Photography Scavenger Hunt

I just received the list for the scavenger hunt I'm participating in.  Some look easy, while others look almost impossible.  Can't wait to start though!  I have until June 17 to gather them all.

Here's the list:

'57 Chevrolet - any model, any color (I so don't know year models)

Pizza delivery vehicle (no delivery here in my town)

Empty shopping center parking lot - any day, any time of day or night

Two adults together whose height difference is greater than 12" (wish my parents were still married)

Black dog

A person mowing grass

Person riding a bicycle (easy peasy)

Game of billiards or pool

Insect on flower - not a leaf, branch, etc. (tough due to no macro lens)

Construction work, commercial or residential, but not road work

Grandfather clock

Mounted sailfish or swordfish (time to eat at Joe's or Red Lobster) :)



Too bad I can't use any past photos, because I have a few of these already in the can.

Looks like fun!

I'll post the pictures as soon as I can capture them.

My New Toy

I finally bought it. 

My Holga.

Ahhh.....

Bask in all it's plastic glory. 

Still in the package.  The excitement is anguish!

Since I have no idea just yet where to develop this size film (unless my lab will do it), I'm going to take my time using up the film.  Maybe.

The photowalk I'm joining in on in this little town of mine in the near future is to be done with these so that's when I'll really be needing it.  I'm going to try not to use up all the film before then. 

If you still don't know what lomography is, I'd say just google it.  It makes for very interesting photos.  You will be seeing a lot more lomography on here.

Oh, and I found my letter "L" for my alphabet assignment.  I took it with my regular DSLR.  I'm loving it.

Ok, enough.  It's Holga Time!

...and Now, the Rest of the Story

....from the wise words of Paul Harvey.


Dinner is over, kitchen is cleaned, so I thought I'd finish saying what I wanted to include in the last post before I fall asleep.

Also on my agenda for the month of June is a photography scavenger hunt.  It begins June 3, so I don't have the list yet.  I'm so excited about this!  I don't even know why.  Just cuz.

Starting June 6 is a photo challenge.  The challenge is "Party".  I started not to sign up for this and still hoping it's not a mistake, but my niece's birthday party is this weekend.  I would rather do some other type of party, just to be different, but maybe I'll get some great shots there.  My original plans for Saturday was going to Canton Trade Days with my sister(s).  Guess we will have to make it another time.

And....drum roll please..the thing I'm mostly looking forward to is a photowalk in Galveston at the Railroad Museum.  Wow, with all this "me" time, I'm not going to know how to act.

Why am I putting this all here?  Because I'll come back to this more than I will any calendar.  Gotta keep those thoughts straight, ya know.

So, there you have it.  Well, not all of it, but a start of my busy month of June...in the photography world...excluding photoshoots.

ABC

After this past weekend, I did absolutely nothing.

Not even the laundry, which is odd for me. 

Laundry is my thang.

It takes me a couple days to get started back on everything once we take so much as a mini vacation.  We take quite a few during the year too.  I may not ever get on a real schedule where I do the same thing day in and day out.

I see no end in sight.

Mt. Washmore needs to be tended to.

Groceries need to be bought.

Kids need to be schooled.

Dinner needs to be cooked.

Bills need to be paid.

That's just the regular everyday thing though.  Like all mothers, I'd hope.

I have a lot of things on my plate for the month.  Summer is here and things go a little crazy.  Wrestling the schedule with everything the kids do and squeezing in a little "me" time will be a struggle this month.  But, I'm looking forward to it.

Remember those camera clubs I joined a while back?  Now, since it's summer, there are a lot of activities going on with them.  My first one has already started. 

My assignment is to shoot the alphabet in different objects.  You know, where a round object looks like an "O" and a sign could look like a "T"?  That sort of thing.  I'm sure you have seen them.  I've actually wanted to do this for a while now, but didn't have anything pushing me to.  Now I have that.  It's not due until close to the end of August, so there's time. 

The only problem I have with this assignment is that it's a competition.  I'm not afraid of competition, but the way they are judging is just not the way to judge, in my opinion. The pictures are to be put on a Flickr account and you have to get as many people as you can to "like" your set.  To me, that becomes a popularity contest instead of a photo contest and defeats the purpose of the shoot to begin with.  Am I right?  Well, that's my opinion.

