Homemade Knives
Last month I was asked to take photos at the Homemade Knives show for the Live at Ipanema series. I didn’t realize how difficult Ipanema is to shoot in, especially with a band like this. They are very intimate type of band so the last thing I wanted to be doing was having my flash go off every minute. I also try very hard at these shows to not block people that are there to enjoy the show.
RVANews posted this article on the show where you can see some photos and download an audio file of the whole show. They played Bruce Springsteen covers so it might not be a bad idea.
life in pictures
Here’s a quick look at things recently in pictures.
I met Phoenix.
They signed the set list that Hunter was able to wrangle for me.
Also Diana had a pick handed to her by Christian, she totally gave it to me and I totally lost it. I think it fell out of my bag when I was getting the setlist out. 
Sorry lady.
It was the best night in a long time.
Been downloading sweet photography apps for my iPhone.
Hanging out with Sam, hitting up playgrounds all over town.
I shot a wedding this past weekend and rented a badass lens for it.
Finally set this photo up after wanting to do it for over a year and half or longer. FTW.
Tsk Tsk
Yeah so I’ve been a bad blogger. I’ve been busy and kept thinking I would update this with a big update. But ehh whatever.
A few quick things, I will be going to Macrock and Tennessee in 1 week and I will be blogging on the road.
The Mueller family is here this weekend and couldn’t be more excited to get to hang out with them. Ruby is so big and has 1 tooth!
Also here is the March mixtape, I made it a couple weeks ago and never posted it. Enjoy!
click on the cover to get the mix!
Can I haz one?
inching closer to springtime…
Finally got some nice, not quite springtime, but getting warmer type of weather this weekend. In fact I didn’t put my winter coat on once this weekend.
Saturday night there was a Jersey Shore party at Cous Cous. It was a birthday party, but mostly a reason for all the boys to put earrings back in those earlobes from when they were pierced long ago and the girls to show lots of cleavage. Oh and for everyone to get a nice fake tan in February.
As I was editing the photos last night I kept thinking I must have had some sort of vivid coloring filter set on my camera, then I realized no everyone was just really orange. I was impressed with the level of outfits and I am now the proud owner of a pair of white platform flip flops which are safely in the back of my closet.
One of the cast members from the actual show happened to be in Richmond that night at some event down the street. Despite all of our tweets directed towards him he never showed. We had fun with our house music, Jager bombs, and orange skin without him!
Sunday afternoon was a pretty epic brunch at Helen’s. Although dinner_crue is quickly outgrowing most Richmond restaurants.
(we miss you Ian!)
Brittany, Hunter and I ventured into Maymont after brunch and Hunter brought her crazy Marie Antoinette wig. I was able to get some pretty photos of the girls even with the strange looks from passerby.
If you haven’t downloaded the mix from last week do it! Kevin from U or R’s radio station left a comment saying he was going to play it. (is that legal? is what I did even legal?) How he found it and me I have no idea, but take that internet celebrity Phil!
happy valentine president’s day
Ahhh Valentine’s Day. I was happy it landed on a Sunday this year, going to brunch at 821 with your friends and drinking the best mimosas in town is pretty great. And my dear friend Diana did give me this awesome Valentine card. Later that evening everyone else went to the Saves the Day/New Found Glory double feature and I stayed home and watched “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion” (which I’ve never seen all of) and downloaded a bunch of pop punk that I didn’t have. Anyone remember Spitalfield? Pretty great.
The night before Becki and Corey came over and we did my photo of the week.
We also had some other fun.
In other news… Phoenix is playing a show at the Norva April 27th and the tickets go on sale this Saturday morning. Let me know if you want to go, I want all of my friends to go!
I got all 3 of these pillows for $14 from the Urban Outfitters 50% of sale. It would have cost me over $100 at full price. LOVE deals like this! I also bought new super soft jersey sheets and a bedskirt (also on sale). I’m never leaving my bed again.
GPOYW
So I’m kind of in love with this picture. I took this a couple nights ago so I hope it still counts as a GPOYW. And I’m quite possibly already overusing this image, it’s my default on most of my internet things already. But eff it, I love it.
Maybe I should start posting my 52 weeks picture as a GPOYW too.
52 Weeks
A couple years ago I started a project on Flickr called 365 Days. The challenge was to take a photo of yourself every day for a year. I did pretty good and got to around 200 or so and gave up. I thought about starting it up again this year on January 1st and missed that entirely. So I decided to do the 52 Weeks project. A photo of yourself every week for a year. I think this one will more manageable and I’ll be able to get more creative with it. I plan on posting the photo in the Flickr group as well as here.
Any ideas you have for shots please leave them in the comments!
The year is 2010.
Hi blog!
Christmas/Birthday/New Year’s 2009 went by quickly and was pretty great. First things first, with a huge thanks to my amazing grandparents I got the Nikon D90 for Christmas. The ante has been upped. Mostly because everything just works better with it. My flashes work better with it and in better ways, my remote works a lot better, it can do HD video, and is just all in all better and faster.
My parents hooked it up with a pillow top mattress thingie and I pretty much have an even harder time leaving my bed in the morning than before. They also replaced my Chi hair straightener, and got me a turntable for my birthday! I hit up Plan 9 and the thrift store the other day and am well on my way to a bad record collection! Yay!
I babysat a friend of a friend’s kitten for a couple days over break. Her name is Gracie and she is 5 months old. She has a disorder called Wobbly Kitten and it basically means her balance is off. She would be walking along and suddenly her back legs would just kind of give out on her. It was so cute and heartbreaking at the same time.
Parkberry hosted Liz’s birthday brunch where we went through 13 bottles of champagne. And New Year’s Eve was spent in a basement with more champagne, my best friends and everyone looking fabulous. Thanks to Anne and David for hosting that mess of a party. I’m betting that will be the one and only New Year’s Eve party for you guys, and I can’t say I blame you.
The rest of the neverending weekend (New Year’s Day was Friday…) afterwards was fairly uneventful, I think everyone was pooped from the holiday whirlwind.
I thought about doing a 2009 blog recap, but not only am I lazy but I have photos documenting most of the last year. As well as a Twitter stream with lots of stuff that I’m sure makes no sense now.
2010 let’s see what you got.
