Its all about the art right now.

This song is pretty relevant to a part of my life right now, and even though its a beautiful song and really well done, it makes me kind of sad. The artfullness of the video though is just amazing and fun to watch. The lyrics make me a wee bit sad, and I think I should probably stop listening to it for a while. Just wanted to share it because its interesting to watch, so just enjoy the art.

Loch Muick

Photos from a hike around Loch Muick with my lovely Scottish lass, Fiona. Miss this country and those people so much. Its such a beautiful place, I cannot wait to go back and visit :)

Studio!

My pretty messy but fully functioning studio!! (Yes sometimes I need to stand on a chair.. the problems of being a short photographer...) Bought some tarpaper to cover one wall, which works perfectly as a black background with a bit of editing. Rented the lights and Hasselblad camera from my university to help me out with my project, and man with all the right pieces, my project is sure starting to come together. First worry was getting the outcome of the images to look like what I have pictured in my head, and so far I have been able to produce that! Next step.. figuring out what direction to take my project. I will post starting/test images for my project soon!

599!

I am amazed at how small the internet is. I started this blog in February 2011, and have already had 599 pageviews. I have also had so many people stumble over my blog from so many countries, its amazing. Of course I have given the link to my friends to check out from time to time, yet somehow others seem to find my blog via chance from the internet. I guess I better keep up the good blogging skills to get more followers and viewers!
Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to all those from Canada! I hope your lives are filled with happiness and turkey! :) I'll be spending a lovely time with my family on a wee island going on hikes, eating turkey and drinking lots of wine!

A drop in the Ocean- Ron Pope

Listen to this over and over and over again. It'll blow your mind. Its one of those brilliant songs that you can just put on repeat and you dont get bored of it.

My dad sent me this image of my granny. My grandpa was a great photographer.. Im guessing I got the love of photography and the camera from him, and then through my dad. I have always thought nothing beats old school black and white images. This has now become one of my all time favourite images.

Mini Studio

My roommate is very lovely, and has let me turn our spare room/den into a part-time photography studio. But it also doubles as an art room, storage room and laundry room. I plan to capture a photo of it soon when it is a studio and not a chaotic mess. Its always been a dream of mine to have a space to make into a studio and its finally come true. Put some black tar paper on one wall to create a black background for my 4th year project. At the moment the idea is openended.. but basically about taking portraits of people that are not typical, as in shooting their backs. So I have set up a controlled studio and am experimenting with lighting and a Hasselblad medium format camera. Lots of fun with many trials, failures and a few successes so far.
This final year of studying photography at university is going to be an interesting one for sure. I have already learned so much, and am going to learn much much more. And I havnt even been in classes for a month!