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Yippeeeeee! My favorite day of the week. Let me tell you, sleeping in after waking up at 5am all week makes Saturday amazing all on it's own. I had the best sleep ever. Willow was so thrilled to have me stay in bed with her all morning and not leave her cold and alone. I got up around 1pm and had a nice petting session w the lil shit and eventually got out of bed. Mom and I wanted to do something a little different for our Saturday so we decided to go see the moos<3 My babies<3 Unfortunately the MAN had most of the areas closed because they like to RUIN everyone's fun. However, we still got to see some adorable and sweet babies! I was so excited when I saw this COW PATTERN PIG!!!!!!!!! We kept trying to call it in typical animal voices with kiss sounds that didn't work. So I decided to yell PIGGGGGGGGG in a screamo voice and the pig came running over. That's my kinda pig. Now onto see some handsome stud cows being lazy ass hell<3 This little lady was one of the few cows that you could get access to at time and she was more than happy to take up all of the attention! She was quite thrilled to suck my fingers and eat my coat zipper lol. One cow was not enough for me so I had to find a way to access more of my pretty babies, We got into the milking barn and got to see the big milk babies<3 so cute! After seeing the pretty cows and being pretty bummed I couldn't get to more, I remembered my deep need to pet random kitties so I searched for barn kitties to love<3 While on the prowl for other kitties I paid a visit to all of the other sweet babies in the barn. The sheep were SO plush and soft. This lil guy was such a sweetie and loved the attention we gave to him<3 And who could resist baby fuzzy donkeys? Now it is time to appreciate a couple of badass beasts who could destroy you in a second.... BACK TO OPERATION PET RANDOM KITTIES!!!!!!! I can always get kitties to come to me, probably because of my amazing charm and all LOL. This kitty let me get about four strokes before telling me to fuck off.. Still unsatisfied I decdided to follow the general direction this cat went and found the kitty hang out spot. Muahaha. All around it was a good visit to see all of these furry babies. It never gets old and I will never tire of petting random kitties.
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Here are my favorites from this past Sunday's XICW show. I was not feeling well so I am surprised that I was able to take as nice of pictures as I did. However, when you have poachers ya gotta step it up.
I just got done editing 500+ photos so my brain is a little fried to write a full post. Enjoy some randoms I've edited the last few days. God I just love fog. It is my favorite thing ever.
I am beyond behind on posting on here, don't be mad at me. I will be back now and stop being lazy! I can't recall the details of my last adventure from a few weeks ago so I just posted those pictures solo in the previous post. Now I want to share some amazing photos that I just took yesterday. I was asked to take a friend from work's senior photos so I accepted. I had no idea how it would go but it turned out awesome. I spent a bunch of time thinking of original ideas because you know how I hate unoriginal and boring photography. It is especially bad in portraits because everyone thinks they are an artist. Anyways...........here are some of the photos from the shoot. I am super proud of these.
