death

this blog is dead. i killed it.

but i replaced it with this: new blog

please stop looking at this blog and start looking at the new one.

muchos gracias

frustration.

one of the most frustrating things is not being able to do anything with html-like stuff. because if i knew how to do that sort of thing, i could design all sorts of..things. but i don't, so i can't.

food.

today i was thinking about the photographs that i have taken. if i could only pick a few, which ones would i chose that makes me not only seem like a better photographer than i really am, but also represents the type of photography i want to do in the future? i couldn't/can't decided at all. then i started thinking about food and my food blog. i haven't looked at that blog in forever. i really want to eat some of that food and not the food i've been eating. whenever i look at food pictures (there has to be a better word for that...food photography sounds wrong too) i always think of how much i love photographing food and how i want to do it more, but then when i'm actually photographing food it's like oooahhhhhh this is so hardddd i can't do thisssss why am i doing thissss???? but that was awhile ago, so maybe i should give it a shot again?

photography and cookies

so right now i am trying not to work because i know i'm not going to get paid for it, but i'm having a really difficult time resisting. so i thought i'd try to write a decent post instead.

yesterday i photographed a family of 25. that is a lot of people.

everyday for lunch at zion ponderosa they serve cookies. most of the time they're way overdone and definitely not soft. but i still eat them. they probably have drugs in them or something, and that's why i still eat them even when they're gross.

and now i've remembered why i never write on this blog. i just am not a writer.

i realized that i start a lot of things out with "so."

so...i need business cards and a website. and money to pay for both. and clients to make both worthwhile. and photo skills to be able to get clients.

the end.

curse of a materialistic world, pt. 1

so today while i was cleaning cabins i saw about four ipods, and it made my thoughts float in the direction of i-really-want-an-ipod. if i had an ipod i would listen to music and books all the time and the boring parts of life wouldn't be so boring. that seems like a pretty good justification for buying one, right? 

or i could just say i have to have one because everyone else has one.

zion and me

so i figure it's about time that i explain what i'm doing this summer. most people who read this already know, so that's why i haven't posted anything so far about my summer.

right now i'm working at zion ponderosa ranch resort. it's right on the east border of zion national park. i'm working as the photographer, but i'm also doing housekeeping because i don't have enough to keep me busy. or so they say. it's a little complicated, but hopefully things will get sorted out soon.

so anyway, if you happen to be staying at zion ponderosa, you should put me to work! i take group pictures and pictures of people having fun doing activities, and i'm supposed to be running around taking random pictures that just might include you.

.....

...i drove to mt. carmel today because i needed to make a call. 

this time i brought my camera.

this is basically what i've seen of zion. 

except i don't think it's actually zion:

plants growing in the old road:

random plant:

random tree:

so...i go to the cemetery in mt. carmel to make phone calls. one-because it's nice and quiet. two-i get decent reception.

i really like this grave stone:

 

ummm...

...so i took family pictures a while ago and i still haven't done much with them. but i'm working on it. they'll be prints in no time. 

(oh, and i guess we now know who i got 

the smile-and-they-disappear eyes from.)

meeee

mom was complaining about me not posting these pictures, 

so i thought i'd better post. 

taken by my mother:

alyssa

last weekend i traveled to southern utah where i am currently residing. on the way, i stopped at alyssa's house and stayed for a few days. prom was not very long ago and her and others wanted some pictures. melody came over and did alyssa's hair and makeup, and then i took some photos!:

family

no, taft isn't trying to do a back flip. he's just falling because dad pushed him.

Drey/track

more

of drey...(film)

drey

drey went to prom on saturday with jessica. they're cute.

also, i'm cute vain:

and drey is kinda dang good looking:

by the way, i'm in idaho for a few weeks.

finals =

death

new york

so i went to new york two weeks ago with the photography department at byu. i really didn't take very many pictures. here are a few:

so the second day i was in ny i was standing, listening to a photographer give a presentation. and then i fainted. the floor was cement. i spent 5 hours in the hospital. nothing is wrong with me. and yes, i had breakfast, and no, i don't faint a lot.

my roommate

is a seductress. but not really. and this is jello.

i took these

on a walk to and from class.

...

i'm sitting in the library trying to pretend like i'm working on a paper.

after about two minutes of working, i've all of a sudden become so very tired....

it's a good thing ariel is sitting across from me and can't see what i'm doing, otherwise she might chastise me. i'm also considering giving up and just playing solitaire....except my paper is due on mondayyy....

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tearsa=lacks vision

in my b&w film photography class we've recently been given a lot of assignments that are weird and require pre-thought. for example, using the whole roll of film to make a picture, double exposure, etc. 

my ability to pre-visualize anything is about zero. plus i can't come up with great concept ideas. mostly, i just shoot and hope it turns out. maybe this is why i have problems.

example--what is this?:

also, i just spilled nail polish on my esc button. crap.

.

i drove home yesterday. why? because i can.

and it only takes 4 hours.

my ward went to the draper temple open house this morning. i was a little disappointed to be missing the trip, but i did go two weeks ago, so i decided it was ok to go home instead. 

drey and taft and dad went to the temple this morning with their ward. i went with them. it was the first time i'd done baptisms in the twin falls temple. 

so....i did end up going to the temple. just not the one i had been planning on going to.

personally, i like the way things turned out.

tavin

so i felt like posting this series of pictures, but i have nothing to say about them, other than tavin likes to put on a show a strange faces:

...

that last post was awfully cynical. i apologize. 

i really don't have a big problem with family portraits. in fact, i think pictures of your family are some of the most important pictures that can be taken.

also, it's cute when everyone is matching.

on another note, i signed up for housing for next fall. cassie, ariel, alexis, hannah, and i are going to be living in the riviera. (now would be a really bad time to leave a comment saying how awful the riviera is...) 

families

i like families, but i despise family portraits. to me, it just seems like a big contest to see how many people can possible be shoved into a photo. which scares me greatly. even if there are just say...four people, it's still scary. but this time, it's their matching white shirts and jeans that scare me.

people

so it just occurred to me that there may be some people who are reading this who have a website but it isn't on my sidebar. if you're not on my sidebar, it's not because i hate you. it's just because at some point in time i lost your address or you never post anything so i stopped looking at your blog or something like that. i don't hate you, trust me. so if you want me to put you on my sidebar, just leave a comment with your address. that's all.

drey

my super great brother drey has started his own flickr site: clickonme.

he doesn't have very much on it, but i'm sure he'll keep adding more.

i really wanted to add this picture too. i think it's funny because it looks like he has a hat of leaves....

ariel

my lovely roommate ariel needed a picture of herself, 

so she asked me to take it. :)

mmmmmmm...

i took trevor's missionary picture in september, and jericho's picture yesterday. trevor is in the mtc right now and in april will be going to chicago. it kinda bothers me how similar the two pictures are. obviously i stick to the same poses.

trevor

jericho

i had forgotten this picture existed until just recently, so i figured i'd post it too. do i have a small face..or does trevor have a large face? hmm.....(taken by jericho):

design

ok, so i've finally found a design for my blog that i'm really really happy with. hopefully i will keep this design for a long time...i especially like how it looks like i'm taking a picture of you as you read my blog... :)

...

Ariel seems to like to take videos of me and then post them on her blog.

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Alexis, I'm really not a creepster...but c'mon, that little boy has got to be one of the cutest things ever.

Pica

My friend Pica just started a blog: http://picanagano.blogspot.com/

saturday

I stole these from Ariel's blog. We had dinner, went to DI and bought clothes for each other, and then wore them to a movie. Great fun. :)

Pica & Jared

Ariel & Allen

Me & Andy