rollin' vintage

Jeff and i have been taking some road trips lately since i frickin hate it here lol. I told him we should look into rvs.........and he said YES!!!!!! I called my grandparents, who manage an rv park, to have them look around for me. Then i hit up my buddy google. I really super want a vintage one. even if we have to work on it. Ive found a bunch of small trailers online for under $2000 which is totally our price range, fingers crossed and soon ill be traveling the country in STYLE.  I belong in a vintage camper :)

Angels

I've said many times before that I believe that people are put into my life for a reason. Those people know who they are and this picture is for them!!! Big thank you's all around to all the awesome people in my life! Thanks for being you :)

Mighty list

I am continually amazed by life........Seriously! People, situations, color, texture, kisses, painted toes, friends, blogs, technology. Everything amazes me. I stumbled upon Mighty List Tonight and i was instantly inspired.

Jeff and I talk alot about our wants and dreams. Go here, do this, experience that, basically live life. I like to be spontaneous and kinda fly by my pants, where as  jeff likes a little research( but not too much though). I do, although, like a good list!! Mighty list is perfect. 100 things to do before I die. some big some small, all obtainable with out wining the lottery. I love this idea!!! I want the list up in our house some how. I found some ideas here and

1. Visit thailand (ankor wat) This is cheryl's fault!!!
2. Find inspiration around me for 30 days
3. Visit all 392 US national parks(1 down)
4. Process photos in a dark room
5. Rock some cool eyeglasses
6. Find and maintain a healthy weight through clean eating and exercise
7. Throw pottery
8. Make a ceramic owl
9. Go on a movie set
10. Have a fish pedicure
11. Ride in a hot pink car
12. Upload a clear video to you tube that doesnt have the word ok or um  in it
13. See Kathy Griffin live
14. Journal on a terrace in an Italian villa with a great view
15. eat sushi in japan
16. Learn basic web design 
17. see the northern lights
18. Eat at wd-40
19. Photography a beach sunset
20. Have a wardrobe that is really me
21. put something i make up on etsy
22. Buy a pair of shoes from irregular choice and rock the hell out of them
23. Pick sea shells by the sea shore (drift wood too!)
24. Read 20 classic novels
25. Submit to a magazine
26. Come up with a consistent blog format and stick to it for 1 year
27. Dance with my husband
28. travel the US in an airstream 
29. Take a donkey ride through the grand canyon
30. stamp a metal bracelet
31. go deep sea fishing then eat the fish i catch
32. Find out how something is made by taking a factory tour
33. send out 100 hand made cards
34. Put a piece of my art in every room of our house
35. make a resin table top
36. eat king crab in Alaska
37. Get an amazing reading chair that is comfy and beautiful
38. Get professional portraits done of myself and my family
39. Buy and Shoot with a holga and a diana camera
40. Define my artistic style
41. Maintain a square foot garden for 2 seasons
42. Make a quilt by hand
43. see the rangers play outside of texas
44. Take self portraits on a teal brick wall
45. Go to the Smithsonian
46. art journal daily for 1 month
47. Run a 5k
48. buy fabric in New York City
49. Visit all 7 continents
50. Finish college
51. Go to an observatory
52. Decorate our bedroom
53. Buy a horse
54. Paint a face
55. Spend the night in a castle
56. sew a purse
57. Design my own stencils (Jenn's idea!)
58. Make hand made paper
59. Figure out photoshop
60. Celebrate my birthday in a foreign country
61. Bake 40 kinds of home made bread(Idea here)
62. Buy and fix up an el camino
63. Take 100 different self portraits
64. Get my art friends together for a weekend of fun
65. start my own business
66. stay organized
67. climb a mountain
68. Watch the little mermaid with my mom 
69. Have a house with a window seat
70. meet my dad
71. Visit a volcano
72. Go whale watching
73. Play in the rain with a pretty umbrella and rain boots
74. raise chickens from baby chicks
75. Take a photography class
76. Make a bright happy granny square blanket
77. Ride in a double decker bus
78. Cook out of Julia childs book while pretending im Julie from Julie and Julia  Keep a Photo record of the experience
79. Learn spanish
80. Get pin up photos taken
81. Print out happy thoughts and place them in a jar
82. Collect dirt, water, sand, rocks, or shells in jars from 20 different places
83. Knit a pair of socks
84. Stay on a dude ranch
85. Quit smoking
86. Put my pictures on dvds and an external hard drive
87. Go on a cruise
88. Go to a drive in movie in a convertible with jeff
89. Take photos with my sister
90. Sit on the beach in hawaii 
91. Visit a winery
92. Photograph a peacock
93. Send a package to a soldier
94. Watch hot air balloons from the ground(where its safe)
95. Make an outfit 
96. Have pink hair again
97. Wrap all Christmas presents with hand made paper
98. swim in crystal clear ocean water(so i can watch for sharks YIKES)
99. own a vintage cursive typewriter......and write a poem on it
100. Record my grandma singing "my sing story" so i can have it forever
101. Witness a foreign ceremony
102. Jump on a trampoline
103. make home made candy
104. Visit a coffee farm
105. Be in the audience of the Ellen show
106. Stamp leather
107. Backpack some where for more then 3 days

