http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:lykesorad&section=today deviantART RSS for by:lykesorad en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:06:54 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/25315978/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/25315978/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:24:10 PDT But it happened.

And it's kind of amazing how long I've been here.

Thank you everyone
Cheers

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/24813314/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/24813314/ Sun, 17 May 2009 21:16:56 PDT
I've been uploading new work slowly but steadily and although I am in no way receiving the kind of feedback or attention I did for my older pieces, I am prouder of these new ones and actually happier with them. Firstly, I have finally begun to understand what intrigues me about photos and why I want to take them. Secondly, I have started concentrating on themes more. And lastly, I have found my calling in film and not digital photography, especially 120 film which I have been shooting a lot. Overall I just feel better about where my photos are at right now, and I hope you're all enjoying it still.

The digital is basically over, and although I still love the work I did in my earliest days here, I am moving on and forward. (It's been almost three years since I joined dA! Wow.)

In October, I am looking forward to declaring a visual arts major. Yes! I'm very excited.

In other news, I cannot stop listening to Animal Collective rarities or Saul Williams. So good.

Thanks again for all the support, whether I am still hearing from you or not. It's great to have this outlet to submit work to and your feedback is always appreciated.

Cheers!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/22725505/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/22725505/ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:30:20 PST
My art and how I feel towards it and how I do it has changed so much.

New stuff going up rapidly. I've been doing a lot of 120 shooting and finally got around to uploading my shots from my 3 week trip around Europe last summer.

Also: I am addicted to "Merriweather Post Pavilion" by Animal Collective. Absolutely addicted.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/20849821/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/20849821/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:55:36 PDT
However!
However...
my main wish here at school far away in the mountains of Vermont is to study the visual arts, primarily, yes! Photography. Because of this, when I can get into a digital darkroom or whatever and do some beautiful scanning work (finally on my own!) it will all be worth it.

I adore it here and am really indulging in everything they have to offer. Life is good. So good. I am exploring my art thoroughly. It's getting pretty frickin cold though so I better be careful.

Look for some photograms (new art form!) soon.

In the mean time, cheers!


]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/19614408/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/19614408/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:46:48 PDT
I will be back in the photo uploading groove after this next trip, I swear.

The jet setting is messing with my mind. I took four flights in the past two days and crossed four time zones, landing and staying in each one for at least 3 hours. I'm quite dizzy right now. I can't wait to be home just for a bit.

Until I can sit down and sift through the Europe Trip photos and do some work, enjoy the ones I have stocked in my "still need to share" pile, from a while back in May or June.

Thank you for all the support.
Cheers.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/19171568/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/19171568/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:49:20 PDT
But I hope to return with some great shots!

Later

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/18769340/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/18769340/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:29:38 PDT
_{Looks like graduation pays off in big ways}

Perhaps a revival in digital photography is coming back for me. This G9 is fucking gorgeous.

And I cannot wait to play around with the Holga.


Oh yeaaaaah Cheers. Thank you for all the support.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/18676031/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/18676031/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:01:21 PDT
Photography has been going really well. I can't wait to get to college and start pursuing it more seriously than ever before, even though I will definitley be missing a lot of things from my life in high school.

In other photo news, I have been doing a lot more film as you can probably notice but digital is still present. I hope this change hasn't affected too much. Obviously I am using manipulation in Paint Shop Pro way less, which I kind of like. I feel like my photography is more natural now, if you catch my drift. But I definitley haven't abandoned digital. In fact, my digital has died recently and I shopping for a new one. I don't want a huge one, but I want a good one, so I might spring for the Canon G9.

I reorganized my gallery completely. It's so nice. God I am an effing perfectionist. It just looks so nice now.

Happy graduation to me. Ohhh the times, they are a-changing.

Thanks for all the support. Again, it means everything to me. Thank you.

<sub>Let's go home and eat sweet things
Throw our arms across our eyes
They are angry like motorcycles
Tuck your chin and ride

We are not so bad
We are not so
We are not so bad
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down</sub>

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/18015327/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/18015327/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:29:06 PDT When anything that's anything becomes nothing that's everything
and nothing is the only thing you ever seem to have

but only time will tell if I'll allow
the scenery around to eat me alive
Man Man

Well yes. I am starting new projects:
-self portraits inspired by Lee Friedlander and Nikki S. Lee
-manmade light, like gas stations at night or fluroscent bulbs (this one goes along with the ongoing theme I wish to explore, that of the human void, things created by humans, etc)

I am almost done with school and exams are closing in around me. I have 5 exams ot take, and two IB english exams that are coming up quite soon. However, this is not keeping me from heading off to concerts left and right. I need the music in me, man. It's all too good to not go.

