Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Editing, Editing, Editing
I love editing. It's sometimes more fun than taking the actual picture. I'm not quite sure how much I like my 365 for today, but here's the steps I took to make this picture.
This is the original. See? Not much focus, not great contrast or very good colors. I almost deleted it because it wasn't focused well at all. Butttt I figured I'd edit it a tad bit before I gave up on it completely.
Version numero dos, edited with my simple but wonderful iPhoto tools. Looks very, well, edited but I really liked the tone.
Then I decided I wanted to try something in Pixelmator with my picture. I tried some stuff, but then I decided that the window had got to go. So it went with Picnik.
I added a texture and a rainbow gradient, messed around for a looooooooong time with the opacity and layering effects, and this is what I got. So which picture do you like best? I think my favorite might be the second, but I can't decide.
Haha I just realized that this post and the previous one both have three repeating words as their titles. Way to be creative, Amy.
This is the original. See? Not much focus, not great contrast or very good colors. I almost deleted it because it wasn't focused well at all. Butttt I figured I'd edit it a tad bit before I gave up on it completely.
Version numero dos, edited with my simple but wonderful iPhoto tools. Looks very, well, edited but I really liked the tone.
Then I decided I wanted to try something in Pixelmator with my picture. I tried some stuff, but then I decided that the window had got to go. So it went with Picnik.
I added a texture and a rainbow gradient, messed around for a looooooooong time with the opacity and layering effects, and this is what I got. So which picture do you like best? I think my favorite might be the second, but I can't decide.
Haha I just realized that this post and the previous one both have three repeating words as their titles. Way to be creative, Amy.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Bokeh & Blanket
I don't really have anything to say. I just needed to post this so everyone could see this picture in full quality. I LOVE THIS PICTURE. That's it. The end.
Oh yeah and this post has its name for a reason - Bokeh: a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image. Example: The bokeh, or quality of the blurred image in the photograph, was described and discussed. Which is basically the little blurry circles you see in this picture. :) Also, the flower is an Indian Blanket Flower. So.
Oh yeah and this post has its name for a reason - Bokeh: a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image. Example: The bokeh, or quality of the blurred image in the photograph, was described and discussed. Which is basically the little blurry circles you see in this picture. :) Also, the flower is an Indian Blanket Flower. So.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Time
I think this is the first time I've named my post before writing it.
One thing i must say before writing what I really wanted to say: Miley Cyrus is now officially a person to be worried about and prayed for. I watched her new music video I Can't Be Tamed and I was very disappointed in the darkness and weirdness of it. Good-bye childrens' role model, hello tabloid gossip. LATER: I just watched Ke$sha's Tik Tok music video, and that was absolutely depressing. Especially because there are probably so many teenagers that are living that way. HAPPY PLACE HAPPY PLACE.
Basically, I just wanted to stop and rejoice for a moment for having lots of time today, and pretty much the entirety of this week. All last week and the week before, I was scrambling to get out the door before nine, every single day, then I was staying up trying to finish things every night. Today has been quite the opposite.
I got up late (ten - I know some of you don't call that late but I do!), had a blueberry muffin for breakfast, and actually took time to read Sunday's comics. All of them. I don't even remember the last time I last read the whole comics section, not that I really care about them. It's just the luxury of having time to read them that makes me happy about that. I also stayed in my pajamas most of the day, and just loafed around the house in them. My shirt was even inside-out, but there was nobody to see it, so who cared? After breakfast I stretched out on my bed with one of our cats and caught up on my Bible study. For lunch I ate my leftovers from a Mexican restaurant we ate at the other night (my mom was also threatening to throw them away). I was so lazy and so removed from having a schedule that I've had my phone off since seeing a movie sunday night, and only remembered to turn it back on around three this afternoon. This afternoon, I went swimming and running, and then ordered a pizza with my sister for the first time without our parents' knowledge or help (or money), which was quite exciting.
Now you're probably thinking, Amy, if you've had so much time today, then why are you still up at 11:45 PM, writing this? Why didn't you do that earlier? The answer is this: I have no idea. Maybe because I'm lazy and still have a small portion of my Bible study to do before tomorrow, maybe because I had the sudden urge to make a bracelet and just finished making one, maybe because I've been wasting time listening to Idinia Menzel and Willemijn Verkaik singing Defying Gravity on YouTube and I replayed it three times, or maybe it's because somewhow I always find ways to stay up late.
One thing i must say before writing what I really wanted to say: Miley Cyrus is now officially a person to be worried about and prayed for. I watched her new music video I Can't Be Tamed and I was very disappointed in the darkness and weirdness of it. Good-bye childrens' role model, hello tabloid gossip. LATER: I just watched Ke$sha's Tik Tok music video, and that was absolutely depressing. Especially because there are probably so many teenagers that are living that way. HAPPY PLACE HAPPY PLACE.
Basically, I just wanted to stop and rejoice for a moment for having lots of time today, and pretty much the entirety of this week. All last week and the week before, I was scrambling to get out the door before nine, every single day, then I was staying up trying to finish things every night. Today has been quite the opposite.
