Monday, January 30, 2012

Catching Up!

The last few days, as mentioned in my previous post, have been a liiiittle busy, so I decided to catch up tonight in a "shooting spree." Here are the results!



Day 5: Lunch

Since I didn't get to photograph my lunch that day (or any day since then, for that matter), I thought I'd use someone else's skills to sum up what I consider to be a pretty typical lunch...




I mean, sometimes I eat things OTHER than cookies (okay, almost all times), but who better to express the complex feelings of glee that accompany lunchtime than our beloved blue friend? So that's that. On to the photos I took!




Day 6: Light

Although this example may have been more appropriate for a previous calling for a photograph incorporating reflection, reflection is indeed related to the focus of light. My sister shined our silver baby cups our Aunt Debbie sent us, and it was fascinating to me that they are so reflective. I love the little haloes of light they give off, especially Krista's which has a rim that curves outward.


Day 7: Inside Your Fridge


Much like the Force, my fridge has taken on a light side and a dark side. More impressive though, and enviable even by Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru's standards, is the milk section. Although we don't carry anything blue and suspiciously pulpy looking, we have everything from regular old skim (back right) to lactose free (back left), soy milk, and almond milk. 

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Wowwww, it's been quite a weekend! Meetings and work yesterday and a surprise 15-hour work day today erased all time for photography, but I plan to catch up ASAP!

Happy Weekend!

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

"Something I Made" (Day 3)

New from Capriccioso!



















"Guilty Pleasure" (Day 2)

This one's going to take some explaining...


When I thought of a "guilty pleasure" I automatically thought of food, but I figured this might be a pretty typical idea. Half of me really wanted to indulge in something decadent simply for the sake of taking a picture (oh, and being a glutton...), but half of me really wanted to stay away from food entirely. Sooooo conceptually, my former half won, but for all intents and purposes... well... you'll see.


The fact of the matter is that "Guilty Pleasure" day fell on a Tuesday, which falls directly in line with wing night at my... place-of-employment-which-shall-go-unnamed-as-per-request-of-said-place-of-employment's-internet-media-or-whathaveyou-policy. Yeah that one. When we first opened, I got the immense privilege of running wing night - 6 delightful hours of filling order after order after order ad infinitum of smelly, slimy little chicken wings that for some reason all of Canton swarms after on a weekly (if not daily) basis. Wing night was to be the bane of my existence for months on end. Tuesday night was not just another night of the week... it was quickly transformed into a night of fear and loathing.

Fast-forward about 3 years, and I am no longer the "wing wench."  Instead I work on the station that handles wraps, salads, sandwiches, and all things NOT fried in grease and entirely lacking in nutritional value. In other words, on wing night, I work the Brownie Station, thus nicknamed by "moi" because very few people order from the rest of the kitchen on Tuesday nights - wings dominate, and the only fun I get is running back to the walk-in cooler for brownie after brownie once our guests decide the smorgasbord is winding down and move on to dessert. This, to me, is a guilty pleasure not because I get to look down the line and have a mirthless, unfeeling laugh at what you see in these pictures (my co-workers sweating their butts off while satiating the wing-lust of Canton, Ohio), but because I do in fact feel a twang of knowing pain every time I glance down the line... and then happily turn around to face the grand challenge of going to grab the next brownie!

Check, please!


















Monday, January 23, 2012

Something New, Something Old



Something New!

Greetings, and welcome to my photo blog! It feels a little funny (but mostly amazing!) to be committing to a daily routine like this after taking quite a long break from journaling... but let me explain!

I recently purchased my first camera, a Canon Digital ELPH, from my sister Krista, who is one of my main sources of inspiration for beginning a photo blog in the first place. Having very little experience with photography and keeping in mind the fact that I need to be able to take great photos in order to sell my handcrafted jewelry (promotional blog forthcoming!), I've decided to embark upon a project 365 to get my creative juices flowing and my skills honed so that I can someday graduate to a DSLR, like the fancy ones my sisters have.

Yes, sisters. My other sister, Laura, is a freshman at BGSU and is studying VCT. She is also incredibly photo-savvy! She, being the first person I know of to participate in Project 365 (unless Krista has too, which I'm totally ignorant to!), is takes the cake for planting the seed that inspired what you will see in the year to come.

Lastly my long-lost friend Cara's beautiful photos of day-to-day life in Massachusetts provided the spark of inspiration I needed to join my sisters, who up til now have been discussing techniques I don't even know the lingo for in long and delightful meetings without me, in photo madness. I'm so excited to let this project be a learning process and an opportunity to record and share what it's like to be me!

To Krista, Laura, and Cara, this one's for you!

And now for my photo: the theme for today is "Something Old."



This is my stuffed dog, aptly named Doggie, given to me by my grandma Schweitzer before I was born. Grandma passed away in '86, so Doggie and all of his sentimental value remained after all of my other stuffed animals and dolls departed, and although I propped him on the pillow for old time's sake, he currently lives out his life as he did until I was about 3 or 4: serenely observing the scenery from the shelf he's tucked away on.  Even though Doggie isn't quite as old as a stalactite or a crumbly canyon wall, he definitely predates me, and that's old enough!