Summer 5

So these are my two best friends:

Julia and I drove up to Memphis, NY to visit Steve Smith. I'm really starting to get the hang of using the DSLR, I got quite a few good shots that I'm happy with. 

Summer 4

The past few nights there have been some insanely intense thunder storms. (too many adjectives?) I stood outside with my camera trying to press the shutter when the lightning struck. Unfortunately it was way too cloudy to get a picture of the lightning strike but how the clouds were illuminated was amazing. I also took a video of the thunder and lightning but there is a lot of background noise due to the amount of wind. Got to love summer storms. 

Summer 3

So I went to MOCCA festival over the weekend, I originally went to stalk out Danielle Corsetto of Girls With Slingshots but I completely  missed her table even though I went through the entire festival three times searching for it. I didn't really buy anything because I have no money, my apartment is tiny, and I currently have over 1,000 books on my shelf already (this is not an exaggeration). I did however run into ZAK SMITH!!!! He was browsing one of the booths and I had to do a double (and triple) take because he was the last person I would have ever thought to be there (seeing as wikipedia says he lives in California). So I basically had a heart attack, walked up to him and said hello, probably sounded like a complete idiot because every intelligent thing I could have said to him left my mind as soon as he started talking. But basically, I met my idol and he was really cool. Still on a cloud!

today

I met my idol

Summer 2

I drove up to Maopac to see my cousin sing in the band One Frequency. I was hoping this would be a good chance to work more with the digital slr and get some good shots. Unfortunately I wasn't really happy with any of the shots I took. I have photographed bands before and done really well so I'm not sure why I couldn't seem to get any of the shots I wanted but I didn't come up with much. I really just need to keep going places and keep shooting. Anyway here is some of the stuff I came up with.

The show was phenomenal and the bands did a really great job...and then the cops busted the event and arrested two people.

The one photograph I'm kind of happy with is one from the drive home. The cloud formations were amazing.

Summer 1

So before the semester ended and I started thinking about what the hell I was going to do this summer I decided that I would do SOMETHING every week to keep myself sane. I really want to do a lot of art while I am home this summer but being home leaves me completely uninspired. So while I have no idea what kind of art to do I have been doing other things. I have gone to Jersey to visit my roommate and another friend from school, been to my first hardcore show, and re-read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I have also been to Rockwood to test out the digital slr (Canon Rebel xti) I am working with for the summer. Here are some of my shots.

Drawing Final

So my final project for drawing was a series of watercolor self portraits.