I just got back from a week-long visit home to NorCal! It went by entirely too fast. It got pretty hot one day, so we escaped to the natural air-conditioning of the redwoods and the ice-cold Pacific Ocean! It is hard to get an original shot of really tall trees, especially when confined to the designated walkways, but the light was so pretty that afternoon. And it was definitely a good 12 degrees cooler among the redwoods!
Don't have much to say...took these on a walk last week, same as from the last post. Have a good Monday! I don't know about you but I'm ready for the weekend already. 
I took these back in 2006. Today, my world (and much of the rest of the world) is black-and-white. I took some nice photos of the snow on my walk to work today, which was beautiful, but I didn't bring my camera cord so I couldn't upload them. However, it is March now, and I am ready for some spring colors! I know it's still kind of early, but in the meantime I have old photos to warm me up. 
I snapped these of my sister after dinner one summer evening about 3 years ago. They are grainy and slightly blurry and I wouldn't have it any other way. As you may notice, we are opposites, both physically and personality-wise. But she is the best sister and I wouldn't have it any other way. 
I took these on the same walk (with the lil' Canon Powershot SD450), though the lighting looks different post-processing. I heart macro!
As the title suggests, I was at a conference in San Diego last weekend. What a great place for a conference in January! I got to walk in the sun (though it did rain a tiny bit), see friends, drink overpriced drinks, and learn lots of science. So much fun! The pics: seagull feather in the grass on the embarcadero and a Seuss-ish tree inside an old mission. 
Some of my dad's home décor. I will be traveling to a conference this week so I'll see you next Photo Monday! 
And, even cooler, this place is THE new hotspot downtown. It has a younger crowd than the other bars and it isn't as expensive as it looks. It has been packed since it opened!
There's more: I am now working with the designer who has hired me to photograph his work at the restaurant as well as other work he has done. These photos will be for his website, his publicity package, and for submission to interior design publications!
If I hadn't made that Saturday Aspiration, I probably would've put off showing my portfolio and I probably would've missed this amazing opportunity. Definitely the best outcome from starting this blog so far! Thank you all for your support when I posted that aspiration and on all my other photos that I've shared here!
I took these in lab the other day with my old camera; technically not happy with them but it's all I got. I haven't really had time to take many pictures lately, but I really want to take my new camera into the lab one of these days!
I was sitting in the balcony at a concert a couple weeks ago in this church-y venue and I loved how cool the chandeliers looked in the crazy lights from the concert. I seriously kept looking at the chandeliers instead of the band -- I have a thing for interesting chandeliers. I think the lighting and angle makes it look like it is underwater. Anyway, I took this shot really quickly with my tiny Canon Elph, zoomed in as much as possible, and hoped that the people behind me didn't think I was weird. This could've been better with my new digital SLR but that would have been harder to sneak past security in my purse.
I got to take photos of some friends this weekend and I really liked how this one turned out. When they threw the leaves up they blew straight at me! I wish the one leaf wasn't hiding her face, but I can still see her smile! In retrospect, this is a situation in which I should have used the continuous shutter release to capture the best possible moment. Gotta keep practicing.
As you can probably tell by my Photo Mondays thus far, I never photograph people in an artsy way. It's kinda awkward taking photos of strangers or even of people you know. But, in order to expand my repertoire and build technique, I asked my beautiful friend to help me practice! It was so much fun!
