Here are some pictures from Spain, finally! They are random pictures I took on a walk around Sitges, except for one which is at Park Guell in Barcelona. And of course I had to include one of the pictures of Viggo Mortensen that I took at the photo shoot. |
Some things have changed since the last time I posted. I did go to Barcelona/Sitges and had a wonderful time. I couldn't blog about while I was there because we had to pay by the hour for our internet. I do have pictures that I will post at a later date. I had some amazing experiences there, like getting to sit in on/photograph interviews with Clive Barker, participating in a press photo shoot of Viggio Mortensen, lying on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea, and visiting the Picasso museum.
I had to drop my photography classes because I couldn't afford to not work full time and I couldn't do the class work while I was working full time. I am still practicing on my own and hopefully can go back to school soon. I think I went into a kind of funk once I dropped my classes. I was disappointed in myself and frustrated that, once again, I had failed at something that was important to me. After nursing my bruised ego for several months, I am now ready to pick myself up, dust off the negativity that had collected in my corners and start again.
| After a year of hoping to be able to scrape enough funds together to buy a ticket and pay for a hotel, I have finally booked my flight tickets to Barcelona for October! This will be my first time out of the country (other than a cruise I took to Mexico) and my first international flight. I can't believe I bought the tickets, I am so not in a place where I have extra money for this AT ALL. But prices fell almost $200 overnight, and my boyfriend was able to secure us 6 nights free stay with a friend at a hotel, so the signs were all pointing to go. I can't wait to get out there and take some amazing pictures. This definitely makes up for missing my reunion this weekend.If anyone has any suggestions/must-see/do things, please let me know!! |
| Whew, went running today and for some crazy reason decided to extend length to 5 miles instead of the normal 3, something I haven't done in a year! I always feel great after, something I have to keep reminding myself while I'm running to keep me going to the end. Actually, I know the "crazy" reason why I decided to run 5 instead of 3 miles. Next weekend is my 10 year high school reunion, and since I've neglected my exercise routine for the past few months I figured I'd better go "balls to the wall" the week before and see if I can repair the damage done. Silly, I know. But while most (90%) of my high school friends have finished college, had a career, gotten married and started a family, I.....have not. I have been in college pretty much since I graduated high school, working on a bachelor's degree. (Think Van Wilder, but less fun) At the same time I have been working at a pharmacy to pay for school, so sometimes I'd have to skip a semester or two in order to eat. Combine that with indecisiveness on a career choice and you have, in my opinion, a shitty situation. However small it may be, I can always take comfort in the fact that even though I'm not where I would like to be career wise, at least I haven't gained 50 lbs either! Yes, not very Gandhi or mature of me, but hey, it's something. Whatever helps you face the day, right?These photos were shot downtown at dusk, when I usually like to jog. |
| This was one of the first pictures I took after I decided to officially
pursue photography as a career. It was taken with a simple point and
shoot, as "manually" as I could. Now, almost a year later I am finally
enrolled in photography school scheduled to start in August. I'm
excited, anxious,scared and happy. Ultimately I want to do fashion photography, but right now I am willing to do any kind of photo shoot for the practice.In addition to starting school, this is also my first blog, and it feels a little weird. I'm a pretty reserved person that's not used to sharing all my stuff to everyone without knowing them pretty well first. So this should be a good exercise for me that will hopefully translate into my photos. |