Well thats more then a 100 and I might add more!!!! Make a list.......and do it.

Create what makes you happy

Happy accident!!!

Edited

Sorry if my pics are getting boring......at least im blogging right????? Heres my super awesome happy accident from yesterday. I didnt edit the colors at all some how my sky turned out turquoise!!!! OMG i was freaking out with excitement. Little things amaze me!!!! My co worker said she wanted to buy a print :)

Night photography??? sounds easy enough

Last night my lens (Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens, if youre interested) came in way freaking late...... 7pm after sun set which was kinda crappy. But we decided to drive around and take some night photos. New Zoom lens......check
tripod........check
new found camera knowledge.......double check!!!!!
moon light......check
creepy church....check

took about 60 pics and i liked these 8....... again they are completely unedited!!!!

weird lighting created burning leaves lol

I like this one even with the bad lighting too

   Messing with the white balance and i got this

 

creepy blue glow!!!!!!

Blue glow= awesome church

Messing with zoom not what i wanted but its a work in progress

Best pic of the night in my opinion!!!!

creepy and i like it

I really like this one too cus of the glow at the bottom.....i need to fix the orientation on it

M is for Makes you work harder

Heres a little back story. I LOVE pictures! Duh, right? So 3 years ago I conned asked my husband for a dSLR camera. I end up with a cannon rebel xti thats pretty awesome. Up until last year the thing had never been off AUTO. For the last year its been on av (i had no idea what that meant, mind u. It just caused blurry backgrounds some times, which i like) I did not turn a dial or press any button while in av mode either, so it was kinda an auto mode for me too. Sad but true people. 3 years of a fancy shmancy camera that i was using as a heavy point and shoot. Alot of times i would go places and leave it at home. I would go months with out taking pics, cus they all just looked ok. Basically the thing confused me. The manual was a joke. I was at a loss. I pretty much hated the camera. I had no clue how it worked or what the bleep  f/stop and all that crap meant.  NO MORE I SAY!!!

First off my awesome friend mac told me about Magic lantern dvds. Basically this guy goes through your manual and explains EVERYTHING. this helped a ton. i now know what all of those crazy buttons do and kinda when to use them!!!! My mom and I spent 3 hours at the book store tues perusing photography books. We ended up buying The complete guide to digital photography by Steve Luck  It explained sooooooooooooooo much. I now know the differance between f/stop, shutter speed, iso and depth of field. I think? Lets just say were working on it!!!!!

Wenesday we went out to the park to hone our skills. I ended up taking about 300 pics. 50 were in focus and looked pretty good!!!!!!!! That alone made my day :) I now feel like theres hope for me :)  Here are my top 9 favs completely unedited.

 my mom "in the wild"

this pic sums up my feelings for the day totally scrapbook worthy

I love this one

I was messing with the lighting options and got this. i like the muted vintage feel!!!!

My reflection!!!

Crazy red hair really stands out lol

I heart life

trying macro( cus i know what that means now)

We took pics of each other

Definatly more practicing to come........I think ill be less annoyed with pse if i have better photos to start with!!!!