my aperturic annual – 07.13.10
July 15th, 2010
my aperturic annual – 07.12.10
July 13th, 2010
A special thank you goes out to the two of you who very kindly reminded me that I’ve been slacking on my posts as of late. I explained to one of you how annoyed I immediately found myself shooting for this blog instead of for myself. So we’ll have to see where this heads from here. It’s not that I’m unable to follow through with a commitment. I’m actually somewhat freakishly obsessed with being a woman of my word. But I also can’t have the motivation to do this become the very opposite of what this year’s challenge was to myself. I’m working personally on how to make the two marry well.
Today, however, the moment presented itself quite clearly and I took it. I hereby post a very fun image of one of the boys in my neighborhood who stopped by between my shoots today selling art of his in hopes of getting to California. I will share with you he was quite savvy in his salesmanship. He told Sarah, my office manager, his pieces sold for two dollars. When Sarah came downstairs (after answering the doorbell to find him standing there and asked if she could borrow a couple bucks), I headed up to see his work and hoped to surprise him with an unexpected tip when I pulled out a five. Apparently, however, the piece I had chosen was one of his best. It sold for $5, not $2, so I reached back in to literally get the last two dollar bills in my wallet so I could own this.
What you can see is how happy he is holding the last money I have in my wallet. You can also see his sketch. What you can’t see on the sketch, however, is the phrase he wrote in a quote bubble coming out of the man’s head. It says (and I quote), “Tell ‘em to shove off.”
Hilarious.
my aperturic annual – 06.28.10
June 28th, 2010
Jared and I met for dinner tonight at Blanc. As we finished up, we were making “art” out of our straws. One thing let to another, and Jared encouraged me to take a photo with his iPhone, saying I should post something here about “my assignment today being making a piece of art and photographing it with something other than my ‘real’ camera.” Hilarious. So…I offer you this gem of a photo as entry #1 for the day.
Then, we headed back to the deck I supposedly never invite him over to hang out on. I had a moment of zen watching the sun set, as the clouds turned from white to orange to pink. It was loverly.
I tried to get a photo of him on the deck. You know…the one he never hangs out on. He did not cooperate.
[ Image removed because nobody wants to see me in a unitard that tight. -Jared ]
Then, we attempted to become wildlife photographers, as apparently I’m becoming Snow White with the bagillion rabbits, birds, lightening bugs, and whatnot hanging out in my backyard. Just when we had given up hope, Jared saw this shot. Thankfully the camera was in my hand, as it would just be embarrassing for him to take the shot of the evening and not me (though arguably, the shot above would definitely beat this).
Then it really started getting dark and I started playing with settings on my camera I should be much more familiar with. That produced this.
Which led to me trying to take an image at 9:30 p.m., but exposing it to make it look like it was actually the afternoon.
Which just started leading us towards all sorts of chaos with exposure and whatnot.
Ever wondered what Jared would look like with an ear for a nose? I can show you.
Creepy, isn’t it? It’s kind of like a movie poster for “Dr. Jared, Mr. Hyde”.
Then, after many attempts, I think I got the shot I wanted. The following would officially be my entry for the day. A much better contribution than the iPhone whatnot from above.
my aperturic annual – 06.27.10
June 28th, 2010
This weekend my friend Jeremy and his son Zion stopped by to see my new deck. Apparently, as they were pulling in my driveway, Zion asked Jeremy, “Will there be any kids here?” Jeremy said, “No.” Zion responded, “Ahhhhh, man….”
Little did he expect to have as much fun as he did. Jeremy and I pushed him in the sky chair suspended from the tree in my backyard, and he clearly got more air than any adult ever has. He giggled so loud, saying over and over, “I LOOOOOOOOVE THIS!!!!!” as he swung back and forth.
I will have everyone know he always preferred it when I was pushing him. Jer’s a responsible parent, wanting to make sure he didn’t get hurt. Jer said, “You push him like an aunt would, I push him like a dad…” Maybe I should’ve been a little more cautious, but no one was hurt. Promise.
I’m going to rig up a seatbelt system for the next time he comes. He is quite the daredevil of a child (takes after his daddy…a bit time rockclimber). Even after multiple times of Jeremy telling him to hold on, Zion would lift his hands off the bar at the peak of the push mid-air. Let’s just see how happy this made him, though…
Eventually, the heat got the best of me and Jer, so we came inside. Zion proceeded to stay out in the yard, attempting to push the swing more on his own and then hop inside as it flew by. It was hilarious. After he joined us inside when he finally realized it wouldn’t work by himself, I continued to win points by giving him a cherry popsicle. He tried at one point to brush his teeth with it (crazy kid!)…
But most of the time he just sat there and enjoyed cooling off a bit after the swing adventure…
Zion is becoming a big brother this week to a new little girl. I’m pretty excited to meet her. If she’s half as cool as her brother, she’s going to be awesome.
my aperturic annual – 06.25.10
June 25th, 2010
MY CABINETS ARE IN!!!!!
