A TID BIT

So I ended up being an owl for Halloween. I will have more to say later... in the meantime here are some good links my dad sent me:
Something to watch, something to be amused by, somewhere I want to go.

FILM TWO

So I just got back from the first shooting day of my Film Two. It went okay... we are on schedule which is good. It was raining which made things interesting and more difficult and wet, but I think we got most of what we needed. I really love being the DP and looking through the lens and taking shots and running the camera and such. Its also nice to have people to take care of you somewhat. So after all is said and done... I love DPing just like everyone said I would... I just want to see how it comes out. I'm still not totally confident in my abilities, I'm still learning a bunch and need to learn more about lighting. But I felt like I was as prepared as I could be. Overall I just love being so close to that camera. Our shot list is all kinds of crazy because my director is kinda all over the place... but we are getting it done. Tomorrow we are meeting at 7am to do it all over again, and once we wrap I will have successfully DPed my first film. We only shot a roll and a half today so I'm hoping we can keep it to 3 or 4 rolls or something in between. Then we can sell the rest and not have to spend hundreds of dollars on film (as great as it is). We had 3 rolls allotted to us and 3 that we bought from Kodak (for 300 dollars)... so... if we shoot 3, ideal. If we shoot 4 still good. I'm going to go look through my camera assistant handbook (aka BIBLE) and try to shoot the rest of the roll for photography. My life is cameras, cameras, cameras lately. But I like it. Also... really want to see this: in addition to Where the Wild Things are.

FILM BUSINESS

My film two shoot is tomorrow, so naturally I am taking advantage of all the equipment being stored in my room and making lovin photobooth pics with the camera and the film.
I love the smell of the camera box. It has the mag/film smell of a camera and I just love it. I really do enjoy just touching and setting up these cameras. I really hope that the shoot goes well despite the promise of rain tomorrow. I want this to look beautiful. I'm still unsure of my DP abilities but I am excited to finally shoot.
I met with my camera team the other night and went over everything which made me look forward to actually using the camera... which made me excited to start shooting. I have this cute little freshmen on my camera team who I am teaching. I don't know if I am going to let him load a mag or not yet... but I will adopt him.
I just got recruited for four different film twos as an AC but have to choose two which is going to be hard since I know everyone. I am also on the FPS camera team though its my first time with a digital camera, I think we are shooting on a Phantom. I am going to a Phantom camera workshop at Boston Camera regardless I think. I guess I am back in the full swing of "film shoot season." I have a shoot every weekend into December at least. I have so much photography to do this week. I hope I can get it all in. We have two more rolls to shoot and develop plus two contact sheets and five prints due next Thursday and I am on set all weekend. I guess I will just get film set photos. I have one print done though:

ANNA AND HANNA

So I just remember this picture of me and Anna. She looks like my kid.I love little Anna. She is hilarious and sweet. In addition to looking just like me, she reminds me of little Hanna.

NEW POST

So I got a bunch of new postcard sets the other day. The first were a little batch of "Farmer's Market" postcards.

They look a bit like: There are other veggies as well like peas, radishes, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, radishes, turnips and squash.



I also got a box of 100 Star Wars Comic postcards. This is what a stack of 100 postcards looks like:

They are all different types of artwork which is interesting and some are rather amusing. This one says "Last Issue" and Lando Calrissian is smoking and smiling his face off. I'm going to have to post some good ones I have received one of these days. Many will be from Janine. In fact, there is one of the Hotel Colorado sitting next to me now:
This is a good one I got in Maine that is also sitting next to me:

PHOTOGRAPHY

My first prints from my photo class plus one photogram.

ONE MORE THING

Here is some stop motion.

OWL OR DINO?

I'm trying to decide what to be for Halloween. Either a dinosaur or an owl. Here is how I would do each...

DINO: Get a sweatshirt... sew spikes down the back, wear leggings with a tail. Kinda like this:


OWL: Get a sweatshirt... sew eyes, beak and ears on the top, wings under the arms... make a "feather like" skirt.I like them both, but may do the dino this year and the owl next. Hmm, we'll just have to see how it goes.

A QUICKY

These are some photos I liked from someone's facebook album called "photos I like."

A LITTLE BIT MORE

So... I went shopping again today. It really has to be the last time I go for the semester. I got another ring and a bracelet from Marc Jacobs... Molly really wanted to go after seeing my items and hearing the prices.

I also got this slouchy sweater dress at H&M but I'm debating whether I should keep it or not... so if anyone has thoughts... hehe.
I also got this fantastic fitted velvet-ish blazer from H&M. Now it is time to save for Europe. Seriously.

Also, this video popped up in my fbook news feed courtesy of Jared to Riley, it's a music video by the band "Girls." I like the footage in it.

MARC JACOBS

So today I went to Marc by Marc Jacobs to get some rainboots. There was a purse (there are several variations... but same idea, with the bird) that I LOVED but it was over three hundred dollars, so that did not happen. However I did end up with a few lovely items.

A ring with the Latin: INTER NOS meaning "between us" for three dollars. (I kinda want another one, there are other phrases... I also like Tibi In Omne Tempus - For you forever)

A looking glass necklace for ten dollars. A key ring for five dollars.



And black and blue rainboots for twenty eight dollars. Felicia, the producer for my Film Two had the black and green ones on today as we explored our location, a fantastic granite quarry with train train tracks, really cool old abandoned buildings, a lake, and lush vegetation that was starting to change color. There was a great big pit that was surreal and fantastic, everything looked cut and smooth and rocky. I got some pictures on black and white 35mm that will also be used for my photo class. I really want to go to Urban to get a little softcover Polaroid book that they have for eight dollars that goes towards the Impossible Project.