to vanity

to vanity

so my mom's been in this photography thing at risd for awhile, and she's finally getting into the meatier courses. today i went on a photo shoot with her in the lab. we did lighting stuff. it was a lot of fun, and i don't really mind the camera at all, or mirrors. i'm so vain. i think the song is about me. but that's okay. the pictures turned out well. which is good.

she's so funny with this whole photography thing. she went out and bought a top of the line dslr, and 2 amazing lenses... the best two in their categories... and she knows nothing about technology. amazingly, some of her photos come out really well, although it's hard not to have good photos with a camera like that.

i shoot with a rebel, which has never been the same since i let her borrow it half a year ago. which is why i've been thinking about a new camera... and keeping the rebel as a backup if i want one to shoot with that i really don't care about getting stolen, and still have awesome quality shots. it'd be nice. but yea, i'm getting to the point with where i am where the feel of the camera isn't cutting it anymore. it was okay at first, but now it just doesn't feel right when i use it, it's really an odd thing... the same thing goes for certain drum sticks too. so i guess it's normal.

the zune is so ridiculous i can't stand it.
i also think i'm going to buy my mom an ipod for christmas.
apple sells refurbished ones for a hundred bucks. not a terrible price, but still kind of spendy, and i know she'll love whatever i get her regardless of the price, so i'm kind of tossing the idea back and forth. again, i'm not so sure how she'll fare with the technology, even though it's extremely intuitive. who knows?

anyways, this post ended up being nothing about vanity and more of a "here's what i'm currently thinking about" they seem to be doing that lately. i think it's weird how this started off as poems and excerpts from real letters to people, but turned into just general updates. i guess i stopped writing creatively for a bit.

oh, by the way. i started my new art project. but i can't show you. because it's for/about someone. it's kinda frustrating not being able to share and get feedback, but it's okay because i'd rather be in the dark with what people think about it cuz i want it to just be my project in a sense. anyways, i may post some snippets once the project is finished completely.