fashon shoot!

i finally had the opportunity to photograph something other than a concert. don't get me wrong, i love shooting shows, but it was nice to have a change and a new challenge. i went to the CKM Junior Prom Fashion Show on friday, organized by my brilliant friend Emily Rose. also, brian was modeling a tux, so it was just an added bonus to work with some of my favorite people. here are some of the pictures. all of the couples looked beautiful, although some more beautiful than others. im excited to get a chance to photograph more things like this!

brian and his "date" christina. he's so cheesy, but they look good.


jeremy and annie okelley. i love how i got her dress in motion but their faces focsed.


same rose and elaine west. the most photographable people ever. every single picture i took of them came out brilliant.


here they are again, brillant.


katie driver and grant hoffman. i like his hat and her dress is amazing.


hannah and sara plant. cutest couple of girls in the show.


ben cordy and marissa meyer. i like this pic because of the people you can see in the background.


david cundiff and caitlin crooks. her gold dress is fantastic!

emily and i ventured to San Francisco on saturday for portfolio day and prom dress shopping. we got a ton of literature about art schools we are interested in. neither of us had actual portfolios to get assessed but we saw what the whole thing is about and what it will be like next year. i also found out about a summer program i can do and get college credits for it. here are some pictures of emily i took in the back rooms of CCA.

please wait until the vehicle comes to a complete stop

today the SAC Attack had a distribution get together. we all met at the bowling alley. justin, gina, the girls, a new girl (christina), and geena's friend vince all came. we bowled. we put flyers up. we discussed things. after we finished bowling we split up into two teams and went flyering/poster-hanging. lizzy, gina, vince, and i went around and put up posters. vince was tape boy and i was poster girl. lizzy would pull over by a pole and he and i would jump out of the car. i'd put the poster up and he'd tape it. we were running around crazy, jumping out of the car as fast as possible. lots of fun and so hilarious. after we dropped off vince and lissy went home, gina and i hungout for a bit, ran some erands, went to eat. it was chill. it was fun. i'm glad i met vince. he is a cool guy. i had a lot of fun hanging out with gina and lizzy and everyone.

afterwards, i went over to madylin's and hungout with her and jon and nick. fun fun fun, but i'm tired. tomorow will be a day of hw and maybe hangout with someone.

one last day

tomorow is the last day of my winter vacation. i'm not really sure i can handle going back to school, but i know the idleness i have gained over this break is bad and needs to be dealt with. i've done a lot over break and had a lot of fun, but i always feel like i could've been more productive. it's like, when you are home doing nothing you have all the time in the world to do whatever you need to. instead you just sit there bored and think "i want to get out of here". i hate being idle. it's like Mrs. Hamilton in East of Eden thinks: idleness is a sin.

today clowdus went with my parents and me to get my couch. i have no idea why he voluntarily wanted to go with them but whatever. so we got my couch and it is beautiful in my room. i just love to sit on it and think "this is MY couch in MY room where I live". after the stress of building the damn thing, not to mention my dad's stupid file cabinet. honestly, ikea furniture should be illegalized. i shouldn't be hipocritical and say this, considering over half the furniture i own is from ikea and everything i picked out on my own is from ikea also, but everything they sell is so damn hard to assemle. the instructions don't even have words. they have these dumb little pictures which are impossible. clowdus and i struggled with the file cabinet for about 3 hours. i almost killed someone. after that i drove him home and then we ate food and played nintendo with his sister. i finally got my own nintendo hooked up tonight. my brother had the cable i needed and i stole it out of his room when he was in the shower. he didn't even care because he does not need that thing. i realized that i only have 2 entertaining games for that thing and i bid on a couple on ebay. i love nintendo!

yesterday we had a street team meeting for SAC. i'm excited that we really are a legit team and we meet to talk promo for shows. i really like that blake was there to so we know specifically from the bands point of view what to do. it helps out a lot with the ideas and it motivates us. the feb 1st show is going to be so fun! plus, geena has some shows lined up for me and i get to take pictures at them. i'm really excited about that. she says if i am working with her i can probably get on the stage.

one more phenomena i want to comment on: the weather. that storm was crazy. the streets are still a mess from all the trees and debri that were blown around. i feel terrible for the people whose houses had trees blown into them. when i parked my car to go to the meeting i had to walk like 4 blocks. there were trees and things on the side walk. it was almost like urban hiking or something. haha. i really am glad the whole ordeal is over. driving in the rain is the worst. people are so inconsiderate to the fact that driving conditions are extremely dangerous. they just zoom past you and splash water up on your windshield. it is so terrible.