from other citys. I have really wanted to create something a bit different from just a typical photo, so Kyle and I are planning on collaborating on a Mixed Media piece together. He is an amazing drawer and currently in the animation program at Algonquin College. I figured this would be a great opportunity for us to work on something together while I am visiting and we will be able to continue putting it together when I return to Edmonton.

Since it will be winter time when i am there I really wanted to use the elements that will be available to us. We have decided to go for a gothic/glamour theme with a bit of a Tim Burton feel to it. I think the best way to describe my vision of it is Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissor Hands meets high fashion. The main photography subject(s) will be photographed outside, hopefully in the snow, with a hill behind them. The main background piece will be a drawn old creepy house that will be on top of the hill. We plan to add other drawn objects to add to the feel of the photo. This project idea is a work in progress, and the ideas are continuously growing and growing. If you want to take part in this in anyway or know someone who may be interested please get in contact with me. We could use anyone such as makeup artists, clothing designers, hairstylists, lighting experts, assistant, anything really!

Inspiration and Realization

All of you who may know me must know I have had a fairly finicky heart. I am either never fully pleased and just can not make up my mind(*I can't get no- satisfaction*). I guess this is both a very bad and good quality. Bad for reasons like I have very large issues with commitment, whether it be relationships, jobs, career paths etc, and therefore am never really working towards a main goal. Good for the fact that because I am never fully satisfied and can not commit because I have experienced many different things, and explored many different options which in the end gives me a stronger knowledge of what I truly want and what could fully satisfy me. Its like cake tasting for your wedding cake, sure all the other options might be good but they just are not right, and by trying all these different kinds of cake you get a better understanding of what you desire. (I am currently craving some cake). The past few months I feel like I have been "finding myself" and really figuring out what I want and what is best for me.

My big passion has been photography, hence the blog. The past while though I have been on the fence about making this my career path. Really the hesitation has come from my fears, photography is such an insanely competitive field with a fairly low success rate...nothing about that sounds to inviting! So I think lately i think I have been trying to think more practically and have bee thinking about going into school for small business management, that way I would have the business skills I would need for being a photographer, as well as these skills I could use as a backup in all sorts of different jobs. I have been living off this idea for the past few months tihnking it is the best bet for me to be successful in the future. But really is that what I want, is my only goal to be successful. No. I want to do what I am passionate about! When have I eever been someone who lives by practicality...never lol and I dont think I am going to start now. So I started my day by going on Kijiji(such an odd word to type out I can never figure out if I have the right number of i's or j's) on the photography and video services ads and looking for models who are looking to colaborate. I came to a post which ended up leading me to a couple of blogs of current students who are in a photography program ( I added these 2 blogs today, so if one of you are reading this thank you for the start of my day of inspiration and realization) I looked through their blogs and just noticed such a huge improvement in their work over such a little amount of time and really loved a lot of the more recent photos that I saw. That's when I really got hit again with "this is what I want to do and this is what I need to do to do it" so I am back on going to school to study photography.

Well with this realization and goal back in place, I thought well maybe I should get a better idea of what kind of photography I really am passionate about and would really love doing. This kind of came easier to me. I spend a lot of my time on buzznet-which is like a picture, video, blogging site- and I follow models to check out their photos. I freaking love fashion/editorial photography love love love it. I'm currently having a word block because I cant even think of the right words to describe what it is for me. Its just pure beauty, and love and creativity. It just seems like the perfect way for me to express myself and create something to amazing, a way to tell a story and entrance someone. My mind is going into a frenzy just thinking about it. So I was doing a bit of searching online for fashion photographers and such, and came across the greatest site ever.

http://www.fashionphotographyblog.com

Melissa Rodwell is an amazing photographer, and has created a site I have only dreamed about doing. Sharing personal work and teaching through her work. She also accepts other photographers works and posts them on her site to give artists the recognition they deserve. This women I believe has created something so amazing for fashion photographers, she has definitely given me inspiration to keep true to my passion and work to get to where I want to be.

Seeing as this is a photo blog I feel it is only right I have atleast one photo in each blog. Unfortunately I have never shot anything really fashion or editorial before I leave you with a self portrait I did a year ago. Voila. I hope you all can find some inspiration and guidance in your life if you are looking for it.