Did more polaroid transfers and double exposures (which I am having a lot of fun with)
and I shot more rolls of film to be developed.

Big news:
I am headed off on a month long trip to Europe this summer in which I will be bringing twenty rolls of black and white film to document, shoot, and attempt to capture the cities and views of Europe through my personal lens and eyes.

Cheers, friends. Thank you for all the support.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/17813755/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/17813755/ Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:50:47 PDT
Can't wait for college.
Every day I am closer.

Updates have been steady, I believe. I'm glad I finally started getting some polaroid transfers up. They're really fun and interesting to do. If you are intrigued, I suggest start them up right now because the film required to make them is about to dissapear. Fuck you polaroid, seriously. One of my art forms will be no more in about a year. That pisses me off. Of course, it makes my transfers all the more rare. But I'd rather keep making them.
I put a link to the tutorial in every polaroid transfer I post so check it out.
Yeaah!

In other news,
I published my first photo book
and it is for sale for a limited time on blurb.com. The book explores spaces in which humans normally should be, but they are nowhere to be found. I like exploring human voids a lot.
You can see it/order it here:
[link]

Enjoy taking a look at other books on the site as well.

I'm talkin bout Good Vibrations.
Enjoy life.
I am off to bask in this heat wave.
Tonight I see Xiu Xiu.


]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/17324347/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/17324347/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:18:16 PDT
I got a new lens thats a 28 to 105 so that is amazing.
I also got a Yashica Mat 124 medium format camera! HOLY SHIT. So awesome.
Aaand I got a fisheye. Which I am having fun with.
And I have an idea for a photo project with it.
Hint word: privacy. AND THE REST YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR.

So you may have notice my strong switch over to film.
There it goes. It's happening.
Although I am borrowing my dad's fabulous digital camera tomorrow for a photo manipulation project for school, so I'm going to get some really cool stuff out of that, and that will all be new to me. It's a world I haven't explored so I am very excited.

Second semester. Senior year. Murder. I'm in the middle of finals.

In other news, life is good.
Really good.

Soon:
-Much more film photography
-Dan Deacon concert photos
-My published photography book!! Oh my god. Haha. You'll have to see.

Thank you for all the support. It really keeps me going.

Make a point of having fun
It'll help you get through life
"Life sucks and love is dumb"
Golly, that's a real lie

And I know
foxes mate
for life because
they're in love
Born Ruffians
(who I see next week) YEAH!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/16976155/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/16976155/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:32:11 PST

I'm hoping to get some cool photography equipment. That would be boss.

I am also headed to get a fourth ear piercing with my friend today. Then it's out to lunch, pick up some developed film, home to eat sushi and watch Top Model, and spend the evening with my parents and my slide printer making birthday polaroid transfers.

I'm enrolled in a University photography class again so I'm working on a portfolio for it. My theme is places where there should be people, or it apears as if there was a person, but there is no one. I am exploring void and eeriness in the photos.
I hope to actually publish a book of the photos that will be avaible for purchase.

Anyway, I look forward to this day.
Bitchin'.
I am legal.

Thanks again for all the support and comments!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/16365734/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/16365734/ Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:07:18 PST

New work?
I have a lot of photography to put up. I've been taking so many pictures these days, whether they are film or digital, and I am quite simply overwhelmed with the selecting.

Personal reflection
As I go more into film, I'm beginning to discover my two forms of art: digital and film. While my film photography remains completely untouched and very raw, my digital goes through more manipulation. I consider both to be art. In my eyes, I am in the practice of two completely seperate art forms. So exciting.

Look for this
During my Academy of Art class I took this fall (it starts again beginning February), we did polaroid transfers, which are extremely fun and interesting. I can't exactly explain it all, but for more, go to polaroid.com and click on "Creative" at the top. Find "image transfer", and it will explain it all.
In any case, I became quite obsessed with them.
I did about 40 in the class. Out of 40, 25 were failed attempts where the film got stuck in the slide printer or something went wrong in the transfer to the paper. But a lot came out great!
I will be scanning some in and posting them here to share.

New members of my artistic family
For Christmas, I received
-an Ultra 400 polaroid camera
-a Vivitar slide printer!