Another Saturday, that means another adventure! Yippee! Mom and I headed off to a new location with excitement. The car rides are always amazing, nothing I love more than blasting good music and hanging with my best friend :) It was a hike to get there but it was so worth it. Trying to find some hiking trails was a bit confusing but when we did we were amazed. As soon as we began, I noticed this beauty, ruler of the forest! I was in awe and spent probably around 45 minutes trying to capture its dominance. These pictures don't even do it justice but you can get the jist. I loved it and I will be back to photograph it again! There were so many interesting plants and giant trees which made my soul so warm especially with all of the pretty fall colors. I was super excited that we arrived at the park later on in the day because then I got to capture the golden hour and oh man was it gorgeous. I did not want to leave this place. So much beauty! It was also exciting for Mom and I to really test out our phone cameras in all of the beauty. They did not disappoint and we never lost service wooo<3 Amazing difference from before. Everything smelled so fresh and had that amazing fall smell. I couldn't get enough of the clean and leafy air. Nothing compares to a walk in the woods on a fall evening. Mom was obsessed with this tree and how it split into 5 different trees further up. I however, was more entertained by the fact that the tree had a massive dong. Hahahahahha. As seen in the photo above. As the sun got lower it was time to capture some beautiful sunset shots that I am very proud of. I had fun showing Mom how to position to get the coolest shots with the sun and leaves in the frame. Here are a few of my favorites! Near the end of our hiking adventure we finally found a spot to get down by the water so Mom didn't have to cry that she didn't get to touch it. It was breathtaking down there. I kept saying "I wanna live here." Mom was having fun looking at little minnows while I snapped away. I hope all of you can feel the warmth and amazement in these photos as we did while seeing it in real life. We hung out here until the sun had set and then we needed to figure out something to eat because we were starved. Our original idea got destroyed when the place was closed early ;( so I pulled out my GPS and looked for something else. We decided we were gonna head to Potbelly but we did not know that it was in downtown Ann Arbor...ughhhh. It was so much worse because the Michigan game had let out not too long before. It was a madhouse down there. We finally found a place to park which was miles away from Potbelly so that was out. We sat in the car and looked around and I noticed a girl sitting down on a stump. Then suddenly she took her pants off and was stumbling around naked. People on the street just ignored her as she fell over bare assed. We were about to get out and help her or call someone when a few good citizens stopped and helped her. Its disgusting how many people just walked past. Yes, it was stupid she was that hammered, but at that point she needed help before some sick bastard got ahold of her. After that fiasco was over we walked down the street and got a very interesting sub at a pizza place. It was surprisingly very good. The weirdness of the night would continue however. When we were almost home, I saw a lady in her van driving while snuggling an unwrapped cheeseburger to her cheek. Yes I am sure it was a burger. Weird weird weird. People never fail to amaze me. All in all it was an amazing and memorable day! Can't wait for another...
Until next time....... I've been wanting to write one of these posts for awhile and a recent influx of comments on my art improving lately just fueled the fire. I myself have seen a drastic difference in my work not only in technical aspects such as shooting and also in the creative aspect in editing. Recently, I had gone back through old wrestling photos I shot to find certain things and I was cringing at how bad they were compared to now. Yikes! Nobody likes to see that, especially a crazy perfectionist artist like myself. So let's begin... I still like this picture but it is so obvious that flash was used it annoys me and limits the amount of editing possibilities. There is also that obnoxious forhead shine that I can't stand. It is nice and crisp but it could be better. This photograph is soooo much better. It is not all flashed out and it provokes a lot more emotion. The rest of the ring and arena aren't distracting and the editing is way better as well. I'm so glad I got a faster lens and better at photoshop haha. I've also been pretty excited at my artistic side coming out more when shooting wrestling shows. I've been playing with focus more and doing more to make shots more interesting and not just like the rest of wrestling photos out there. Give them some of my artistic vibe to them. Here are a few examples... Nowwwwwwwwww let me enter my rant once again about photographers with no passion...please do NOT call yourself an artist if you simply take snapshots with no emotion, feeling, or passion. It is insulting to all of us who actually put ourselves into every work of art we make, especially when you charge a fortune to do it. There is so much of this in every art form and it is disgusting. You are a joke and you are NOT an artist. Rant over. Now let's switch over to some nature shots. A big difference in my nature photography is that I found my thing that makes my art unique to me. It takes a long time to find that but I have and I am very proud of it. I still like this photo don't get me wrong but it is kind of typical and flat. Nothing makes it pop or stand out in a crowd. I'd still like to be there right now though so that is good. Ahhhhhhh<3 This one makes my soul warm and pop out of me. It makes me so happy. It has so much feeling, mood and depth and it is also my soul in a photograph. I understand not everyone likes this kinda nature shot but it is what I create. It represents me way more than the previous picture. In summary, never stop working and trying to improve your work. It will always improve even when you don't notice it yourself. I just proved that with this post.
