Dog Days of 2010

Can't believe it's the middle of July already, been pretty busy lately with work, World Cup action, vacation and sweating it out in Akron Ohio. Finally posted some pictures from the beach and the 4th of July...starting to love this Canon Rebel even more and learning everyday. This upcoming weekend I have been extended an awesome invitation from an old high school friend of my Dad's to come check out his summer house which he built around an enormous BOULDER a couple of years ago. I've rented a wide angle lens for the weekend so hopefully I can get some good pics. I will post them when I get back.

BEACH!

A few days before Samm and I are off to meet up with the family in the outerbanks. Couldn't be more excited to have a whole week of beach, ocean, beers, great company, world cup and NO WORK! Supposed to be a really great week down in the Outerbanks and I'm excited about capturing some photos with the new camera, I have a new filter and tricks to try out so keep posted for the results... For now enjoy some of the sketches that I did last year while sitting around in Corolla.

I can taste Summer...

Spring is quickly winding down, the weather is getting nicer, windows are kept open all night and I've procrastinated almost all work until the last two weeks of this semester....this can mean only one thing: Summer is almost here! Things are going great and I'm extremely excited for the summer even though I can not make it to Italy with Dr. Medicus. Two weekends ago I adopted an ADORABLE labrador/shepherd puppy from a local rescue shelter and she is great...attached is a photo of her and some random flower pictures to coincide with the great weather. Follow the title link to the flickr photostream as always to see more. Cheers!

The City

Spent an amazing 3 nights/4 days in New York checking out 7 museums and had a great talk with Diana Al Hadid at her Brooklyn studio. Stayed at Jazz in the Park on 106th and Central Park West and met some new great friends from Kent and also from Denmark and Australia. I've uploaded some of my favorite shots to my Flickr page and have even more over on my Facebook page. Really loved having the digital Rebel along with me, and I'm getting used to using Adobe Lightroom which is absolutely amazing for post work. Enjoy the photos!

New York State of Mind

I'm off to the big city very early tomorrow morning for an Art History field trip. This couldn't have come at a better time, really need a few days away from Ohio to think about everything and nothing all at once. I hate that it takes times like this to reflect on my faults but still believe with all my heart this is where I belong and I can be everything you've wanted and more. Words mean little to nothing at this point, it's about action....regardless of the outcome.

Really excited to explore all of the museums and even more excited to get some great pics with the Canon Rebel XSi. I rented a fisheye lens so keep posted in a week or so when I get back and upload pics. NYC here I come...

Lauren is 21!

As unbelievable as it is, my youngest sister is now 21 and we all got together in Pittsburgh this weekend for some legal drinking! Had a blast in Station Square and Saturday night we had an amazing time over at the Firehouse Lounge in the strip district...a big thanks to Alana for coordinating our birthday surprise and a thank you to Spencer for the bottle of champagne!

Ice Melt

36 hours of rain, melting snow/ice and crazy fog....wish the cold would stay away forever!