Huge HUGE gifts in my eyes. This mean I can now do poalroid transers from home, RIGHT IN MY BEDROOM. Exciting stuff.
Vivitar slide printer: it looks like this
It's an old 1980s thing. They are no longer made and quite a find on eBay.

That is all for now.
I look forward to exploring these new types of photography.

Till next time! Thank you for all the support!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/15958833/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/15958833/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:12:08 PST Dear India,

Congratulations! On behalf of the students, the faculty, and the staff it is my pleasure to offer you a place in the class of 2012 at Bennington College.

Best. Christmas. Present. Ever.

Words do not describe.

This calls for celebration.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/15622483/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/15622483/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:15:04 PST

My time spent here in dA has been wonderful, exciting, inspiring, and eye opening!

Currently, in my world...
I am waiting to hear back from the college to which I applied Early Decision. I really hope I can get in! It's pretty competitive in the ED round so I am a bit nervous. I am really looking forward to pursuing artistic photography and art history for the next four years of my life.

Like I said in my last journal, my style has been different when using film instead of digital. I find this to be very exciting, to watch this transformation. Although I have been on this site for more than a year, I am just starting to know what I like to shoot, what is beautiful to me, my own style...I am at the beginning of a discovery and it is very exciting.

All your support means everything to me.
Thank you.

5000, yeah!
And still counting.

Soon:
-Photo essay on the ruins of Carberry Castle in Cork County, Ireland
-More black and white film photography
-Some new digital work

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/15251565/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/15251565/ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:01:17 PDT I turn mine off too
The only thing I see is you
-Regina Spektor

Just thought I would give a little update.

The class I'm enrolled in is almost over, so we're just putting together our portfolios. It's very exciting.

I know my style sort of dramatically changed when this Saturday pre-college class started, but I hope you all have been enjoying certain aspects of it. Mostly, I think it's the distinction and difference between digital and film photography that I have discovered. I love both very much, and having this chance to experiment with film (and get my dad to pay for all of it at the same time hehe) has been really great. I love film and will definitley continue it.
But that doesn't mean I'm changing completely. I also love digital still, and haven't forgotten what I started out on. It's all great. Photography is wonderful (mmm what a quote).

In other news, the application for my early decision college choice is all ready to go and I am so psyched and ready. I can't wait. Really, I can't.

Wednesday I went to the SFMOMA donor preview for the Jeff Wall exhibit (it opened to the public today) and was totally blown away by his work. Fabulous. It made me want to go out and start shooting right then and there. His work is so amazing and I highly suggest you check it out. If an exhibit ever travels near you, GO. It's the way his work is presented that really amazed me, all backlit and on huge resolutions and scales. Wonderful wonderful work. Inspiring.

I guess that's all for now.
I will keep uploading and providing and sharing. However people react, that's for them. I just like reactions.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/14877174/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/14877174/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:20:23 PDT Finally, I am learning about film photography!

It's been really great so far. I love what I'm doing and its been a lot of fun. Plus I'm learning so much. I only did digital before this, so I'm happy to be finally moving into the film world.

Some shots from it are going up this week and over the next weeks. I hope you'll bear with me through my experiments.

In other news, I am so busy I can feel my brain melting from over drive.
Gah.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/14681648/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/14681648/ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:18:09 PDT
I know things have been slow from my side here. I've been posting in slower intervals. This is for many reasons. I started my senior year of high school, and it's been extremely busy and tough. I'm still learning how to juggle everything and fit photography in as well. So, bear with me as I learn how to manage my time haha.

I also went through a rough patch in August with some unnecessary drama, but it's pretty much dealt with at this point. While it still hits me now and then in bad ways, I feel better and healthier already.

I do have many photos stored away waiting to go up. Like usual, I'm not going to post them all in one day. I like to spread out my work over time. I promise though, that the shots will go up. In the mean time, please enjoy any other work I have to offer. I was going through some old parts of my gallery and it was kind of fun. Haha. I hadn't done that in a while.

Thank you for the continuous support.

<sub>But I'll believe in anything
And you'll believe in anything
Said I'll believe in anything
And you'll believe in anything

If I could take the fire out from the wire
I'd share a life and you'd share a life
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I'd share a life and you'd share a life
If I could take the fire out from the wire
I'd take you where nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn
Said nobody knows you
And nobody gives a damn</sub>
-Wolf Parade

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/14117204/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/14117204/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:36:31 PDT
The trip was fabulous and a really great experience. I have always loved travel and seeing other countries. The plane part, not so much. I pretty much loathe planes, but once I get there, I am so happy. The trip was an amazing experience, really. I am so grateful to be able to travel like this at my age.

