its 4 am and i should be asleep.

but im not.
i dont really want to sleep even though i am tired.

i am thinking.

and you know...i think its not really about someone commenting on what you do or what you have to say, its just them listening - not interrupting to tell you a story about them or acting like they dont care, but just being there to listen to you.
this is nice.
this is needed.

today is my birthday - not that it matters, one year older one year wis.....er...wait a minute.

there is more i want to say, more i want to convery, but the oversweling desire for sleep is creeping up on me and i must surrender.

Illustrator

Another edited photograph from the farm shoot, however not taken on the farm:





Ive decided to get to know Illustrator a little better since people keep raving about its incredible ability. This is what I came up with thus far:

Figure self portrait.

and this is the final result:
the self portrait figure project. the collection of photos show a progression of the figure.

the photographer now becomes the model

self .

so this is me.

I DECIDED TO SHOOT SOMETHING FOR FIGURE CLASS - ITS AN OPEN ASSIGNMENT.

fields of flowers.

so this is me.
plain.
ordinary.
not-so-interesting me.

friday my darkroom class went to a farm to shoot.
and here are the beginnings of editing:






bottom line = rejection is never fun.

One Day Without Shoes

Today - April 16 - One Day Without Shoes!

* Fact #1: In some developing nations, children must walk for miles to food, clean water and to seek medical help.
* Fact #2: Cuts and sores on feet can lead to serious infection.
* Fact #3: Often, children cannot attend school barefoot.
* Fact #4: In Ethiopia, approximately one million people are suffering from Podoconiosis, a debilitating and disfiguring disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil.
* Fact #5: Podoconiosis is 100% preventable by wearing shoes.

SHARE THE MOVEMENT!! http://www.tomsshoes.com/?aid=1460&LinkID=1460

from the inside out.

GOD IS GOOD.
THE END.


SO A LOT HAS BEEN GOING ON HERE. SCHOOL. LIFE. FAMILY. ISSUES. SELF. ITS DAUNTING, BUT THERE IS HOPE (IN JESUS, NOT OBAMA). I AM AT PEACE AND I KNOW GOD WILL PROVIDE. MY HEART IS WILLING.

OK!

so pictures:


my favorite series to date::



















not apart of series, but still pretty cool:




IN OTHER NEWS:
AD for FIGURE CLASS::




Easter weekend, I went to Titusville with Danielle! and we had a lovely little photo shoot:



















AND ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE:::



There are more to be found here

Danielles HOUSE.

so this weekend i went home with Danielle:



we stopped and had ourselves a little photo shoot with some lovely ladies:


and after we made weird faces on her couch:


this is night two, not but hours ago:
from night one:
preview weekend night:

dinner.

SO DANIELLE AND I MADE A LITTLE DINNER::






danielle can juggle:





the order is from plate to vegetable. =]

the pains of being pure at heart.

thats the name of this band - they sound weak.
ok...on to something good.


While shooting for our PSA: OSCAR was lost....and then found..and then returned.
we missed the keg party the owner invited us to.




....self explanatory.

just a little pano from the bridge of the bridge...crazy.



and then we took to the beach: