The City

I haven't been posting any pictures up lately and it makes me sad.

I've been so busy working crazy hours for the past few weeks, still trying to catch up with money we spent in Jamaica. When i get home all i want to do is relax so i haven't been taking my camera out as much as usual, but I'm going to change that as soon as possible. 

These are a couple pictures i took in Boston while visiting my brother. Hope you like them!

I also have to work on updating the pictures page in my blog. I've been using my boyfriends laptop since the charger for mine died, but we just got a new one so there will be plenty of updates soon.

Enjoy!

I had to stand on a little bridge to take this picture and since I'm afraid of heights, the combination of that and the fast cars speeding beneath me almost gave me a heart-attack. But i did it and it worked! YAY!  No heart-attacks for me yet! Mind over matter right? Yeeaahhh.

One of the views from the biking path we were walking on. Must be nice to have these views during your morning work out routine every day. :-)

King Richards Faire

Going under the bridge in Boston on the way to the faire

Taking pictures of myself through the mirror

One of the many shows they have

A Liger. The thing was fucking huge! I wish i could have snuggled him :-D

Getting a great view from the shoulders of her father. Kind of jealous. I didn't have such a great view.

Let the joust begin!

SWORD FIGHT!!

 

 

I feel like i haven't updated my blog in a while, but to fill you guys in.

I hate my job because my manager sucks, I wouldn't be surprised if tonight i ended up walking out. Maybe my next blog post will be a rambling on how much he likes to take it up the ass and how I left with a bang, aka hit him in the nuts, gave him the finger and walked out.

I got my first few jobs as a photographer so hopefully one day i will be making money on my own terms and not have to worry about bosses who play favorites and don't know how to do their jobs. One of them I'm doing as a favor for a friend, but it works out for me because i can use the pictures in a portfolio for future job opportunities. The other one is going to be a family photo session sometime in December which I'm getting paid for, i don't know how much but since i have no experience i feel bad charging anything at all. She insisted, so i gave in. The one for my friend is a wedding and that should be a lot of fun.

I never thought of making money as a photographer but I've always loved taking pictures and it would be nice to have my own business and create my own schedule. Plus for a beginner, i don't think I'm half bad. I'll only grow as an artist and am looking forward to seeing what i can accomplish.

I hope you guys liked the pictures from the faire and that everyone is having a great weekend!

The clouds are rolling in.

Lookin for the cruise ship

Clouds are rolling in

This is whats holding our lovely bridge together

So, this is pretty much what Ive been up to lately. 

I have a chipped tooth and am to lazy to go to the dentist. 

Hopefully ill go before it falls out.

I need to win the lottery so i can quit my job.

My boyfriend thinks i either broke or bruised his ribs, because we got into a heated wrestling match over the speed of light.

Don't be jealous of our nerd relationship.

And my head is pounding into my face right now with a fierce pain i cant even describe properly, so off i go into bed to catch up on some TV shows and hopefully pass right the fuck out.

Boston Skyline

My boyfriend and I decided to walk around last night and try out the night settings on my camera. We got a few okay ones, like the one below, nothing photographer worthy but we're working on it.

Getting this picture was kinda hard, i couldn't get my camera to focus for some reason and this was least blurry picture i had. Every time i would zoom in everything would turn black and it couldn't find anything to focus on with auto setting, and then when i would choose the manual setting i couldnt find the buildings to focus on while it was zoomed in because everything was black. Im sure i will get the hang of it sooner or later.

Anyone have any advice or suggestions i would love to hear from you! :-)

view of Boston from where i live

City life

As much as I love the town i live in, I've always wanted to live in the city and it has just never happened. There is so much diversity and life going on, never a dull moment, plus awesome graffiti everywhere and the nightlife doesn't hurt my love for tall buildings and crowds either.

My brother just moved in with his girlfriend outside of Boston, its a cute little apartment right near great restaurants, bars, shops everything within walking distance. Not that you really need to have a car in Boston since the traffic is horrific, its impossible to find cheap parking and there are subways everywhere, so whats the point? If you choose to walk there is always something to look at and people watching is pretty awesome too. 

At least i can bug my brother all the time and use him for a place to stay if i ever decide to spend a night out in the city.

Well i made this short, since i don't have a lot of time. I just wanted to express my love for the city and people.

I love people.

Well most of the time, when i don't have to wait on them.

That's when i love people. 

I also took my camera with me, unfortunately it was raining.

Stopping every few minutes to make my boyfriend hold the umbrella, get my camera out of the bag and try to snap a picture without getting it wet was a process that after a few tries got pretty tiring. I actually started sweating from walking around holding the camera, bag and umbrella all at once while searching for things to take pictures of. 

So my next post should include some photos from Boston, and since its not raining out today maybe some other pictures too. Hope you guys have a great weekend! <3

The beauty in a picture

So I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure i mentioned that my boyfriend finally bought that camera I've been talking about getting, a Nikon D5100. Ever since i opened the package I've been learning as much as I can, with the attention span i have, which is about zero.

I chose to watch the DVD because reading a manual is way to much work for my brain, it gets tired when there is to much thinking involved. I have medication for that, but it only works so well.

Any who...I live right by the water and being surrounded by so much beauty there is always a moment to stop and snap a photo. I've been trying to use as much time as possible for taking as many pictures as i have time for, playing around with as many camera functions i can remember learning about in the video.

So far my favorite is the selective color tool.

As i said, i am still learning so i'm sure ill find more settings and effects to play around with. If anyone is in the advice giving mood who is more skilled in photography than i am, i would love to hear from you!

To update you on my life, my godson came home with his mother today and i got snuggle him for a whole hour before i had to give him away to another visitor. He's the cutest little chunky peanut ever and is already so well behaved. While i was holding him he stared at me, eyes wide open for the first half hour and then passed out quietly in my arms while their dog rested his head on the babies belly looking at his new best friend.

You can already tell he is going to watch and make sure no harm comes to him, what a good pup.

I can't wait until he's old enough for me to teach him how to annoy his parents. I'm sure they're going to be sooo happy they chose me to be in there babies life for the rest of...well...ever. At least they know I'm going to shower him with love and that's all that matters.

Now i will leave you with some pictures i have taken with my brand new camera! :-)

My Dads dog Sidney<3

I don't think Raggedy Anne was that creepy when i was younger