I have shots from Ireland and France. Maybe some from England...but we were there for a short period of time and I was jetlagged a lot haha. I also want to make sure what I put up and present to you is not cliche or overdone, because that happens with Europe. I was looking for new ways to look at things throughout the trip.

New shots soon!

Thank you for all the favorites and comments and while I was gone.
Sorry I didn't respond to all, I was a bit swamped/delusional from jet lag. Haha.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13857990/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13857990/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:04:15 PDT
I hope to come back with a lot of awesome pictures!

See you all in a bit.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13686131/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13686131/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:03:20 PDT For your convenience, I've categorized my random ramblings (the best I can)

Notes
I know things have been moving sort of slowly around my gallery here...I apologize. I don't work fast or efficiently when I don't get a lot of feedback, and because feedback has been scarse, I've definitley slowed down significantly. I feel terrible. But I can't deny it. I live off of people's words and opinions. That's just the way I am!

It's been taking me forever to get all the photos from the "Tartuffe by Moliere" series up. I shot them at the beginning of June and I'm finally just about to get the last one up. After that I have all these shots from June and beginning July to look through and fix up and add borders...you know the drill. There's a long to do list, really! I just need to get through it. Hopefully next week will be my slow down week and I will do just that: slow down and work on my art.

My friend is visiting from France and I've wanted to hang out with friends a lot...it's been hard to get on the computer and just do stuff. I feel left behind but I'll work my way back, really I will.

In my life right now
I'm having a "tea time meeting" with my college counselor soon. In the mean time, she has asked that I get my list of 8 colleges I want to apply to ready. 8? Shit. I think I have 7, which is also fine, but it feels like a lot for some reason.

My computer flipped a shit on me yesterday and it really scared me. I thought I had lost everything. So I've been making back up discs for days now. It's insane, but I'm too scared I'll lose everything.

Tonight I see Harry Potter at midnight! Ron...oh god, I love him. I cannot wait.

Okay, so, that's about it right now.

Coming soon:
>Some nature shots
>Old railroad photos
>Alcatraz photo essay

I also have really nice photos from Muir Woods that I wanted to share but my teacher just filmed a movie there and they fined him, because apparently Muir Woods is copyrighted and you can't film there without consent? Fuck that. I mean, what the hell. It's NATURE. You don't fucking copyright nature.

Closing note:
Please check out my friend Steve's page. He is an amazing concert photographer and deserves your attention


He also happens to be really fucking rad.

Thank you! Updates very soon.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13309036/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13309036/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:02:40 PDT
To celebrate (haha, confetti!) I've decided to do a sort of then and now look at my profile and life here on dA.

Enjoy!

My art
First deviation ever: [link]
(It still remains a favorite of mine)
Newest deviation: [link]

Personals
First deviant ID: [link]
Newest ID: [link]

First camera: Kodak disposable
Newest camera: Canon Rebel Film

Favorites
First favorite on dA: [link]
(I still adore it, it's so fabulous)
Newest favorite: [link]

First person I watched: [link]

Friends
First person to watch me: [link]
(She has now left dA but she was wonderful to me)
Most recent person to watch me: [link]

Here's to a fabulous year!
In a year, I have achieved 3,758 pageviews, gained 106 watchers, and uploaded 174 pieces of art.

Cheers friends!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13234853/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/13234853/ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:19:44 PDT
Sorry it's been kind of slow these past days/this past week. I've been trying to post more in the thumbshare forum to get some comments and feedback on my work. I'm also in the middle of exams, so it's slow going in the artistic region for a bit. Luckily this summer there will be time for shooting.

My dad is giving me his Canon film camera to shoot with all summer. It's the film version of the EOS Rebel so I'm really happy. I can't wait to play around with film.

I guess not much else to announce besides finals. Dreadful things. I'll be happy when they're over. Only one more week! Hahaaaaa...I'm barely gonna make it.

_{MTV what have you done to me?
Save my soul, set me free
Set me free, what have you done to me?
I can't breathe, I can't see
World war three, when are you coming for me?
Been kicking up sparks to set the flames free
The windows are locked now, so what'll it be?
A house on fire or the rising sea?
-"Windowstill" The Arcade Fire}

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12916990/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12916990/ Thu, 10 May 2007 22:48:00 PDT
The month of May for me is one of constant turmoil and pressure.

