Malad-Dragons

I had no idea what a Malad-Dragon was when I first encountered it. I was out taking some photos when I saw this really cool old bus. As you can see from the picture it said Malad-Dragon on the front. I giggled a little and when I got to editing them I thought that I might try to find out what it is. Well, after some research I found that there is a city in Idaho called Malad and their local high school mascot is the the dragons. The bus appeared to still be in working order but I wasn't sure what they used it for. I probably could go ask the owners of the home were I was trespassing to get the pics.... or not. ENJOY!!!

Bucket List

For a recent assignment my teacher asked us to pick something off our bucket list and photograph it. This is about when I realized that I don’t have a bucket list and most people do. So, drum roll please, her is my superfantasticalridonkulouslyawesome BUCKET LIST (in no particular order):

1. Travel throughout South America

2. Photograph for a major magazine

3. Go to Egypt with my mom / do what my art teacher did (he paid off the pyramid guards and hiked the pyramids at 3 in the morning)

4. Date a cowboy

5. Live in the city

6. a) buy cowboy boots

    b) wear said boots to rockin’ Taylor Swift concert

7. Roll down a green grassy hill in Ireland

8. Drive a Subaru WRX STI with a hood scoop and gold rims

9. Learn to longboard

10. Go elk hunting

11. Help people in Africa

12. Document a natural disaster (i.e. photography)

13. Finish every book on my To Read list

14. Offer my photography to help someone

15. Go surfing in Australia

16. Learn Italian

17. Kiss someone under the Eiffel Tower

18. Go fishing in/on  a cruise to Alaska

19. Eat drunken Noodles in Thailand

20. Spend a day learning how a farm works and working.

21. Ride a horse (for real though not the dinky let me guide the horse while you sit on it)

22. Visit the rest of the Mayan ruins ( I have already toured Chitchen Itza, Tulum is next)

There’s probably more but this was all that was coming to me and I figure it is a good start. I will add more later if I think of them. So the assignment was to pick something on your bucket list then find a way to photograph it where we are now.  I chose #12 and found and interesting little place to take some pictures. While I was photographing it reminded me about the earthquake in Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Thailand, and the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I thought about how others photography had  brought that crisis to me and many others and about how I want to do that. Some may think that a photographer isn't important right after a serious event and that the aid is more important but I feel that without putting a face to that crisis and showing it to people they would be less likely to want to help the people. I feel that a photographer is the worlds eyes focused on that one event and showing it people who can't see it.

More Firsts

Now that I am back at school I am taking a photography class and I am unbelievably in love with it. I feel like I am going to explode with all the information and my instructor is a really amazing woman who creates amazing photographs. I so want to be like her one day. I am going to post a few shots of our first assignment and this was my first time shooting in FULL MANUAL. Yes, FULL MANUAL, all the way down to the focus. It was a challange for sure and it took me quite awhile to get it right but I am so proud of myself. Just a side note for the class we are only allowed to use natural light and nothing can be photo shopped, so everything you see is just the product of having an amazing camera. I hope you like them!

Firsts

This post contains some photos that I took of one of my best friends Ashley. She has been at school for four months and before taking off to her summer internship she was going to chop her hair off so she asked me to take some before and after shots so I of course turned into a full photo shoot because, well, why not. We had a blast taking pictures and she has the most bubbly cute personality which I think sorta comes through in these pictures. I feel like I am learning so much in my class that now I look back and I see all the mistakes I was making but I still really like them. Enjoy!

A Long Time Coming

Well here's the update: I got my awesomely fantastic new camera! I am in love with this thing and I want to take it with me everywhere I go. So from now on I am using a Nikon D3000. It has been interesting getting used to all of the new things to play with seeing as this is my first personal DSLR that is all mine mine mine. I have been taking pictures of everything and anything and I can't wait to share with you some of what I have been doing. I know it's been a while but I hope the next couple of posts sorta fill you in.

This was my first picture with my camera and it is of my cat. Ha! It is horrible I aknowledge this but it was a first so I had to post it.

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