Capturing the Alternative Beauty

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Assignment:alternative beauty.

to me alternative beauty was something that we dont see everyday, something that we may overlook because we are so over stimulated with images of cookie cutter, girl next door types. In this picture I choose to capture the darker side of beauty.I was pretty happy with the outcome because it was beauty but with a dark un-natural twist.

SOLD!!

I sold "Cant hear the monkey on my shoulder". I entered that piece at a local show with two others and that one sold opening night!! I was so excited its my first piece to be sold so i look forward to selling more!!

update

So everything has been going smoothly thus far. I found a place to live its really cute still working on breaking it in but it will be fab! i got my loan.. so I'm rich bitch!!love it... classes are decent I'm eating OK not great but not terribly wrong. only bad bad problem is I miss my baby like whoa! like all the time :(

i will be shooting pretty regular now so stay tuned for some photos.

NEW SHIZZLE... by me

"I can't hear the monkey on my sholder"

Balance is key

AHhh I need some balance in my life. In the end that's what its all about. You cant live in one extreme of anything. I need balance with my wants and responsibilities... and right now my wants and priorities are all out of whack and i need to get that shit straight . I'm embarrassed as to what i have put on the back burner... like lets see.

• unpaid ticket .... if not paid by 8.8.08 my license is suspended
• mailing in loan
• apartment hunting ... actually signing a lease
• car needs to be taken in
• paying for the semester

Well its all gonna get done some time this week before these things

• photo adventure
• pool
• organizing my zune
• shopping
• renting more movies

Also the clutter and the junk is driving me mad... I mean there is shit every where in every drawer.... I knew I had a lot of shit but how? how can I feel like I have nothing I need in all the stuff that is here. In the first hour of cleaning I managed to cover my entire queen size bed with stuff.... hair products, make-up, curling irons, flat irons, bras, books, Cd's, jewelry, clothes, shoes, movies, cameras, you name it it's here. I've gone threw 2 trash bags so far (which I'm proud of) and a whole bag of clothes. I still have a long way to that simple life but I'm working on it.

before:

after: (five hours later)

I been thinking a lot about going back to school this year and how its my last year and everything. It kind of sucks because I have to be so serious this year and actually get shit done but i seriously don't want to stop partying and hanging out like I use to.... I keep telling myself to be serious but all I can think about is what can i wear to the bar? and how great its gonna be with my (possible) apartment being so close to the liquor store and the bar. I need a job! something needs to support my habits. shit right now I'm a non smoker by default... I have no money to buy pack....

I need to get the fuck out of here...

anyway I was looking at people's apartments today and I dig this girls place its nice... I could see myself there. we'll call it my inspiration. it has some elements i like. ha ha I'm loving the bedroom walls and the living room and I'm thinking about building a side table like that.

You better work bitch!

love it!

wal-mart consumer

So I went to Wal-mart today... and I would have to say i pretty much cant stand it anymore. now i was like practically brought up on Wal-mart. Me my mom and my grandma use to go out in the middle of the night to go shopping and I would purchase so much stuff... and end up spending a small fortune. Wal-mart has pretty much taken over the way we shop. I hate that we buy things at Wal-mart just because there is a fucking smiley face chopping prices or the fact that its a big fucking warehouse with every fucking thing you would ever need.Honestly how many times have you gone in for just one item and you end up leaving with like ten.... I hate that bullshit....ughhhh a waste.... also I hate the fact that the school I go to the biggest attraction to the town then was and still is Wal-mart.Seriously the tour guides said walmart is the place to be (says alot about where i go to school)(can i at least get a target!) but anyway fuck that shit . I been really wanting to do a photo series on walmart like portraits of the customers or like Stephan Gill and do photos of wal-mart receipts..... ugh heres some pics i snapped when i was there today. nothing special just random shots.

I hate it but its what we all are today....

nothing but stocked shelves and lables.

ahh shes fucking amazing!!!

Adele

Her sound and vocals melt everything around. Proving to be a top competitor against newly Duffy and fading Amy. Adele brings to the table a whole new love and appreciation for the new-wave soul. Her voice is beyond her young 19 years. Her recent album '19' is pure vocals and acoustics. Its just lovely!

Top Tracks I'm Loving:

• Chasing pavements
• Crazy for you
• Cold shoulder

Photo Booth Project

Lately I really been having these ideas to build my own photo booth. I just love the old and classic look of the photos. I also love the snap shot quality they have and they are so much fun. I love the time and space relationship and the infinite possibilities of moments captured.



so first I been looking at as many pictures as I can find so that I can figure out exactly how the lighting and the distance works and all that stuff. next I'm trying to figure out if I should build an actual booth or do something digitally. not sure yet ....still a work in progress. my first idea was a large cardboard box painted white inside with a hole for the camera and it set up on a tripod. then have a chair inside where the person sit s and will have the shutter release cord.

• http://flickr.com/photos/8634637@N05/



• http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=photobooths