We are preparing for three major exams that will all happen in the first week of June. After that, it's over. Thank God. But up till then, my life is a freakin' nightmare. I don't think I've ever felt more physically exhausted from writing and thinking. Yeah. My body hurts from thinking. I mean, wow.
I'm also in an arts festival at school, working in several different sectors, including: backstage, onstage, and in the visual arts portion.

On top of it all (wait kids! there's more!), my college search is entering it's intense phase. We have to start planning out a strategy since all applications are going to be done by December, which means
>a lot of summer essay writing
>application research and filling out

I have to write two big IB papers too: a comparative world lit paper, and a creative world lit paper.

I have photography all ready to go up, I just like pacing myself when I submit things. I'm not so much the "submit a bunch in a day" person. So just know there are new works, and they will come.

Thanks for reading my lame vent. <3
I'm out to sleep. Please, God, if you're there, I need this month to pass by smoothly.

New photo shoots:
>Flora's Secret series
>Sophie's shower shoot (going up)
>Coachella photo essay
>Italo Calvino inspired shots

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12735027/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12735027/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:21:38 PDT
Been putting up some random stuff lately, thanks for bearing with my experimentation and being so supportive! I really like what's been going on with my art, I'm glad you guys do too. <3

As for alternative progress in my photos, I did a photo project with cousin Easter and I've finally gotten a name and idea to put the photos too. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you but it's not quite ready yet. :] It's my first long series ever so it's very exciting.

I was taking public transport home today and a lady stopped me and asked if she could take my picture. We chatted for a bit after and she's a photographer working on a spontaneous portraits of strangers project that's really interesting. You should check out her website: [link]
Good stuff

Leaving tomorrow for Coachella.
Hope to get some interesting shots of life there.

To close this entry, I'd like to direct your attention to someone I have recently watched:
[link]
HeavenDealer
Go see his gallery
He is pretty unknown but has some amazing works

There are a lot of photos in his gallery I absolutely adore. He blends retro and present day so wonderfully, it's like a poem in words.
Nice work man.

That is all for today! Haha
I'll update next when my photo series is ready.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12495804/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12495804/ Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:51:25 PDT his child of the future is the child i am seeing too
you said your love was fierce and i agree with you
these tigers at heart are the tigers i am seeing too
you said your love was fierce and I agree with you

My phone snapped in half yesterday.
Today I get a new one.
Probably a Verizon Chocolate. And I qualified for an upgrade when it broke so I get money off.
Yay.
I feel quite naked without it. I was texting my boyfriend and then my other friend started tickling me and then I fell on it and it just...snapped. Hehe.

New work coming up. I've been more into the thinking about what I want a photo to say, and not just what it says, you know? I have lots of ideas in my head that I hope to put into motion soon. It's very exciting.

This summer I have the big task of selecting about 40 pictures to put together in a portfiolio to send to the colleges in hopes of entering with some sort of scholarship for fine arts or just to enter the college in all. I read an article in the paper this morning about how smaller colleges are following the trend of bigger colleges and becoming more selective, and I also read that my generation that applies next year is the biggest one in a long while. So I have more to compete against. Eck. Help me.

I'm headed to all three days of Coachella by the way, so I want to put together a little portfolio from that, from my experience and all the people there, and just the atmosphere. Not necessarily the bands. I think I'd want to concentrate more on the life there, you know? Can't wait for all that. Three days of pure amazing music in the desert. This one goes down in the history books kids.

More new stuff soon. Thanks for all the watches and everything, you're all amazing. <3

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12249322/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12249322/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:15:15 PDT
Murder, I tell you. Murder.

In any case, it ended being okay. I just feel exhausted and stressed. And what do I do when I feel like that? REFINE PHOTOS AND GET THEM READY FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. YEAH! I feel like some theme music should be coming in right there or something...like...music cue, go!
I have some great new works that I'm really proud of that should be going up soon. The most recent ones are like little experiments. I'm having fun.

School is really intense from now on because now everything I do is to prepare for the huge exams i take June that determine whether I receive a diploma or not. One of my final exams is for visual/theater arts and I will be using photogrpahy in it, so at least my photography can be brought into school somehow, right?

Not much else to report.
All this support makes me really happy guys. Thanks.

