Posted by erika on June 7, 2010 – 10:54 pm
Ok, granny had to go. Sometimes nothing will make you update more than just wanting to look at something different on your blog.
This weekend we went to the Chalk Art Event on Larimer Street downtown. So much talent there. Performance art is amazing and it’s crazy that all of these artists came down to put their beautiful pieces on such a temporary canvas. The streets were shut down for only a few days and now the streets are open. The art has been driven over, impermanent. I had only seen forwarded emails of street chalk art before but it is a whole other thing to be at this type of event.
I loved it. More pics in my set on flickr.
Posted by erika on March 13, 2009 – 3:47 pm
Two in a row?! Unheard of.
I couldn’t get home fast enough today. Even though I felt like that, I stayed after work and worked out on the elliptical for 45 minutes. Have to take advantage of that free gym right? Now I’m trying to figure out how to go further with organizing my images. Since I was freaking out over backing up I now have everything sorted by year and then broken down by month. That is it. Since the end of January I’ve been using Lightroom’s organization method of having the year folders full of day folders (plus meta data now!). I love that, but, do I go back and do that for the past years as well?
That is going to take forever.
Pros: I will do this one time in my life. Everything will be on the same page.
Cons: All of that time is not going to be fun. Purchase Advil for the headaches that are about to come.
I know there is at least one photographer out there reading this. How do you organize your files? Do tell.
Posted by erika on March 12, 2009 – 5:17 pm
From time to time you’ll see a snarky comment from my friend Jay. This shot is of his daughters.
I couldn’t let another day pass without saying something here. In the past ten days I’ve had a tetanus shot (I am a huge wuss when it comes to needles) and have been helping the economy by shopping like a mad woman. Not too out of control but some new boots were in order and they are adorable! In two days the hubby and I will have been married for nine months. I feel like things are just now starting to level out in our ratio of things-to-do/sit-down-already. As you can see, when I’ve got other things to do it gets a little harder for me to multi-task. Case in point, this blog.
I’ve been thinking about doing a challenge on flickr like “365″ where you take a shot every day for a year. It may be time for me to start doing something like that. The first photo challenge I did was called “26 Things” and it fanned the flame for my love of photography. One of the things that has me at a standstill over here has been organizing. On top of that I have been working with Lightroom and Photoshop instead of solely editing in Photoshop and I am starting to love Lightroom. I can’t do everything in it but it’s great when I’m working with a batch of images.
So I’ll post when I post and it should be quicker. I feel pressure of what to say, does every post have to have a photo? Etc, etc. I hope you stick around in the process though.
Posted by erika on March 2, 2009 – 9:52 pm
I kid you not, my toes are candy apple red. I needed some girly downtime after my no-break-not-even-for-a-second day. Have I mentioned how much I love maternity and kid shoots? The maternity ones are just slightly a bit more relaxing than the kids but the kids will make you lose five pounds at least, easily.
I had fun today.
Posted by erika on February 14, 2009 – 3:29 pm
Happy Valentine’s! I used to be a huge grump about this day but I’m not the same. Lots has changed.
I love:
- My Super Great Husband
- Anyone that sits still so I can shoot them (thanks!)
- Family, I have the best and it’s hard to squeeze everyone in as much as I want to
- Old and new friends
- The new camera bag, it’s made my life so much better
- Adele, I constantly have her on rotate
Last weekend I got senior shots and that was excellent. We even got kicked off the grounds of the outdoor mall. Funny how someone always has a problem with people with a camera. We changed locations and everything went great from there on. The pic above is one of the shots from last Sunday.
Just renewed my flickr membership too, couldn’t say goodbye just yet. I love flickr, need to post more to it though.
Posted by erika on February 4, 2009 – 10:00 pm
Happy February people!
So much to say. I’ll try not to leave huge breaks in posts, I just haven’t been getting along with my words lately. Nothing has been coming out of my mouth let alone out of my fingertips and onto this blog. I have been avoiding it like the plague.
Getting my ducks in order and running around for the most part. I figured that the reason my camera and I haven’t been getting along is because I’ve outgrown the bag. That’s one of the reasons at least. So the mission for that began and my Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home arrived yesterday. Not. Impressed. I love the idea of a messenger bag style but this bag is not going to fly with me. If I have it on my shoulder the bag will slide off, if I have it across my chest all the weight is on my neck. I wanted it to work out because I was waiting impatiently for it. After work I went straight over to a local camera store and checked out their bags. I hadn’t even heard of Tenba and after lots of side by side comparisons, I walked out with a Shootout Sling. This guy did an excellent review on the bag.
I think I’ve found my match.
I’m a hard sell and I usually kill myself with research before I make my purchase. Awhile ago I went on a limb and tried out some new skincare products because I’m in a new age bracket and thought I needed a little more than Cetaphil can give. My skin was a mess after trying out Caudalie and Peter Roth Thomas. So I put that mission on hold and went back to the loving arms of Cetaphil. Then Whitney gave a review (I love her reviews) on Juice Beauty products and the mission was back on. I got samples of the Cleansing Milk and the Green Apple Antioxidant moisturizer. The cleanser gave me a reaction, red and blotchy is not normal. But the moisturizer was wonderful. I quickly bought that and I’ve been happy with the purchase ever since. My Cetaphil cleanser will not be replaced anytime soon, phew.
Hmm, what else… I used to knit a variety of shtuff back in the day and even participate in fashion events with my own little booth and everything. Well I still have some adult hats and baby hats so those will be added to my etsy store soon. Need to clear up some room in here. I hope you are interested, they are super cute.
On another girly topic, Whoorl showed me how to curl my hair with a flat iron. I’m still getting the hang of it and loving the results along the way. :: tosses hair around in slow-mo ::
I got Gears of War 2 today but I shouldn’t be playing games. So much to do!
Lastly, you must make this banana dessert. I made it for the family gathering here on Superbowl Sunday and it was a hit! So quick and delicious.
