New York

It's been an insane past couple weeks, I have barely found enough time to post some of my favorite shots from a trip to the big apple with my dad. New York is truly an incredible place!

Everywhere we went, there was something that caught my eye, I saw this door and wondered how many people must pass it daily, but never stop to admire the symphony of color it displays.

From the top of a tour bus, I could appreciate this mural painted directly on the side of a building. (I wonder if it blinds any airplane pilot that may pass by!)


A lot of our time was spent waiting for subway cars that we just barely missed. This wouldn't be so bad if the tunnels were a stifling 85+ degrees at 40% humidity. At least I was distracted!

This Space Invader mosaic is no larger than my hand. I must have stared at it for a few minutes before Dad got annoyed at me for wasting time!

One subway was decked out floor to ceiling in these incredible mosaic pictures, I will have to post more some other time

And of course, we walked the Brooklyn bridge!

July

I just finished my "Strategies for College Success" class, and now there is two weeks till the fall semester. Woo summer!
Linds wanted some cap and gown pics, and it kind of grew into a second set of senior photos!





Sam is one of my closest friends, and next week he will be serving a mission in Madagascar for 2 years. I'm honored that he wanted me to take his "official" missionary photos.


Later on back at Sam's house, I had a staring contest with his cat.

He won.

Keeping Busy

I haven't had much free time lately due to school and other obligations, so its been slow going on learning the new creative suite, but this weekend I'm determined to figure out its secrets!

The past couple days I have been trying to tackle the HDR Pro function, its probably the most powerful tool I've ever seen in a photo editing program.





I also purchased lighting equiptment recently, and so the other day I did a self portrait for practice. I promise, the beard is gone for good now!