Stay strong!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12005748/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/12005748/ Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:48:20 PST
[link]

I had fun haha.

In other news (har har) I feel bad about not updating that much or as fast as before. I would like to, but my time to work has been limited because of my school and our preparations for baccalaureate exams that I am taking at the end of the year. I have a couple pieces lined up and ready to be submitted here to dA but I like to space out the time in which I submit them. I've always been weird like that.

I have a number one college. :] Bennington in Vermont.

That is all for now folks.

Thank you for all the support.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11848562/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11848562/ Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:09:56 PST
It's going to be a lot of fun.

I hope to come back with many tales and, of course, beautiful pictures. Sorry about the brief lack of updates in the meantime.

See you all very soon.
And thank you for the amazing support.

<3

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11593723/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11593723/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:09:23 PST
"Cause I’m proud of my life and the things that I have done
Proud of myself and the loner I’ve become
You’re free to whine, it will not get you far
I do just fine"

Yes. That is for everyone that ever scoffed or laughed at me for not attending school dances. For everyone that said "pffff" when I said I go to concerts instead.

Take that. I am happy. So there.

In fact I am very happy.

I've started my college search. :] Just thinking and working on it excites me. I have a trip planned in February to visit a bunch of schools in the North East, and I had my first college counseling meeting Thursday. I also signed up to take the SATs March 10th. That's the not so great part, but hey!
I look forward to exploring all the school's and their photography majors. It's going to be exciting to study photography finally, and not just do it on my own or at summer classes.

I'm sure you understand

So, I got to 2,000 pageviews! Thank you everyone. Comments, watches, favorites...they all mean so so much to me, and I love you all. :]

In the meantime, don't let someone bring you down by saying what you do or who you are isn't right. The fact that you are here, now, living your life and getting through it, is a challenge in itself, and you are winning by simply continuing on. I salute you.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11305223/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11305223/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:36:43 PST
Bleh.

Second half of junior year. I just need to get through this and then it's senior year and then it's GONE. High school, buh bye sucker.

I don't know if anyone has been watching me long enough to remember my shots from Tahiti near the beginning of my gallery, but I went back to that portfolio and took out three more that I really like, so I'm going to put those up after these Calistoga ones are done. I really miss Tahiti and this helped me go back a little. For those who don't know, in April of last year I went on an exchange trip with my school to Tahiti for two weeks. One of the most amazing experiences of my life.

In the mean time, thank you so much for the watches, favorites, and comments everyone. It means a lot to me. :]

Blargh. School. Please don't hurt me. I just want to do my art.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11121195/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11121195/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:52:28 PST
It was a really amazing experience for me. The work she is doing is for "Red Envelope", which is a company specializing in catalog retail of items like jewerly, wallets, soaps, robes...gift like items. Today we were shooting in the studio, doing still lifes of objects like small cosmetics purses, vases, and hand bags. They were working on the mother's day issue (already! haha)

Basically what I did was assist in the styling and composition of the photos. I didn't take any myself, but I did set up a few with help from the professional stylist that was there working on them. Um, who knew it takes you an hour to photograph a jewerly box, as well as three backdrops, a vase, fresh flowers, and additional props.

I got to observe and learn how the process of a shoot in this field goes, and although it is not the field I want to pursue, it still fascinated me. I learned a lot of handy tricks as well, and how to set up a shot with clamps, levers, prop-ups...all sorts of stuff. I also got to ask questions on how to start up in the field, where to go, what to do...everyone had pointers for me.

It takes three people to take one photo: the stylist, who sets up and composes the still life or directs the models (today I got to do the still lifes). Next, the photographer, who does lighting and composition of the photo and physically handles all the photography equipment. And finally, the production manager (the friend who invited me to this) who oversees the whole thing and has the final say of what looks good, what doesn't, what to change.

It was a really great experience, like I said.
I learned a lot, saw a lot, made some friends in the business haha.

I definitley know this is what I want to do, just with bands for some music magazine since I'm into music a lot. But I did learn it could be nice to start off doing photography for a small company that may need me in some way. Not only that, I got pointers on the best photography schools on the East Coast (since I'll probably be heading over there).

Very productive day, to say the least.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11042473/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/11042473/ Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:46:00 PST
This is amazing guys, thank you so much. <3

I've had exams all week but I managed to get up those three new ones. I'll be putting up a lot of stuff during Christmas break. Don't worry, none will be Christmas themed. Only one if any at all. I hate holiday themed stuff usually haha, unless it's Halloween <3

I can't wait get all that free time to just shoot shoot shoot. Exiting stuff.