Until next time.... Let's see.....where were we? Ah yes we were exiting the first viewing balcony! This place was so fascinating to me because there were so many types of trees and life around. So different from what is growing at home! It's exciting for me to see different trees as trees are my love. Speaking of which, lets appreciate this one... And it just kept getting better and more beautiful! I loved this place so much it had everything I loved to photograph! It was so peaceful and quite here, just us and nature and thats how I like it! That's how I would like to live always! And someday I will. Away from all the annoying people of society, no social media, no customers oh yes it will be heaven. As we walked further down the path we stumbled across a few waterfalls! I was so excited I spent over 45 minutes photographing the first one. Which included me climbing, sliding and jumping to get to the top to photograph it from a different perspective. I do what I have to do to get the shot! My beautiful shot I worked so hard to get! I love it. You rarely see falls from this perspective so I am proud of it. Well, that is all for now! Part 3 will be coming soon :)
Until then..... Oh my favorite day of the week :) Mom, Chris and I decided to make a day trip up north to a place Chris had discovered last weekend. I was excited of course to go up north and go somewhere totally different. It sure didn't disappoint, which is part of the reason this post will be broken down into parts. I have too many awesome pictures to fit into one post. So here we go with what I've gotten done today! My feet enjoying some fresh air and freedom from feet prison aka shoes. Our first stop was a place we were scoping out to do some star photography later on that night. We stopped there and enjoyed some fresh air and the water for awhile before hitting the road again. After this we kept heading toward our second destination but hit some beautiful and interesting spots along the way. First we ran into a store that also had several intersting animals in enclosures out front. I of course was infatuated with the BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC foxes. pffftttt....I'm not crying from their cuteness, who is crying? After I stopped having a heart attack over the foxes, we took off for next destination. This place was beyond beautiful and I will only show you the beginning of it in this post. First of all let me say..HOLY STAIRS!!!!! So many stair to go down/up. It is soooo worth the work out though. This was the first of a few viewing balconies. It was so peaceful and breathtaking except for the stupid other people there talking about how some guy splatted on their car from a building. Classy thanks for sharing douche bags. Anyways...back to the beauty I'll have to leave you with these beautiful photographs for today. More tomorrow I promise ;)
Before I begin on this post let me preface this by saying I have been sick for a week and running fevers nonstop hence lack of posts. This would NOT stop me from seeing this free Breaking Benjamin show since I wasn't lucky enough to get tickets to the show later on tonight. The wait in the bar for the show to begin was agonizing. My social anxiety, fevers and starvation were not helping. Then of course, the assholes of the hour decided to all try to cut ahead and skip the line! Didn't work did it assholes? Anyways......I was under the impression that the show was gonna start at 5 but hey, Ben does what Ben wants. Mom was about ready to get in fist fights with line cutters especially one that had the nerve to say she was here waaaaay before us blah blah blah. My hatred of humanity was pretty sky high at this point. Then it was time to go upstairs. I had no idea what to expect. I would have NEVER expected to be within arms length of the stage and have Ben talk to me! WHAT? Craziness. He kept telling me to take his picture and I was like what me? It must have been the cold dead eyes staring at me that had me so confused. Ben seemed all happy and jolly until there was some technical difficulties with guitars...then the cold dead eyes came out! RUN!!! haha just kidding (maybe) I was so excited to be able to see them play live so close up. It will probably never happen again and I cherished it. I knew it wouldn't be a long set but I was pleased with it! They played Angels Fall, Until the End and Failure. Holy shit, I felt Failure deep in my soul it was sooooooo cool too hear it and be right there. Amazing. ONE DAY I WILL HEAR DEAR AGONY LIVE AND IT WILL BE FANTASTIC ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN!!!!!! Today was not that day but that is okay! Excuse the fact that these were taken on my cell phone! I didn't want to waste my short time of the show fiddling with my camera. Here are the few I did get on my camera I thought it was really cool that they all were playing even though it was just an acoustic set. I figured it would be two acoustic guitars tops, not a bass, guitars and a drum! It was incredible. Here is the moment the cold dead eyes took over my camera and turned Ben into some kind of ghost. Super interesting photo Let's not forget the fact that I shook Ben's hand 3 times hahaha! Awesome! It seems so unreal but I will always remember it. Thanks BB and 89x you guys rock.
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