orchestral (part 2)

Hello again! I've been meaning to make this post for a week now but I've been swamped with AP tests and prom. So here is what happened at my last orchestra banquet: the officers decided on a birthday theme, because who doesn't love birthday parties.

Our decorations consisted of balloons, party hats, signs, and a pinata (that we unfortunately didn't have anywhere to hang, so we are saving it.)

I might have have gone a little overboard with photographing the decorations...

The officers unfortunately had to count 120-something ballots for superlatives (I got out of that because I had to do a ton of work on the slideshow...) But the awards were so much fun and entertaining. My favorite award was "Most Likely to Survive Fear Factor," the unlucky winners award were to eat all of the gummy worms out of pie tins filled with pudding without their hands. Unfortunately, our director wouldn't allow that because apparently it's too messy.

There was also karaoke and dancing. It's always fun to watch a bunch of musicians try and dance and sing. 

Overall the banquet was a blast and I'm truly going to miss orchestra next year.

orchestral (part one)

Last Friday I had my last orchestra banquet and there were tears. I'm an officer this year and we've been prepping for this event for a while now. The past few weeks have consisted of editing pictures and yelling at my fellow seniors to send me their baby photos. My main job for this years banquet was to compile a slideshow that reflected our school year, and if I do say so myself, the slideshow was one of the best parts. Here are some of my favorite shots that ended up in the slideshow:

And to avoid this post being a little two picture heavy, I'm going to post my pictures from the banquet in a separate post within the next few days. 

April Adventures

Hello internet! I don't think I've mentioned it on this blog but my family got a corgi! His name is McCoy and he has his own tumblr. He's adorable but he doesn't really like me... Anyway here are some shots I've taken of him.

The other day I went with my older sister and her boyfriend to the Zilker Botanical Gardern, I hadn't been there since elementary school so it was fun to revisit it. Nature photography isn't really my thing, but I'm a sucker for some bokeh.

The best part was when I forced McCoy to sit on the butterfly bench. 

My last orchestra banquet is next Friday and as historian, I have to compile all the photos I've taken and make a slideshow. Hopefully, I'll find the motivation to make a blog post about our adventures within the next week. 

film

About a year ago I found a Nikon FM10 at a thrift shop for $15 and I went for it. This is my first roll of film and it took me about 6 months to shoot, my excuse being I'm too lazy to manually shoot everything and I'm more used to shooting digital. But I love shooting film, the outcome is a total surprise and I hope to start shooting regularly but it's expensive. Unfortunately only 14 of the 24 exposures developed and out of the 14 some where blurry (I need to get used to adjusting the aperture), here are some of my favorite shots.

This was my first film shot, a failed portrait of my dog but I love the colors. 

Yes, that is a photo of my dog in a mailbox. 

50mm and Instax

Hello internet! I'm here doing a long overdue post. Last month I finally ordered my 50mm lens and it came in 3 weeks ago. I am so happy with the results and the bokeh is so much better than my kit lens.

Last week I found an ad on Craigslist, where someone was selling their Instax 210 camera with 30 packs of film for $60. I've had my eye on getting an Instax for almost two years now, so when I saw this deal I went for it. So I am now the proud owner of an Instax. It's a lot bigger and bulkier than I expected but I can't wait to get shooting, and hopefully soon I can start an Instax wall (like the one on Photojojo!)