By the way, someone apparently stole my 'I Am Not Permanent' (the hand one) but they got called out on it by one of my friends.

Rad!

xD

Later!

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10907967/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10907967/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:29:21 PST
I've decided to call it Open Umbrella Photography, and I am making a site as we speak, as well as comissioning a logo. I am very happy. Not only that, the domain name openumbrella.com is not taken so I can use it! Unfortuanetly, I don't have enough money to pay for one right now so I need to be hosted by free by a kind friend first.

It's a very exciting time. :]

Tomorrow I am doing shots of people at school, so that will be fun. Then I get to take a break to study for my exams for two weeks, then it's Christmas vacation, so there will be more photography then.

Tuesday my friend and I went to a beautiful garden area here and took picture after picture, just lots of them. It was fun, and the photos with really blue sky and green grass are the product of that time spent. :] It was gorgeous, but about 40 degrees fahrenheit! Cold for us here.

I love those new photos.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10750808/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10750808/ Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:24:34 PST
Now I need to convince people to model for me, because I have all these ideas in my head haha. I promise to continue objects and nature. I really enjoy them a lot still too.

Thanks for all the support everyone! It means a lot to me.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10592673/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10592673/ Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:58:18 PST
So, please take a look at the more recent ones. They are some of my absolutely favorites so far. I'm very excited. And people have been commenting and watching, so this makes me happy.

Look for more photography, I've been home all week just snapping shots, composing, etc.

You know how life goes.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10539358/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10539358/ Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:59:11 PDT
Hopefully I can convince a friend haha.

Just something I'm going to try and start up in my repertoir.

]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10106228/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/10106228/ Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:42:14 PDT
My camera broke at the end of my trip and so when I got home I had to send it in to be repaired. It was so hard without it. I don't think I've ever gone that much time without taking a picture. Very difficult.

Look for some still lifes soon and maybe some city shots.

Thank you for looking. ]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9552360/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9552360/ Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:38:04 PDT
Okay, well, I guess I'll see you guys in a while!
Bye! ]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9367694/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9367694/ Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:46:40 PDT
I'm going to Oregon and the Canadian Rockies in August so that's going to be some really awesome pictures to take. Just like Death Valley and Joshua Tree.

Can't wait. ]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9177846/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9177846/ Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:07:19 PDT
Two journal features. 251 page views (as I write this, that is). My gallery really started expanding.

Yeah, so, that photography camp (which was actually more of a class) turned out to be really fun and very informative. I learned a lot of stuff I didn't know and it was an oppurtunity to really take some good shots. We went to all sorts of places, including the Japanese Tea Garden here in San Francisco, and got to use her studio light for portraits and everything. My next few deviations will be from the class, I already have three up from it.

So...yeah. I'm kind of photographied out now. A week of nothing but shooting over and over and then having to sit around in a circle and look through everyones. There were only 8 people, but it felt like a lot. It probably was.

I took 225 pictures in an hour and a half at the Japanese Tea Garden. xD ]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9098695/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9098695/ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:11:23 PDT
I'm now off for summer, and so I went on a photo spree the other day and today and took lots of still lives, then modified them in Paint Shop Pro to add borders and a bit of contrast. They look good, so, I plan on putting up most of my still lives and such in a little bit, once I get my other pics up from trips a while ago. Right now Tahiti pics are going up. I still can't believe them myself when I look at them.

So, mom signed me up for a week long photography camp starting Monday. Hoorah? I'm hoping I'll really learn some interesting things there and it won't just be me sitting there and taking pictures of bowls of fruit. The lady who runs it is supposedly a professional so...

Lots to do.

Later. ]]> ~lykesorad http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9038938/ http://lykesorad.deviantart.com/journal/9038938/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:45:22 PDT
Right now, I'm working on a photo essay for Elliott Smith's song "Roman Candle." It's going well...my dad lets me use his beautiful Canon DCV 8.1, with it's heavenly focus. *angelic music plays* It's going well but sometime I had no idea what to put with the lyrics. xD

I was also messing around with the contrast and brightness on some still life photos I had taken and I may put them up now. Usually I don't like my still life, but these look pretty good. I guesss I'm more of a spontaneous photographer. Anyway, I'll be putting up more photos as I get more into thr swing of things. =]

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Thanks. ]]> ~lykesorad