So, with that being said, I'm not entering mine as a competition.  I'll just be doing mine for a fun assignment.  Since it has a due date, I'll be able to stay on track.  The winner gets something I don't need anyway...paid entry into the next photowalk.  That photowalk happens to be in my little town and I always get in free anyway. 

I already have a few letter shapes in mind, with not much help from the kids.  I told them all last night to help me look.  Cameron came up with a tractor looking like a letter that it truly didn't look like.  HA!  I think I'll use my own judgement.

There are a few more things I want to post about, but dinner needs to be served.

Until then...

A Memorable Weekend

Weekends like this past one I had are only for the very young, or very rested up.  It was almost all a blur to me because I was so tired.  Tired isn't even the word.  Four hours of sleep in a three day period just isn't healthy.  At all.  What I do remember was pretty awesome, though!

My little sister and her family came to see Morgan's concert in Houston. 

Each member of Happy! Project has a signature color, and Morgan's is yellow.  So, to support your favorite member, ya just gotta wear their color, right?  Here's only part of Team Morgan.  The others were checking out all the panels at the convention.

We probably weren't very polite about having respect for the girls getting ready for the show, but hey, we insisted on going backstage to watch Morgan having her stage makeup being applied.  WOW, so glad for those lights to tone it down a notch!  

And here she is on stage, getting ready for her duet.

I didn't get very many pictures because my flash just wouldn't reach.  I do have a video clip somewhere, though.

Remember the maid costume?  Of course you do.  Here it is on the girl it was made for.  Bad picture, but cute kid!

Oh, here's that clip:

This picture was stolen from someone at the concert.  It's before their Q&A panel, I'm thinking.

Rehearsals

From the Comicpalooza website for Memorial Day Weekend:

Ok, I could do this all day.  This has been a very busy and fortunate few weeks for the girls.  So many things have happened and they are really getting out there.  Ever listen to the radio and you hear something like this?.." Hi, I'm Reba McIntyre and you are listening to Kicks 105.1"  Well, Happy! Project had the opportunity to do it themselves!  It went something like this: "Hi, I'm Melissa, I'm Kristy, I'm Tara, and I'm Morgan. We are Happy! Project and you are listening to Anime Radio!"  Yep, that's stinking amazing.

After the concert, we went to Kemah Boardwalk and had a little fun.  My sister, Janet and I ran away to get wet on the speedboat.  Mission accomplished, but no pics of that just yet.

Then, on to Galveston Island.  No pics here, either.  I was too tired to care.  Salty air also reeks havoc on a lens without protection.  I've experienced it.



Finished Product

I so whipped up on that pattern and showed it who's boss!  I finished almost last minute, but I finished and that's all that matters.  I can't show the complete ensemble as Morgan didn't have it all with her.  So, with that being said, completed, it has a lot more white than it shows.  The apron is white (not shown) and honestly, I wanted to add some ruffles in the front, but Morgan wanted it plain.  It's hers so she's boss.  Turned out quite cute, if I do say so myself.  I'm just glad to have it finished! 

Tomorrow we go to her concert, but this dress is for another gig they do, that we won't see.  I'll be sure to make Happy! Project take some pictures of her in it so I can show the complete outfit.  Anyway, what it looks like without all that...Oh, and in order for me to put the blouse on Fushia, I had to shrink her waist and bust.  So, on Morgan, the dress is more form fitting than that picture shows. 

Fuschia Plurn

Meet Fuschia Plurn.

She's a gift from me to Morgan about a year ago when I realized she would have to make her costumes for her performances.  Her name?  Well, it's silly, but that's just how we roll around here.  I said she was a fuschia color, but Morgan disagreed.  We decided to look on the box and it said Plum.  The "m" was scratched a little, so I thought it said "plurn"  After a silly laugh, we called her that from then on. 

She's my help-mate when Morgan's not here since she is set at Morgan's measurements.  I haven't had to use her since the last time I tried this maid costume making thing, but we decided to bring her out again to see if she'd be a better help than last time.  So far so good.  I haven't ironed the seams yet, so it looks crooked in the picture, but seriously, it's straight.

Lori - 1     Simplicity - 0

Ok, honestly, the score is tied right now.  I'm really not in the lead.  I did have to rip some seams and Morgan caught me with her camera.  This was only one seam...so far.

Day 3 progress:  (didn't do anything on Day 2)

All fabric cut out
Skirt panels sewn together
Straps and bodice sewn

Yay for me.  I'm not crazy...yet.