Sad days, friends. My venus fly trap, Severus Snape, has died. I got him back in 2008, before I was even in grad school and he’s been with me through all the craziness that has happened since. And now he’s gone. I think he had a pretty good life, chillin’ inside on my window sill while it snowed outside in the winter and sunning himself outside in the summer. Once I had to rescue him during my first year in grad school because my crazy neighbor decided not to notice that her dog was chewing on my plant! :p Last winter though he suffered a fall from my second floor balcony when the wind got too rough for him and I thought he’d pulled through okay but maybe not. Maybe this has been coming for a long time. Saddddd… I loved that plant. Sorry if I failed you Severus but I hope you’re in a better place now. Thanks for being such an awesome friend during some fairly crazy years… :( Last night, Cobalt and I had a candlelit vigil for Severus, pictured here.
Also sorry to you fellow blog readers, apparently planning for a wedding while simultaneously trying to work on getting my PhD is a lot of work! ;) I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really had time to take pictures, besides this one, which Cobalt and I took last night in honor of Severus. Maybe he was sad because his namesake died in Harry Potter 7 part 2 this summer…
Month: August 2011
FB4K – Group shots
I couldn’t decide which group shot was my favorite so you get two!
This next one is kind of artsy and neat. I love it.
Which one is your favorite? I hope you enjoyed my sneak preview of my FB4K photos! Have a great weekend! :):):)
FB4K – Matt
Finally, the last band member of the Firebird 4000 Project is Matt, who is the drummer! I love that Matt’s drums are all shiny and in focus in this picture. :)
One more day of fun sneak previews! Check back tomorrow!!!!
FB4K – Jake
Next up in the ongoing sneak preview of the Firebird 4000 Project is Jake! He does the main vocals and the rhythm guitar and he was rockin’! Plus he let us have some of their pizza after the show so that was awesome too. :)
More tomorrow!!!!
FB4K – Jill
Starting off my sneak peek of fun pictures from the Firebird 4000 Project show is their basist, Jill (who also plays the lead guitar, keys, and backup vocals)! She’s totally badass and awesome, both at bass and in general. :)
Tune back in tomorrow for more! :D
Portrait: The beginning
This weekend, I had the pleasure of getting to be an event photographer. It was one of the most fun things I have done in a long time and I was totally not expecting it. Here’s what happened (in a nutshell): My friend Matt (shown here) is in a band called The Firebird 4000 Project and I went to go see their recent show. I brought along the Nikon D80 just because I thought that a concert venue might be fun to photograph. Then when I got there, The Firebird 4000 Project got really excited and told me to go ahead and photograph the entire show! It was fun. It was a really good experience I think because it showed me how much I have grown as a photographer. I was comfortable with my camera, whirling dials, pressing buttons, and even changing lenses mid-show. I was purely focusing on how to make whatever shot the best it could be. How should I frame this? Where should my subject be? What should be in focus? How much depth of field should I have? I ran all around the band trying to get some group shots and individual shots of each of the members. And I took over 100 pictures… I can’t wait to play event photographer again (whenever that is…)
You’re probably thinking to yourself right now that this picture up there looks more like a portrait than a picture from a concert and you are right. This is pre-show. But tomorrow is when the real fun begins…
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