picture days...

confession #1: i'm a closet wanna-be photographer... i really love still life. one day when i grow up, i'd love to be a professional photographer, stylist, graphic designer, illustrator, artist. i do not have any formal training in the fine arts department or photography. but i do love to capture beauty in different ways...create something sweet + there's something about France+ the Eiffel Tower that tugs at my heart...that's when something clicked and i started making these paper eiffels+i wanted to capture their beauty by taking pics of them...i also love drawing them...maybe one day i'll be able to set foot inside my beloved Eiffel but for now, taking pics+drawing them fill my heart with glee.

confession #2: i'm always asking what day it is or i'm always looking for a calendar to see what i need to be doing...and of course, i never can find one...i always divert back to my yahoo page...which isn't very pretty...

ok, so now why the confessionals? well, put those 2 together and what do you have? pictures+days...this is a new project i'm working on~monthly calendars of my photos to share with all of you...every month i'll put up a new photo/collage of mine...feel free to use them...i'm hoping you'll enjoy them... this will give me a chance to spark up some new inspiration for myself, improve my photography skills, think out of the box + finally know what day it really is...hahhhh!

bonne nuit

xoxo

Day 6 Fluid

Day 6 Fluid

Break Rules/Get out of Comfort Zone

I. love. photography. (check my flickr set here)

But I'm not a professional.

I enjoy taking pictures of still life more than people. I like to find beauty

in everyday objects and capture its beauty in a snapshot.

I usually like to style my objects in simple ways. I usually work with food, inanimate objects, buildings, nature, anything still~well because it usually doesn't 'move'...and I find its beauty somehow in the way its positioned or how the light reflects on the object etc.

But, today's exercise is different.

We need to get out of our comfort zone & break some of our rules in how we create...

I am not very good in photographing people. Well, because they usually 'move' and they get tired and complain just a lil' bit...y'know...'oh c'mon...isn't that the millionth time you snapped your camera?' or 'you've got to be kidding...another shot?' or 'are we done yet?'

My 'still' objects never complain (unless its ice-cream or something ready to drop etc.)

(In America's Next Top Model, I wonder if Nigel (the photographer)

gets these complaints, too?!)

So, I'm getting out of my comfort zone and taking some 'people' shots...

specifically moving shots all dealing with our assignment word 'Fluid' (I thought about how in taking pictures you need to have 'Fluidity' and how quickly you need to capture those magical shots~ esp. when your object is moving. I also used water to capture some of those 'Fluid' flowing photos...(hey, can you say that fast-10 times (Fluid Flowing Photos...Fluid Flowing Photos...?)

This was a fun exercise...I kinda like 'still' life a lil' bit better than 'people' shots

but y'know what they say:

practice makes perfect!

bonne nuit

xoxo

What an HONOUR!!! WELCOME Shabby Chic-Rachel Ashwell's new BLOG...

(photo courtesy of Rachel Ashwell- this is her blog header...check out her new BLOG-simply beautiful!!!! i just added my welcome sign!)

what a sweet surprise after dopping the kiddlets at their "Olympic Extravaganza" at a local kiddie gym ... my dearest sis, Mary Ann, left me a very surprising message on my cell... "OMG, OMG, OMG...you'eve got to check out Rachel Ashwell's site...RACHEL started a BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...you're IN IT!!!!!!!!!! wowowowow...CONGRATULATIONS!!!...CHECK IT OUT NOW!!!!!!"

needless to say, i was on pins & needles to see what the heck she was talking about...so, i went to check out Rachel's new blog and lo and behold...what did my big, ol' brown eyes see...but this...

i'm still rubbing my eyes off to really see if that's what indeed i think it is...

WOW!!! i'm totally pinching myself to see if this is for real...WOW...that lil' pic of Rachel's Chicago Shabby Chic Store was taken by ME way back in April...i went with my sis, Mary Ann and my lil' Shioban...i adore Photography and would love to get into commercial/advertising/marketing arena of photography...thinking of taking classes to learn even more...we'll see what the fall brings... if you want to see more pics...go check my sis' post out, she created a sweet slide of all my pics that i took of Rachel's Chicago shoppe.

i am so honoured that Rachel Ashwell chose one of my photos to be in her blog and to represent her Chicago shoppe...thank you Ms. Rachel Ashwell for having one of my photos in your blog...i'm tickled pink that you liked it so much to add it to your new blog and to represent your Chicago store...WOW!!! so very HONOURED!!!

Sending you a warm welcome as you begin your new journey into the Blogosphere...you will find so many hearts that love you and your designs...your inspirations will touch so many...and the beauty you create will be definitely watched by so many...like so many, i look forward to reading more of your adventures and seeing your world through your eyes! much success to you and your new venture!!!

bonne nuit, Ms. Rachel...

xoxo jo ;)