I got up late (ten - I know some of you don't call that late but I do!), had a blueberry muffin for breakfast, and actually took time to read Sunday's comics. All of them. I don't even remember the last time I last read the whole comics section, not that I really care about them. It's just the luxury of having time to read them that makes me happy about that. I also stayed in my pajamas most of the day, and just loafed around the house in them. My shirt was even inside-out, but there was nobody to see it, so who cared? After breakfast I stretched out on my bed with one of our cats and caught up on my Bible study. For lunch I ate my leftovers from a Mexican restaurant we ate at the other night (my mom was also threatening to throw them away). I was so lazy and so removed from having a schedule that I've had my phone off since seeing a movie sunday night, and only remembered to turn it back on around three this afternoon. This afternoon, I went swimming and running, and then ordered a pizza with my sister for the first time without our parents' knowledge or help (or money), which was quite exciting.
Now you're probably thinking, Amy, if you've had so much time today, then why are you still up at 11:45 PM, writing this? Why didn't you do that earlier? The answer is this: I have no idea. Maybe because I'm lazy and still have a small portion of my Bible study to do before tomorrow, maybe because I had the sudden urge to make a bracelet and just finished making one, maybe because I've been wasting time listening to Idinia Menzel and Willemijn Verkaik singing Defying Gravity on YouTube and I replayed it three times, or maybe it's because somewhow I always find ways to stay up late.
Friday, June 11, 2010
So it's Night....
.... Yup.
I am a goldfish, living in a bowl filled 30% with stress, 30% fun, 10% chaos, 30% sleep deprivation, and I guess all percent God.
I went to the mall today with some friends, but I've been so tired today that I almost turned around and went back home (so I could go back to sleep!) as soon as I got there. I drove over an hour today though, so only 12 hours left before I can get my license. :)
Here's my 365 for today. It's not perfect, but if I had like three more free hours, I could make this so much better. But I don't have three more hours tonight. So I'm not. Goodnight.
Hey hey hey, I've been blogging over a month! Okay goodnight for reals now.
Don't forget.
I am a goldfish, living in a bowl filled 30% with stress, 30% fun, 10% chaos, 30% sleep deprivation, and I guess all percent God.
I went to the mall today with some friends, but I've been so tired today that I almost turned around and went back home (so I could go back to sleep!) as soon as I got there. I drove over an hour today though, so only 12 hours left before I can get my license. :)
Here's my 365 for today. It's not perfect, but if I had like three more free hours, I could make this so much better. But I don't have three more hours tonight. So I'm not. Goodnight.
Hey hey hey, I've been blogging over a month! Okay goodnight for reals now.
Don't forget.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
I Like Life
Soooo I had a lot of stuff written in my "new post" box, but then I decided I was getting too detailed and really boring, so I deleted it all and started over. Yes, I'm a perfectionist, now shut up. :)
I had another very long day of physics labs and I felt extremely uninspirational uncreative afterwards, but I ended up really liking my picture for my 365 today. You should visit my flickr and view my picture. Like, now.
I actually ended up liking this picture a little more than my 365 picture, but oh well, I'll just put it up here and leave my 365 alone.
I also really like this picture for different reasons. For one, all the different little things I stuck in it such as my old pink converse (my favorite shoes), wildflowers in my shoes (I lovelovelove wildflowers) my earbuds (I really love listening to good music), a ladder (I love heights but I'm nervous around ladders), my physics books, calculator, and nerd glasses (which kind of sum up my past two weeks of labs). And my face looks bored (but that was on accident, I think I was concentrating too hard) Yup. Hmmm, there's a lot of love up there ^ .
I had another very long day of physics labs and I felt extremely uninspirational uncreative afterwards, but I ended up really liking my picture for my 365 today. You should visit my flickr and view my picture. Like, now.
I actually ended up liking this picture a little more than my 365 picture, but oh well, I'll just put it up here and leave my 365 alone.
I also really like this picture for different reasons. For one, all the different little things I stuck in it such as my old pink converse (my favorite shoes), wildflowers in my shoes (I lovelovelove wildflowers) my earbuds (I really love listening to good music), a ladder (I love heights but I'm nervous around ladders), my physics books, calculator, and nerd glasses (which kind of sum up my past two weeks of labs). And my face looks bored (but that was on accident, I think I was concentrating too hard) Yup. Hmmm, there's a lot of love up there ^ .
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Summer, sorta kinda
Sooooo I'm on my 5th day of my 365 and already I'm falling behind. Oh well, now I know that it will be a bit of a challenge to keep up with it, which is good, because I hate becoming lazy in the summer (even though I am often so negligent when there's no school).
Speaking of summer, it's almost, almost here! I just have two tests to take and one more week of physics labs, then I'm free!!!! :)
In case you're wondering where exactly my 365 has wandered off to, check out my flickr. :)
We had a cookout with some of our wonderful neighbors this evening, here's just one of the photos I took of the kids in the pool.
This is Betsy, and she is just about the most adorable thing ever created.
Speaking of summer, it's almost, almost here! I just have two tests to take and one more week of physics labs, then I'm free!!!! :)
In case you're wondering where exactly my 365 has wandered off to, check out my flickr. :)
We had a cookout with some of our wonderful neighbors this evening, here's just one of the photos I took of the kids in the pool.
This is Betsy, and she is just about the most adorable thing ever created.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
day one
just posting reallllll fast because i have to go to sleep asap. :)
day two of my 365! whoop!
day one
day two
day two of my 365! whoop!
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