Photography

.Lisa Marie.

Recently I've been watching my friend Corie post her 365 day photos on Flickr. She uses a lot of creativity, as if each one tells a story. Suddenly inspired, I decided to do the same.

Since getting my first DSLR last year, I've really been itching to better my photography. When I met my boyfriend back in October, it happened to be a hobby we both shared. Ever since Christmas in 4th grade when I got my first (hot pink I might add) 110mm camera, I've been snapping away. Boxes of photos reside under my bed (amongst books of CD's, a flute, a piccolo, and sometimes my cat). It's an interest I've had almost my entire life.

Unfortunately due to finances, I was a little late to the "digital" game. But who are we kidding, film always looks better... Though most would argue that digital is just more fun to play around with. I am one of those people.

Slowly but surely, I am adding to my equipment. My next purchase will be a 50mm lens. I love the look of a shallow depth of field.

If you're intersted in keeping up with my 365 or any of my photography, you can find it on my Flickr.

Attempt to #crashTED was an epic #Fail

Last night fellow Long Beach twitterer's decided to embark on an evening of TED crashing debauchery. Unfortunately there wasn't much debauchery, and very little crashing was involved.

We began our night at the Dubliner in downtown Long Beach with @nsputnik and @theagent. We shared a round discussing current and past employment, the housing market, and the art scene in and around Long Beach. Once @daNanner, @missmotormouth, @DigSomeMore, @agentjon, @niecee, @jpdefillippo, and @Fogarty arrived, we got word that 18 #TED people were at Rock Bottom Brewery. Upon heading in that direction we realized that the TED Block Party was going on and we needed to be a part of it.



In an attempt to sneak in, we @ replied @kevinrose to somehow get us in. But our attempts went unnoticed and we decided to go with our original idea to grab another round of drinks at Rock Bottom Brewery instead. It was twitter talk at it's best. Attempting to get our hashtag #crashTED to be the #1 trend on Twitter search. Lots of fellow Long Beach tweeple toyed with the idea of joining us, but our #crashTED seemed like a lost cause.

All in all, it turned out to be a pretty fantastic night catching up with old friends and making new ones. Seems like most everyone is up for Round 2 tonight. I can't make it, but I wish them more success than last night.

LM
xo